Jury Duty

Today was the last day of jury duty. It lasted a total of 3 working days (Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday). This morning I got up early to make some dark chocolate chip scones to take in for the jury. I served in Washington County in the courtroom of Judge Donald Letourneau. The judicial assistant Chantil Rose was great. She was very personable and friendly even though she must have to deal with strange cranky juries all the time.

I learned some valuable things while on jury duty.

1. Watch out for blue terry cloth bibs (at least beware that a handsome guy who was at a recent singles event doesn't go anywhere without his and actually uses it when he eats)
2. If your thong underwear is really itchy, you may want to check and make sure a dryer sheet is not stuck to them.
3. Multi-tasking can be very dangerous, don't ever fix your broken nail (with super/nail glue) while going to the restroom. You run a serious risk of getting your finger stuck to your tooshie.
4. Witch hazel seems to be the remedy for unsticking a finger from one's tooshie.
5. The Portland metro area is pretty small: One juror works with a guy I used to work with at my previous company. Another juror knows a single guy who might be a good match for me. She gave me his contact information and his match.com information. He sounded really familiar to me when she told me about him and guess what....that is because I corresponded with him on match.com. Obviously, the match didn't seem to happen.
6. More than one juror thought I should try eHarmony for dating even though match.com didn't work for me. Hhhhmmmmm, I may have to consider it since my dating blog is looking very sad right now.
7. There are some regular women out there being really good moms. There were a couple of women on the jury that seem to be making some great choices when it comes to their kids.
8. PO does not always reference a purchase order, in some circles this only refers to a parole officer.
9. Gum chewing is a serious no no in the courtroom.
10. Don't even think of bringing a cup of coffee into the courtroom. No, not even if it has a lid.
11. When they say you will only need to wait about 10 minutes, this really means 30.
12. The verdict you give may not be one you agree with. It turns out the established law has preference over your personal option.
13. If you act like a your normal dorky self, the others will notice. Unlike your friends and co-workers have time to get used to it, the other jurors only spend less than 3 days with you.
14. If you have had 5 strokes and don't know why you reported for jury duty, you are likely to get excused. Just be sure to leave your beautiful yellow and black jury pin.
15. If you worked as a cook in an Alaskan criminal facility and you think that anyone who has made it to trial is likely guilty, then you are likely to be excused. Just be sure to leave your beautiful yellow and black jury pin.