Jury Duty

Whew!  I'm done!

I had Jury duty the first part of the month.  From Wednesday June1st to Tuesday June 7th I was summoned to serve on a jury of my "peers" to deliberate on a civil suit between 3 neighbors.  After being there every day and paying close attention I started to feel that I really knew everyone!

My advice after serving a jury and taking 5 hours to come to a verdict:

1:  ALWAYS check references and ALWAYS make sure you're working with certified professionals (try not to take people 100% by their word)
2:  ALWAYS get a receipt/invoice (I mean...really??)
3:  Do NOT write anything that will incriminate you and then allow it into evidence (ie. a contract)
4:  Make sure you know your neighbors names!! (so embarrassing)
5:  To the lawyers: Do not keep old men on the jury, they take EVERYTHING literally and go completely on assumptions!  (so annoying)
6:  Try to get a job that PAYS for jury service...(Unbelievable!  I lost 1/4 of my monthly paycheck to "serve" my country)