Civic Duty
It seems that I’m regularly summoned for possible jury service. Yet, I’ve never been on a trail. I’m not complaining. But, the possibility of jury service can be disruptive.
The most recent summons required that I call the jury commission for “up to five days” to see if I’d be needed. My first call was last Friday evening. After that I was instructed to call in the next day at noon for possible service the same afternoon. That went on every day this week until yesterday afternoon when I was released. The problem with that type of “service” is that I could have been called in on the final day for possible service, which would have meant that I had committed a week to being available for possible service before actually serving. I think that I would have preferred to have been called in at a certain time and either used or released.
Now that I’ve completed my civic duty, I’m free to resume my life. I can make plans, which I’ve done. I’m leaving town tonight to visit friends in the Seattle area.
Now I’m on summer break.
