I'd be a lot happier

Doing my duty as a good citizen if jury duty didn't consist of being treated like cattle and like the time (and some other things, for that matter) of those in the jury pool is completely valueless.

Just because they know we're a captive audience and there are hundreds of us at a time does not make it right.

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By haikujaguar:

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