Well I got called for Jury Duty. Sure, I could get out of it if I wanted. Many people have told me they just didn’t show up and nothing bad ever happened, but I have several friends with criminal convictions because they “jury of peers” was 12 people who were too dumb to get out of jury duty. Unlike most things run by Fulton County, it actually went pretty smoothly. At about 12:30, they told me that they had enough jurors and that I could leave. Only 1 in 4 people who get a summons will actually serve on a jury. I did meet a lot of people, which was interesting. The jury pool comes from the voter registration, so the average IQ was much higher than waiting in line at the DMV, and everyone was local, unlike the airport. I brought my laptop, caught up on some reading, wrote a proposal (which was already approved by the client), watched a movie, and read several chapters from Harry Potter.
