I’ve been “on call” all this week. What that means is you have to call in every day to see if you’re needed tomorrow. This plays hell with any daytime screenings I might have. But it isn’t enough to constitute “extreme financial hardship.”
They can only do this for five days. And I’m pretty sure I’ll get kicked off if I am picked — last time, it took two days but I did eventually get dismissed.
So of course, the day they call me in is tomorrow.
The same day as System of a Down.
Remember what happened the last time I had System of a Down tickets? Appendicitis.
Fortunately the show is at night and I’ll presumably be out by then. But that’s a drive to Long Beach from downton. It had to be this day, of all days. I’m also supposed to go on vacation next week, but if I don’t get kicked off right away, that could be in jeopardy too.
Part of the problem here, which is a whole other issue, is the way concert tickets go on sale so far in advance that it can be very hard to anticipate what you’ll be doing when the show day comes around. I assume they do this to guarantee a sellout, but it would be nice if all concerts went on sale a maximum of 2-3 weeks before the show.
Aw, but it’s your Civic Duty…
I guess I’m the only person in the world who enjoyed jury duty, huh? Liked the relaxation.
I wouldn’t mind it if the timing and organization were better.
Yeah, there is that. Though I found it oddly meditative sitting in a silent room for for hours, considering that they sent me home at lunchtime, I probably should have been more annoyed…
Do you really want jury duty to be sore for like two days, though? That’s kinda mean.
Everyone should do their part until it’s my turn, huh? God forbid decisions that gravely affect the lives of others get in the way of your concert.
Here’s a 4 part story about jury duty that made me so angry I couldn’t sleep for 3 days. Enjoy.
http://www.blindwino.com/driverjunk40.html
http://www.blindwino.com/driverjunk41.html
http://www.blindwino.com/driverjunk42.html
http://www.blindwino.com/driverjunk43.html
A lecture on civic duty from ReJeKt? That’s funny.
Wear your most outrageous shirt–whatever bloody, nasty WWE shirt you have, and you’ll get dismissed even earlier.
All this makes me think that one could do a very funny movie called “12 Angry Men” set around jury duty–a movie with an entirely different concept than the well known other “12 Angry Men”. I would definitely cast Luke & ReJekt as quickly as I could in such a project.
CIVIC DUTY IS FUCKING GAY