Last summer, I was called to appear for grand jury duty, and I tried to get out of it. Everyone gets out of jury duty. But, as it turns out, not everyone gets out of grand jury.
Actually, next to no one does. You have to be going bankrupt, or dying, and even then, you have to have proof of those things.
So, I was forced to serve my time. While this was a big pain (once a week for the whole summer, driving into the city, etc.) it was the panel that I served on that really clinched it: I would be listening to case after case of SVU stories.
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