Jury Doodie 2 - Anticlimatic Conclusion

After four years waiting for the defendants, 5-6 hours of jury selection, and another 6 hours of my waiting time, the two parties involved agreed to settle on what seemed to me and the other jurors like a petty sum of money (~$75k). What really irks me is that I don't get to even see the courtroom. I don't get to take an oath, I won't be listening to any opening arguments, and I most certainly won't get to decide on awarding anyone some petty sum of money...
Ah well. We did get to see the judge who came in to our jail cell (I mean waiting room) to tell us all we are being honorably discharged of our responsibility - thanks for waiting around for hours (I mean, doing your duty!). So, the system works, I guess? I won't know for sure for another 8 years, which is when they can start calling me to serve again...

Jury Doodie

I am sitting in the Brooklyn Supreme Court waiting for my day in court – as a juror. Last week I was selected for a case after failing to find anything that would render me partial or subjective in a seemingly petty civil suit involving a motor vehicle accident. I thought the actual court date would be more interesting than the selection day but so far it’s more waiting. When I have something more interesting to say other than that I am pleasantly surprised with the availability of WiFi I will report back about this development.

In other fronts, my team and I seemed to have survived the wave of cuts at Barclays after the swallowing up of the American portion of Lehman Brothers. I am still gainfully employed...