just when i think i have the lead, you blaze right by me! Now, how on earth will i be able to even match that word count? ;-) WTG!! now, finish by the weekend, and you can write an whole 'nuther NaNo novel just to pass the time... ;-)
as for jury duty, i was called up and service was for 9 days. yay! two weeks of not going to work. the cool thing was that i would get paid as if i were at work once i turned in the check i got from jury duty. glady, sez i, cuz $90 wouldn't have seen me through two weeks. but there was at least one major drawback. jury duty was early morning (9am) and lasted until 5pm. i work second shift. I had to keep myself awake through both trials i got to serve on. and boy was that hard! i was almost (ALMOST!) chosen to be on a sequestered jury (that would've been so cool!) but only sat for one second in the seat before being challenged, which meant i wasn't lucky. local high profile case, likely to be covered by the media (which it was). i happen to work for the local CBS affiliate. apparently they figured i'd have a biased opinion because i'd have heard about the story already. nope! i was hoping they'd ask me if i did, because i'd tell them that i know nothing because i'm not paid to pay attention to the newscasts. which is true. anyhow, i got to serve on a civil case and a attempted murder trial (i forgot what they called it). the second case was better because we got to go eat and not pay for it! and we went to really nice places too! :-) i would love jury duty again, if only for that reason. free food. LOL! ;-)
i've also run across some heinous customer service, but most times it's more friendly than rude. the rude tends to come from outside circumstances. i've been known to cast the 'hairy eyeball' at a few kids who thought they were hot snot and all that. but most times, i just let it slide. no big deal. chances are, the kid is only there for a summer job and will be gone again soon. meanwhile, i go when they're not there. :-)
and... i *heart* wal-mart. so much better than target (over-priced cheap stuff) and k-mart (they do cheap?).
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as for jury duty, i was called up and service was for 9 days. yay! two weeks of not going to work. the cool thing was that i would get paid as if i were at work once i turned in the check i got from jury duty. glady, sez i, cuz $90 wouldn't have seen me through two weeks. but there was at least one major drawback. jury duty was early morning (9am) and lasted until 5pm. i work second shift. I had to keep myself awake through both trials i got to serve on. and boy was that hard! i was almost (ALMOST!) chosen to be on a sequestered jury (that would've been so cool!) but only sat for one second in the seat before being challenged, which meant i wasn't lucky. local high profile case, likely to be covered by the media (which it was). i happen to work for the local CBS affiliate. apparently they figured i'd have a biased opinion because i'd have heard about the story already. nope! i was hoping they'd ask me if i did, because i'd tell them that i know nothing because i'm not paid to pay attention to the newscasts. which is true.
anyhow, i got to serve on a civil case and a attempted murder trial (i forgot what they called it). the second case was better because we got to go eat and not pay for it! and we went to really nice places too! :-) i would love jury duty again, if only for that reason. free food. LOL! ;-)
i've also run across some heinous customer service, but most times it's more friendly than rude. the rude tends to come from outside circumstances. i've been known to cast the 'hairy eyeball' at a few kids who thought they were hot snot and all that. but most times, i just let it slide. no big deal. chances are, the kid is only there for a summer job and will be gone again soon. meanwhile, i go when they're not there. :-)
and... i *heart* wal-mart. so much better than target (over-priced cheap stuff) and k-mart (they do cheap?).