Death to Jury Duty

Well, that wasn't on the top of my list of things to do the day after digging out from a massive storm. I just spent 7 hours sitting around a packed courthouse waiting for his majesty the judge to call us. When he finally did call us for the trial, I was at least able to get excused because I have a test coming up next week that I can't miss. I swear, the whole system needs to be overhauled. How do they even justify drafting jurors like this? Doesn't the US constitution ban involuntary servitude? It's only never been overruled because the justice system serves the interests of the government, and this is easier on them. *Sigh* At least now I'm supposed to not be called again for three years, but I doubt they keep records that long.

And I didn't even get to go through my whole "crazy" routine that I had planned to get excused. Talk about a waste of time........