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Originally Posted by amerikangod

I got called as an alternate once when I was 19. I was supposed to call a number to see if I was supposed to come in. I didn't call, and apparently they had picked me. I had to show up and fill out some forms about a month later so as not to go to jail. And then a few years after that I got called again. I was at the courthouse for three days waiting to see if I'd get picked. They picked me on the last hour of the last fucking day. They made me the head juror for some goddamn reason. Two days into serving on some bullshit civil case (a woman was suing because she tripped on the sidewalk), on my way home (like, four blocks away from where I lived) I got hit in the head with a pipe as part of some gang initiation I stumbled into. As much as that sucked I used it as an excuse to not go in to jury duty the next day and was off the hook. The bastards never even paid me and I missed a week of work because of it.

Also I would love a thread where we could weigh in on our turds.

That's a nice story. Are you writing that for the stage or a screenplay?