Remember when I said I was almost looking forward to jury duty? I think I said it a couple of times. Well yea. About that? Not so much once it came right down to it.
It’s not that I have any problem at all with providing that service to my community. Nope, that’s not it at all. It’s everything that goes with it.
I couldn’t get a venue change so I was stuck going all the way to the city, which means I had to leave at 7am to be sure I was there by 8:30am.
Then, the whole civil case thing kind of irks me. So many of these cases are a waste of everyone’s time. These things just shouldn’t get this far. Obviously, since three cases on the floor I was on settled before the jury selection process started. They called upstairs to two other floors looking for cases that were ready for jury selection to start. Nope. They all settled before jury selection could begin.
If you’re going to get to the point of actually being at the courtroom, less than an hour before jury selection begins then couldn’t you have settled yesterday? Day before? Really? You couldn’t come to some agreement until you got to the courthouse?
That’s the thing that’s so annoying.
So, I was released at 11am. I was paid $17.20 for my time. It’ cost me $34 to park my car.
People, if you’re considering taking a civil case to trial — don’t do it. FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE DAMN COURTHOUSE for godsakes.
wow, I got paid a lot more than that for showing up and getting dismissed. sheesh. waste of time! good girl for doing your duty. 🙂