I'm on jury duty. Man, this sucks. I got onto a jury today. Now, I'm looking forward to a week long trial. At least, we hope it's only a week.
These past two days, I came to really resent the 200 or so people who were able to just say that they can't be on the jury because they can't be impartial and objective. That just burns me. They come off to me as a bunch of people who can just so easily shirk their civic duty. It got to the point where you could just look at them and know they were just gonna bug out. One girl just said, "I got ADD. I can't pay attention." Come on! What a pack of horsecrap is that? I get bored, too. I problems focusing especially in court.
I'm mean, come on, I also see this all as one big pain in the butt but I'm not gonna lie and say I can't be impartial and objective. The way I see it, if I were on trial, I'd want me on the jury.
The trial started today right after they finished picking the jury. Got past opening statements and started in on the first witness. Man, this is so boring and tedious. Every little detail is gone over and over. And still, it's all hazy and confusing.
We're not allowed to take notes. We're just supposed to sit there and listen. But, man, to listen to some cop go over his version of events and watch it shift and flesh out under questioning is really hard to keep up with. I don't know what other jurors are thinking. Are they sure they know what went down?
My biggest fear is becoming that guy who has a reasonable doubt while everyone else doesn't. I suspect that during the day of deliberation I will cave and go along with the majority simply because I long to return to my normal life. And not have to work at night.
ps-man, I lost my umbrella. I probably left it in this Polish restaurant near the courthouse that I had lunch in. Keilbasa, sauerkraut, pierogies, and snapple. MMM!
pps-The umbrella was bought for 10 euros last time I was in Amsterdam. DAMN DAMN DAMN!