Stand By

This week I am on telephone standby jury duty. It isn't serving on a jury that I mind. It is losing pay. I get the concept that it is a civic duty and responsibility to serve. I do not understand how the government thinks that people can pay their bills on $40 a day. Considering that the government tosses away thousands of dollars on nonsense, why isn't the law changed. If people received their weekly salary, no one would mind being on the jury. Instead, we plot our strategy as to what we could possibly say to be dismissed. I only know one person that wants to serve. The funny thing is that that as much as she wishes, her number never gets called.