Jury duty

{My very important notes regarding the case.}

For the most part jury duty is pretty tedious with vaguely interesting moments mixed in every now and then. I spend most of my time people watching. The downtown courtroom is full of a wide variety of people since jury selection is randomized, kind of like the cross section of wierdos you'd see at the DMV. Lots of different ages, ethnicities, hairstyles, outfit choices...

The past two days I've learned a lot of little things. Most people are lame and full of excuses as to why they can't be a juror. Its no different from watching a kid make far fetched, lame excuses about the whereabouts of their homework. Conclusion: just because you're an adult doesn't mean you magically transform into a person of integrity. I'm still struggling with this fact. Its mind blowing to me that I will still have the same personality make 20 years from now.

Lets talk about the downright hostile types; haters of life. Such as the woman who threw a shit fit in the courtroom when my armrest bumped into hers. When people get really nasty in public my initial reaction is of open mouthed stupor. In the end angry people keep me in check. I don't ever want to be that way. I'm still working on my list of calm but infuriating comebacks to throw in situations like this.

People are social creatures for the most part. It was interesting to observe the interaction of strangers with one another. Complete strangers after a few days with one another will start to reach out and make little bonds here and there. This concept is not that hard for me to grasp. Despite the fact that most my friends consider me to be an unforgiving elitist, I can find something to like in most anyone and as long as I have that I can be civil and get along. Its something I've learned at work.

Its Day 3 of the trial tomorrow and probably the last but I know after two days of keeping to myself its inevitable tomorrow I'll have to muster up a smile of recognition towards the other twelve jurors because we are now a little family trying to decide whether to award the plaintiff one million dollars or three. Geezus.