Greetings from jury duty

[Tebonas]

I think we don't do that stuff around here. We don't trust our peers as much as you do, and taking a look at my peers I happen to agree. 

[Signe]

My sister sat in a jury for a child rape years ago.  She said it was hard and horrible and lots of other h-words.  She was a very good juror though,  looked at, listened to, studied everything and didn't freak out until the case was over. She was traumatised for ages.  I couldn't hack it for all sorts of reasons.  First off, I can't sit in one place for that long.  I can't even make it through a 90 minute film on TV without getting up and taking a move around break.  Also, unless the case was riveting, sometimes I accidentally snore.

[NiX]

You are very odd.

[ClydeJr]

I've gotten a summons three times so far. First time I was in college so I got out of that one. Second time, I got put on a panel but there was some sort of delay so they just had us sitting outside the court for a while. Eventually they told us we could go down to the cafeteria if we wanted but to be back by 11. When we came back, the judge brought us into the courtroom and said that due to someone on the case not showing up, he was giving the case a continuance and we could all go home. I was lame and went back to work. Third time, I sat in the jury selection room until about 3 when they told us we could go. I was not lame this time and went home.

The nice thing was that the jury summons lets you ride the Park & Ride buses to downtown Houston for free. I work in downtown so I would have used my bus pass anyway but this time it was for free.

[NowhereMan]

Eh  ?  I didn't know being a Uni Student disbarred you.

I always assumed it did, on the grounds that serving on a jury for more than a few weeks during term time could severely screw up your degree but then maybe that's just some weird assumption I made. Could be wrong but fortunately haven't had to test it out.

[Lantyssa]

The nice thing was that the jury summons lets you ride the Park & Ride buses to downtown Houston for free. I work in downtown so I would have used my bus pass anyway but this time it was for free.

Yeah.  I like that I can hop on the light rail to get to the courthouses and never get near my car.  Kind of a strange experience in this city.

[Selby]

The nice thing was that the jury summons lets you ride the Park & Ride buses to downtown Houston for free.

Same thing in San Diego.  The other half is alway like "Just go up to Vista or San Marcos!" and I'm like "hey, free trip downtown NOT driving the car and finding parking 75% of the way there."  Besides, there are more interesting cases downtown than in the commuter suburbs.  But the amusing part is that the trolley system they use is totally an honor system (no checking of your ticket EVER) so I have a stack of free ride passes with no expiration dates on them from jury duty.