quandary \KWAHN-duh-ree; -dree\, noun:
A state of difficulty, perplexity, doubt, or uncertainty.
For years I've heard people complain about jury duty. They've said that it's a impediment to their daily life, that it takes up too much time, it's boring, it's annoying, etc. So when I received my first jury duty summons in the mail a few weeks ago, I was justifiably irritated. Nevermind the fact that I'm 28 and have never been summoned to perform my civic duty of judging other people, how could they waste my time with this useless jury duty!
The summons states that I must call everyday after 4pm to see if I will be called to duty the following day. It is now Tuesday and I have called for Wednesday and still I have not been asked to report for duty. Apparently there are no criminals needing a group of their peers to condemn them of their wrongdoings (look I've just been eliminated as a possible juror anyway!). There have been no trials this week.
So I worked all weekend on G8 stuff and didn't have a single moment of non-working time in 11 days straight and I'm sorry but I WANT to go to jury duty if only to get out of work for a single blessed day. So why won't they call me? Where is all the annoying, time-consuming horribly boring jury duty that everyone complains about? If anything, I'd like to complain that they aren't calling me! I would argue that there should be a hotline for people to call when they WANT to do jury duty. Fine, some of you don't. That's your choice. But I do. And I don't think it's fair that they gave me false hope that I would be called. There's always hope for Thursday or Friday, but I hold no faith in the court system at this point.
What does a person have to do to get a day off around here?
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ERICK!! I'm so excited. Erick Walker has written a comment on my blog! Hey man. You just made my day.
Remember those hot caeser salads we used to get in Tacoma? I was JUST trying to explain to someone how a hot caeser salad could be really good despite how you imagine it would be gross. Ask Erick, I said, he'll tell you!
You are crazy. Shouldn't you be at home taking care of your baby instead of making up words to post on MY blog? ;)
This is my oldest and dearest friend Erick, everyone. We went to college together. Way back in the glory years. Man that was so long ago!
Stay tuned for a blog entry about "limasatious" in the near future.
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