Montco Mommy
The Verdict is In: Jury Duty Sucks
Why does it feel like you're in captivity while doing your civic duty to decide if someone should be in captivity?
I like control. I know that. I like to have control over every and anything that I can. Most of my fears, stressors and anxiety in life come from lack of control. I don’t like to fly, for example, because I feel like I should be able to stop, pull over and jump out of a moving vehicle any time I’d like. I’m probably not going to, but I like knowing that if I had to, I could. I think, as I sit here watching a clock creep as slowly has I’ve ever seen it, that is why I am resenting jury duty so much right now. I get it, right? It is my civic duty. I should be proud to live in a free and just country. At the moment, I guess I’m just not feeling so All-American. Instead, I’m counting by the hours in the Montgomery County Courthouse. So far, I’…
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ann krumbine
11:40 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
I work on billable hours. I am going tomorrow to jury duty. IF i am picked - i have the hardship of making 50 billable hours up in one week (ie. working the entire weekend). At the same time, parent in hospital after coding one week ago. I don't consider this a priviledge at this stage. Just something i have to get through. With my employer - does not matter if I am in jury duty- i will have to … more ›