Why, yes, officer … I DO watch CSI.

Yesterday I received an envelope in the mail from my county’s Municipal Court. Gotta say that I couldn’t get that envelope open fast enough because I wondered what I had done wrong! It looked so “official”.

As it turns out, it was a notification that my name was drawn for jury duty for four dates in September. WHEW!

I have never served on a jury. Never got asked. I’m rather looking forward to see how the process really works.

There is a two-page questionnaire to complete which I have now done. I decided I’m a very unexciting person.

I was slightly amused by some of the questions.

• Does watching CSI count as having any “law training”? How about Law & Order being “legal training”? Does the Realtor® Safety Class that I took at the Board count as “enforcement training”?
• Twitter wasn’t one of the check boxes for “where I get my news from”. So, I wrote it in. They need to update their questionnaire!
• They ask if I drive a car (Y or N) then had a line before “YEARS”. Wasn’t sure if they wanted to know how long I’ve been driving or how old my car was. I assumed it was how long I had been driving, but not sure why that’s important for jury duty.
• “Has anyone in my immediate family worked for the government?” I wonder if a ‘yes‘ or ‘no‘ answer is better from their point-of-view?

As I said, it will be interesting to see the process first-hand. I’m sure it will give me some blog-fodder. D’ya suppose I’ll get to take my Blackberry with me.

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