From the Jury Pool to the Dating Pool
From the Jury Pool to the Dating Pool
Could jury duty be the new way to meet a mate? That, and if you want to find a wine opener in your big purse, bring it to a courthouse scanner. These are the two topics in my blog today.
I was called for jury duty this week. Not the most convenient time to be pulled away from earning money, but then when is jury duty ever convenient?
News that a couple actually met and married after serving jury duty together was obviously meant to inspire the singles who arrived for jury duty last week at The Westchester County Court House in White Plains, NY. Got my attention.
Judge Francis Nicolai, who addressed us all in the big jury arrival room, should seriously think of doing stand-up. He’s heard every excuse in the book about why people need to get out of jury duty and quipped that if he knew so many people were sick and insane, he’d have done better for himself in the medical field.
The Judge told the marriage story in conjunction with the story of a suggestion from a young woman who told him he should hold “singles week” at jury duty. Of course I’m sitting there thinking, “brilliant!” The exact opposite of speed dating. Captive Dating! Forcing you to listen to each other and argue politely in front of other people and get that out of the way. Plus, everyone’s under oath.
The good judge also made a passionate speech about the importance of serving as a juror in this good country of ours. I was up for the task, and truthfully a little annoyed that everybody I mentioned I had jury duty to gave me an excuse on how to get out of it.
For cripes sake, my fellow countrymen and women are serving in Iraq; the least I can do for my country is serve jury duty. I would hope that if it was me on trial, people with my integrity would be in the jury box.
Which brings me to the wine opener: What woman of my integrity brings a lethal wine opener to a courthouse? Somehow it was buried in my big bag of reading material. Who Knew? Being pulled to the side of the line and having it confiscated at 8:30am raised a few eyebrows.
I was howling to myself thinking I must be losing it, and wondering privately how many other women have no idea what ridiculous crap they’re lugging around everyday in their big bags. Anyway, I’ve inquired about one of those scanners for home use. It would save me a load of time everyday looking for stuff in my bag. I’m also going to contact the judge and see what he thinks about “divorce week.”
Attitude is everything!
Debbie
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