Jury Duty is Fun
Haven’t posted a personal triumph in a couple of weeks so lets get personal
Today I was scheduled for the dreaded civic duty to server as a juror. Never been part of this because it wasn’t till this past election that I registered to vote. Fuckers locked right on to me and get me to serve the man within a year.
So I woke my sorry ass up . . . well I should say my phone woke me up. I have a serious sleep impediment so I enlisted a few of my local girlies that have to get up for school and work to make sure I was up. Ironed, showered and shaved. Stopped at starbucks and got to the courthouse without the sleep in my eyes causing any horrific accidents.
Passing through the metal detectors causes me to have to go through the fucking airplane search routine . . . to find nothing of course. After my little search I get tossed in with about 50 people to a room and the debriefing begins . . . as well as the fun!
The chick running the show was sexy as hell . . . tiny italian girl that looked stuck up as hell. After we watch our little movie about how to be a good juror we got to sit there . . . she said it would be about 2 hours before anyone gets called. I was pissed . . . my time is too precious to be sitting playing WPT texas holdem on my cell phone. So I mustered up my plan of action to break the ice with her. I knocked on her office door and asked where the vending machines were . . . she was happy to walk me over there. So after some idle corporate like conversation by the vending machines she ends up inviting me into her office to chill. Yackam Shmackum all of a sudden we are going to lunch together. It is about 11:00 and my phone rings . . . it is my pops and he is in town to talk about a new property we are buying. So I was pretty pissed that I am stuck in this courthouse indefinately. I walk back into her office and she hands me a paper. Ends up being a pardon saying that I served my time and could be let out. Then underneath it was a paper with her number on it. She told me to get out of there and to call her when I get back in town!
So what did we learn here . . .
1.) a lifesaver can go a long way
2.) make the best of every situation
3.) the goverment rocks as long as you are fucking it . . . literally (in my best del voice)