jury duty

i had jury duty on monday. i've had jury duty three times prior, but in virginia beach, va. this time was on a much larger scale. it was a pretty streamlined process. and for the first time ever, i was brought into a courtroom. i went through the "voir dire," the questioning of prospective jurors. at first, i was psyched to be a part of this trial. it was a civil suit involving a car accident. so during most of the questioning, i didn't stand up or say anything. THEN, they asked if the trial were to last until the following monday would there be an issue. A WEEK?? heck yeah, there would be a problem. if i were still working for the stone, there would be NO PROBLEM at all. but now that i work at borders, i would actually sad to miss work.

needless to say, i chose to answer ONE question and i do believe that it lead to my dismissal. there were 30 of us and they only chose 8 jurors. i also sat next to a woman who was dismissed who told me that she owned ELEVEN cats! she actually stood up and said, "i have seen a psychiatrist in the past and i need mental help currently." she tried super hard to be dismissed. it worked.

i was briefly possible juror no. 22. it was pretty cool. go civic duty! but they won't see my happy face for another 3 years! easiest $15 i ever made.