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Monday, March 15, 2010

I have been summoned to jury duty

FUUUUCK!  Random process my ass.  I should of known that I would be picked once I fill out and sent that form I received last November.  If you ever have to fill out a form for Jury Duty and it says it a random process of picking people, don't believe it!!   It a bunch of crap!  You will get picked!  Damn it, I am not looking forward to this at all.  It my first but still don't feel like going through all this shit.  Some say you should do it since it my first time.  I say back to them "that not the answer im looking for."  Get me out of this!! 
Ok let start from the beginning.  Last Friday, I went to my mailbox before work and saw a envelope from the Jury Commission.  I'm like fuck!  Now the rest of my day is totally screwed because this will be on my mind all day long.  Once I arrived home, i immediately opened the letter.  Of course it says i have been summoned to Jury Duty in the month of April.  Not 1 letter, 2 letters plus the actual summons and a pamphlet of the most frequently ask questions.  Why I got 2 letters stating the same thing is weird.  Waste of paper in my opinion. What I like it that the letter says that I have to call a machine to see if I actually have to come in.  Letter says i have to come in Thursday April 1....wait a minute is this a fucking prank?  Haha funny!  If the machine says don't come in today then i do not have to show up.  I do have to call everyday for the month of April to see what I need to do.  Cool I don't need to waste my time getting dressed up, driving 20 miles, sitting there and do nothing everyday in April.
The pamphlet that came with the letter is kinda reassuring about the whole thing.  Under the "How long will I serve?"  It states that most trials last one to two days.  Some can last several weeks or on rare occasions several months.  Man I better not get one of those trials.  I want the one to two day trials.  In the "What happens next?" section, it says during jury selection, will be sworn in and then ask some questions like "If I have any knowledge of the case", "If I have any personal interest in the outcome" or "any interest in the case that might make it hard to be impartial".  So If i want that son of bitch to get the death penalty as the my outcome question, will they not select me?  What can I bring to the courtroom?  Absolutely nothing at all!  Not even a fucking magazine.  What am I suppose to do while I wait?  Pick my nose or twirl my thumbs?  I understand the no bringing of food or drinks nor chew gum but damn let me bring some sort of reading material.

Does anyone have any tips for me to get through this?  I need some reassuring.  Maybe I should watch that movie Jury Duty with Pauly Shore.

1 comment:

  1. you can't even take your phone? Laaaaammmeee.

    I've never been summoned. Let's hope it stays that way.

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