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Aaaaargh!!! I got a jury duty summons last week. Now I'm all for doing your civic duty but what makes me angry is that they denied my excuse...my excuse being that I take care of my son and that the day of the summons is a school day. Does the system care? Can they give a Mom who cares for the well-being of her son a break? Perhaps I should have expounded more and written smaller on the 2-inch line that was given to write our "full explanation". I could've said that my husband would be unavailable to watch our son and that we have only one car (Should I bring my son to school or waste the tuition that I paid for that day so I could be an unpaid juror?) and that I don't want to drive all the way to frickin' Riverside, darn it! I'm crossing my fingers, hoping that I won't have to report on the 15th but, having said this, it'll likely bite me in the butt and I'll have to do my duty.

I've been sent a summons six times compared to Allan's zero, but those other times I guess I had a legit excuse (school, baby...). Why do I keep getting them? I feel like I have this aura around me that exudes "easy mark." This reminds me of my college days when I kept getting approached by religious people wanting to talk to me about Jesus. It was ridiculous how often I would get approached! One time I had taken only five steps out of my apartment when someone approached me about meeting with their group. They must've taken one look at me and said, "That girl needs religion! She's got the devil in her!" Ugh. They seemed to be such nice people but what did they know? So, in that regard, I'm glad to be living in a nice house, in a nice area, but what does the County of Riverside know about my life that they would deny my excuse! We pay our taxes...a huge amount of tax! I should be able to decide whether I have the time to be a juror or not.

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