Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Jury Duty woop woop!

I just spent the last two days of my life serving Jury Duty and let me just tell you, my life is full. You should have seen me when I got the letter, it was the best day! And then I came to work to find out that BYU will pay me (without making me use a vacation day) and I'll get the $18 per day from the State (which is really pathetic, but a bonus to me)! Our case was not the most exciting (a bad check) but we had a lot of fun. I was on the case with a lot of talkative people, which I consider myself talkative but not around strangers. We ended up having a lot of good laughs and our bailiff said we were the most rowdy Jury ever. We of course were very respective during court, but we had our share of fun when we were banished to our jury room. After the trial we were finally able to discuss the case and came to a decision within an hour or so. I felt very smart because I kept making these points and everyone would be really impressed, just because I was the youngest didn't mean I am dumb. They bought us Brick Oven for dinner! These simple things in life sure do cheer me up. It was an overall good experience seeing how the court system worked and our judge was very nice and fair, Judge Davis, and the lawyers often got flustered and frustrated with each other. Kind of entertaining. I bet all those out there who dread Jury Duty are now going to check their mail every day!

4 comments:

Heather said...

That's pretty exciting Cami. It sounds like a good time. I've never had to go in for Jury Duty. I've received the postcard before but when I call they say they don't need me. I won't dread it next time I call.

I think anything new in life is exciting and now you can say you've done it! Have fun with your extra $36.

The Murdocks said...

CAMI! Your day of jury duty was much better than mine. I waited all day with weird people, and then the girl ended up pleading guilty at the last second! By the way... I have a blog too! it is natalieandaaronmurdock.blogspot.com
I didn't know you had one...but now I will read it all the time!

Tiffany said...

Seriously, I have never heard of anyone having a good time in Jury Duty! I haven't had to do it yet because my records are still in California... so I just tell them I am at school in Utah and I am not there. But maybe I will be excited next time!

Amy said...

Thanks for the link! Yep, I got the letter in the mail. I called though, and found out that I could get an affidavit to exempt myself because I'm Cameron's caregiver. So now I'm weighing my options....I kind of want to see what it's like after rereading your experience, but at the same time, it would put some added stress in my life to be there that early (8 30 AM) and to coordinate with babysitters...What do you think?