JIMITHEGREEK DOES JURY DUTY AND IT GOES TO TRIAL

I RECEIVED THE DREADED JURY NOTIFICATION LETTER IN THE MAIL. NORMALLY I JUST THROW THEM OUT AS I DO NOT DEEM MYSELF FIT TO BE A JUROR. C'MON, WHO IS KIDDING WHO, NO ONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO DO THEIR CIVIC DUTY AND SERVE AS A JUROR. WHY? WHY, YOU ASK? ....BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH CIVIL SERVICE AND BUREAUCRACY . NO WHERE IS THE BUREAUCRACY CUMBERSOME, TEDIOUS, FRUSTRATING, ANNOYING AND TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS AS IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA. SO MY LETTER SAYS THIS IS IT, I GOTTA SHOW OR THEY WILL HUNT ME DOWN. LIKE OSAMA?

ANYWAYS IT SAID CALL SUNDAY EVE FOR MONDAY. I CALLED AND THE NICE RECORDING SAID TO CALL MONDAY EVE FOR TUESDAY. EGADS, THE NOT SO NICE RECORDING SAID TO SHOW UP TUESDAY MORNING AT 10:00AM. YIKES

SO OFF I GO TO 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, N.Y. WHAT THEY DO NOT TELL YOU IS THAT THERE IS PARKING HELL THERE! IN WE GO AND WAIT IS WHAT WE DO. WAIT FOR THE PERFUNCTORY SPEECH. TURN IN YOUR PAPERS AND WAIT TO BE CALLED. GET CALLED AND WAIT TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE SAVAGE LAWYERS!..... BUT I HAD A PLAN. Q. " IS THERE ANY REASONS WHY YOU DO NOT BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL IN THIS CASE?" A. "NO, I CAN'T WAIT TO PUT SOMEONE IN JAIL" "SIR, PLEASE GO SEE THE CLERK. " NOW I AM THINKING THAT I AM OUT HOME FREE, OUTTA HERE LIKE VLADAMIR.....BUT NOOOOO. THE CLERK LAYS OUT THE SKINNY FOR ME. I COULD COOPERATE AND INTERVIEW FOR CIVIL CASE JURIES AND MAYBE BE OUT OF THERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO A WEEK OR HE WOULD MAKE ME SHOW UP EVERYDAY FOR AT LEAST A WEEK OR TWO AND WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. I FIGURED I MAY AS WELL COOPERATE AS NO ONE WOULD PICK ME TO SERVE AS A JUROR! YEAH RIGHT! I WAS PICKED THE VERY NEXT CASE, EVEN THOUGH I WAS WEARING MY NAZI SWASTIKA HEADBAND! (JUST KIDDING BUT I WAS PICKED!!!)

NOT TO BORE MY THOUSANDS OF READERS WITH ALL THE GRIM DETAILS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.....BUT THIS MEDICAL MAL PRACTISE CASE TOOK UP ALMOST TWO FULL WEEKS IN APRIL. WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS VERY IMPERFECT IT IS STILL PRETTY DAMN GOOD. EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THEIR CAUSE. IN THIS INSTANCE IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO GET TO TRIAL. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF EIGHT OF US SERVING, SIX JURORS AND TWO ALTERNATES. EVERYONE TOOK THIS JUROR RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS. THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS WELL DONE AND WAS QUITE FAIR. I LEARNED MIRE ABOUT THE HUMAN WRIST AND CATHETERS THAN I WOULD EVER WANT TO KNOW. I LEARNED THAT THOSE EXPERT WITNESSES MAKE ABOUT FIVE GRAND PER DAY FOR TESTIFYING. I LEARNED THAT SOME OF THE SHARPEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS IN NEW YORK ARE LAWYERS. I WAS MOST IMPRESSED AT HOW INTELLIGENT AND ARTICULATE THE TWO LAWYERS WERE. ALL IN ALL IT WAS AN EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL AND SOMETIMES BORING EXPERIENCE. GOOD NEWS IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO SERVE JURY DUTY FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS AND I DID MAKE AN EXTRA 240 BUCKS AND GOT A FREE LUNCH OUT OF THE DEAL!!