My good friend Jim has related an interesting tale about a call to jury duty. Have you ever served on a jury? Would you like to?
Odd as it may seem, I was looking forward to jury duty when my summons arrived in the mail.
The system requires those summoned to call the court each day after 5 p.m. to listen to a recording. If your number is within the range chosen for the next day, you must report by 8:30 a.m.
Criminal Courthouse, Syracuse, NY.
The first two nights I was spared. I started to feel relief, and told myself I didn’t want to be bothered after all. The third night, my number came up — we’ll see you in the morning, and bring a lunch.
I talked myself into it that night, the whole civic duty thing. Subconsciously, I invented ways to get out of it. (I have some legit excuses, and some creative ones I’ve heard over the years.)
But I wanted to play it straight and do the right thing. So I arrived…
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Mark Bialczak 
Mark,
Go read my blog if ya need sumthin to do with yer hands: you may comment.
Luv ya Bro!
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Mark,
I just want yer take on this one…
(When you can)
Your opinion is important to me:
http://wp.me/p2Yfgl-ch
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My Good Friend,
Thanks so much for directing me to “Irish Investigations”
Was a good trip for me, as I used to be some kind of serious ‘runner’ and want to get back into distance running. Til now, I had no with whom to discuss running.
Now I do. Thanks to you.
You’re a selfless, good man Mark.
Cheers, Peace, and Beer.
Lance
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Jim will be of help, Lance. You go. I, on the other hand, am very good at running at the mouth. Hardy har har!
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Dude!
I (almost) spilt my beer over that one!
Asshole
Too funny!
(I am gonna shut up now and work on ‘My” Jury Duty Story
(you just had to know I had one…)
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Were you in the jury or in front of the jury, Lance? Oh, I am on tonight, my friend!
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Both.
I was quite talented in my misspent youth.
Shit! I invented multi-tasking.
Mark,
Johnny Carson would have invited you to sit down, just like he did Freddy P.
et voila! A Star is Born!
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I would have killed with Johnny, right? Ed would have loved me. And to top it off, I look like the guy Al, Tim Tool TIme Taylor’s sidekick on the old sitcom, Richard Karn.
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Naw.
You would have been Doc Severinsen.
Ya kinda got that “look” That musician ‘look’
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Besides, I know how to conduct myself.
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Mark!
Yer killin’ me!
Shut up!
Go harass someone else.
I done ‘most spilled all my last beer as it is.
Cheers!
😉
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“Tell me about the armadillos again George”
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I do hope I did no upset you Mark.
(ppl, such as you, with Real Jobs need sleep)
So I must assume…
Cheers
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i love being on jury duty.
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If they made it a job, I think I’d apply, Beth.
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They took one look at me driving myself into the court room and told me thanks but no thanks. Don’t know if it was because of the MS or because they didn’t want me to destroy the court room with my chair. My dad used to serve several times a year, usually on the Grand Juries, but sometimes on the regular trial jury. Nice blog Mark.
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Jim does a good job, Angie. You should follow him.
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I’ll check him out Mark. Thanks for the suggestion. My internet is acting up right now, so I’m lucky if I can even answer emails most days.
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Ouch. Hate when that happens. Just click follow on his Irish Investigations and he’ll pop up just like my blog does, Angie.
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I am now following your friend. He seems nice, too. 🙂 He had an interesting story. I was a paralegal for 14 years and have been to more trials than many attorneys I know. That said, I already know they a BORING for the most part (a lot of expert witness testimony) and the “juicy parts” almost always get excluded with Pre-Trial Motions. So though it seems like it “could” be fun, it probably isn’t. I’ve been called only once and of course because of my legal background, I was excluded during voir dire, though I admit it was hard not to take it as a personal insult, even though I knew better. The sad thing was, all during the voir dire questions, I kept thinking about what BOTH attorneys were doing wrong and what they SHOULD have been asking. LOL! (That used to be my favorite part of trial — conferencing with the attorney and giving him my thoughts on the jury pool and giving him more questions that I wanted answered.)
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Rachel Carrera, Paralegal at Law. I want to watch the TV series now.
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LOL! Believe me, it wasn’t as exciting as it seems. There were probably 1 out of every 500 cases that were exciting enough to talk about. 🙂
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I am talking about the episodes where you would be telling the lawyers key questions they missed.
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Oh, well that is any given day in the life of a paralegal. We do all the work; the attorney makes all the money. And, yes, I’m being for real.
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Parce que j’ai pas fini ;D have to run to work Mark … C
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Have a good day, K.
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Thank you, Mark. I am now following your good friend. I would like to serve on a jury. I’ve gotten close, but have never made it into the box.
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I made the one grand jury, and we spread out over a room. I want to make one where we sit in a box, too, Ann.
Jim and I shared a cubicle together at the big daily for a good while. We have kept in touch and break bread as often as schedules allow. He teaches me with his ideas. Enjoy Irish Investigations.
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Me too Ann. What a wonderful site!
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Good taste, Lance.
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