Juror #10 and job (in)security

[taylweaver]

So I had jury duty last week.

And I got on a jury.

And the trial ran Thursday to Monday. It was fascinating.

Alas, just when life gets interesting, it also gets equally busy - so I shall have to elaborate another time. Suffice it to say I kept the jury deliberating an extra two hours because I was asking a legitimate question (and I base its legitimacy on my discussion with the defense lawyer after the trial) and it was a battle just to get some - and not even all - of the other jurors to understand it, let alone address it.

Anyone surprised by this?

But we did get free lunch... (they got me kosher food, too)

And, in other, unrelated news, I currently have a job for September doing related service in Brooklyn - what I should have been doing next year - but my supervisor warned me after she said this that I could still get excessed (read downsized for all you non-NYC education folks) at some point over the summer.

And this, with me owing another year to the scholarship program - so I can't preemptively find another job.

But that will hopefully work out - ideally sooner than September first this time...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I enjoyed jury duty. So amusing. Air conditioned rooms. Being paid to read Harry Potter . . .
If it wasn't for getting off for summer school I could have been paid for a week at least!

[flintknappy.livejournal.com]

That's cool that you enjoyed the judicial process. I actually just got called for jury duty myself, but got out of it because of class. Perhaps next time they will call me for a time that isn't conflicting.

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

In New York, if you have a conflict, you have to call and reschedule - you pick a date 2-6 months ahead, and they either give you that date or a date near it. So you get out of it, but you know you'll be called back soon.