Doing my Duty

Yesterday morning I was getting back from Stephanie's and hoped in the shower to get ready for work. I hoped out planning my day and thinking what should I take for breakfast when I suddenly realized I had jury duty that day. I hop over to my desk to see what time I have to be there. I have 30 min. I throw some stuff in my backpack and run out the door.

I decide to take the trolly but miss the 7:30 trolly by seconds. I have to wait another 15min until the next trolly arrives. I have to be there at 7:45. I finally arrive at 8:00. Luckily, the assume that people are going to be late so I only missed the beginning of a speach given by the judge.

I end up waiting and reading the rest of the morning until they give us a two hour lunch break. I visit Borders Book Store then grab something to eat at Ralphs (which I remember have good food and decent prices when we ate there during Comic Con).

When I get back I get called to sit through a jury selection. I am among 42 people selected from a two week trial. They tell us the case is about two lesbian women who are fighting over a house. I immediatly start to roll my eyes and get annoyed. Civil Court cases annoy the fuck out of me and though I can see the need for having a jury trial for fighting over the rights to a house, a fail to see why it needs to be 2 weeks.

I was sitting there as the lawyers dismissed jurors and I was hoping I would be dismissed, hoping they would call my name so I could go home. All of a sudden I heard it, well, an attempt at it anyway. I stood up thinking I would be thrilled to leave, to know that I wouldn't have to sit through this annoying trial; but I wasn't, I was thinking "why the hell didn't they want me." The lasted for about a minute then a gleefully left satisfied that I could go back to work.

In other news I went swimming over the weekend and saw "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and had dinner with a bunch of Stephanie's online friends.