Back from jury duty halfway across the Island. Squeaked out of it by a weird coincidence that gave me a good excuse for not being impartial. The case was against a tool-making company. Some guy had injured himself on a table-saw and was suing the company for not posting better directions. Just so happens, my brother is in construction and lost his finger using a saw. I pointed this out to the judge, who asked, "And this would make you partial to one side?" I told her, "Yes, I'm reminded of my brother, and I've already decided the winner." And she let me go!
Then I had to sit back down for another five hours, hoping that I didn't get called again. The clerks there were very friendly and after I joked around with them, they left me off the second jury pool just to be nice.
The judge was nice, too. At first she asked if anyone had any scheduling conflicts, and I showed her the contract I had just signed with the town to teach classes at the rec center. She looked at the contract and said, "Oooh, Hula! If you get chosen, you can teach everyone!" (Me: *big, fake grin* "Heee, yeah, heehee!" *mentally: Only, not. Let me go home.)
I spent most of the rest of the time reading Jacki Chan's autobiography that Lao Shir lent me back in February. It's actually a very entertaining book.
Well, I'm home now, and although I'm still on telephone standby until Thursday night, the clerks said that it didn't seem likely that anyone else would be called. If that's the case, then I'm good for another two years. (Because it's federal court.)
So if I can stretch my luck until Thursday night, basically I'm done!
And yeah, it sucked. I'm glad it's over.
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