In the midst of tax season a jury summons appeared in my mailbox. What a loaded day. First the tax man frees me of funds and now the court system wants my opinion.

Jury duty is the price of voting in NJ so any opportunity to perform my civic duty is welcome. But there’s one hitch. I’ve been summoned to the wrong county. So I call the uber helpful people at the appropriate NJ state agency.

NJJMS: Yo.
sam: I’ve been summoned for jury duty.
NJJMS: No kidding? I never hear that one.
sam: What does that mean exactly?
NJJMS: You get 2 days off work for a 1 day trial.
sam: Hey, that’s great! But thing is, this summons is for X county and I live in Y county.
NJJMS: Hold on. Read me the number to the right of the bar code.
sam ( reads numbers )
NJJMS: Why did you get this summons? You don’t live in X county. You live in Y county.
sam: That’s why I’m calling.
NJJMS: But you’re disqualified.
sam: So what do I do?
NJJMS: Nothing. You don’t get 2 days off work.
sam: Anything else?
NJJMS: You don’t get 5 dollars a day.
sam: But what if I want to serve?
NJJMS: Sir, you’re not qualified.
sam: Is there any possible way I can be on this jury?
NJJMS: No. In fact I’m adjusting your record in the system right now. You’re out of the consideration pool permanently.
sam: Well, if you insist.