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Eduardo Soliz, JUST SAYING

Injuryous

For just the third time since moving to my current city of residence, I have been summoned to jury duty. Despite that, I have yet to actually be on a jury; the closest I have come was an attempted murder trial where I didn’t make the cut. Unfortunately, the process of picking jurors took all day and into the night, so I didn’t even get to enjoy a partial day off. 😐

Most people approach jury duty with the same level of enthusiasm reserved for trips to the dentist, but it has never bothered me outside of having to wake up at oh-dark-thirty in a feeble attempt to get ahead of downtown traffic. Admittedly, I am blessed to have a career where I am paid for the days off. As fate would have it, this go-round falls the day before a planned long weekend, so one way or another it’s going to be a longer weekend now.

I get why most people dislike jury duty. Getting downtown is a pain, being herded into the Central Jury room and waiting for the fun to begin sucks, and for many folks it means getting a lousy paycheck the following week.

Juries are an important part of our justice system and a constitutional right guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution. Like voting, serving on a jury is our responsibility as citizens. Unlike voting, people don’t have much choice in the matter, so one may as well do the job and do it right once they’re there.

Besides, if you were on trial, would you want your freedom to be decided by twelve angry men?

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Eduardo Soliz, JUST SAYING, TECH, WHATS GOING ON, WORK

33 Things I Noticed During Jury Duty

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#11 Too cool fur school!

  1. Despite what you are going to read, I am happy to do my civic duty.
  2. Indeed, I’ve been tagged multiple times in my life already
  3. Weirdly enough, working on a short story about a trial right now, go figure.
  4. Took a wrong turn, got stuck waiting for a train. Thank you, San Antonio.
  5. Not late, but there was a line for parking.
  6. Just realized I forgot to take my Vitamin C this morning, it would suck to have survived Comicpalooza only to catch ‘jury duty crud.’
  7. Dude behind me in line at the courthouse is standing just bit too close. Can I get a little personal space here?
  8. Forgot to take the change out of my pocket, officer got snippy at me in Spanish. THAT’S PROFILING MAN
  9. At least I don’t have to hear coworkers brag or whine about how Golden State blew it
  10. This beats work any day, fewer stupid people
  11. Felt cool to pin a white ‘juror’ button to my shirt.
  12. Can we  get a nice ‘register to vote’ sign to put in front of the bench? The one there is made from poster board and looks like some kid made it.
  13. That said, if the judge’s kid DID make it, I rescind my previous statement.
  14. Cell phone ringers going off should incur a fine or at least a kick to the shin
  15. Court cafeteria tacos ain’t bad.
  16. Lack of coffee started to kick in at about 10AM, took the first opportunity to grab a cup soon after
  17. Court cafeteria coffee ain’t bad either
  18. One panel called for an Eduardo (not me) and an Edward. THAT’S GOING TO BE CONFUSING, PEOPLE
  19. It wasn’t until 1045 that I got bored enough to start playing Fallout Shelter on my Android tablet.
  20. Or not, back to the jury room!
  21. Got called to a panel!
  22. I’m sorry, but wearing a baseball cap with a suit is THE DORKIEST  thing I will ever see.
  23. Gal that cut my hair a few weeks ago was on the same panel, small world!
  24. A two hour lunch break…thaaaanks.
  25. TVs are tuned to judge shows BECAUSE IT’S A COURTHOUSE GET IT HA HA HA
  26. Grilled ham n’ cheese hit the spot for lunch
  27. Okay, now I can play Fallout Shelter
  28. $1.35 for a 20 oz. soda? I may have to take one for the road!
  29. Back to the jury room, here we go.
  30. Waiting for a while after lunch, hopefully it’s a good sign
  31. Sent home at 2 o’clock, woo-hoo!
  32. WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO GIVE BACK MY JUROR BUTTON?
  33. Now to go wait some more while the oil in my car is changed! 😂
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