Taking a walk outside
Last week Thursday our son who is currently a fourth year resident in ENT surgery in Los Angeles told us he was called for jury duty on Friday. My husband texted him saying perhaps his attending could give a letter of excuse explaining his absence would cause hardship in the functioning of the department. Our daughter chimed in with a similar thought. My husband used to work as an oncologist and invariably got excused from jury duty, legitimately, because his patients were receiving ongoing chemotherapy treatments and these could be disrupted by his absence. The general sentiment amongst our medical fraternity has been to avoid jury duty as much as possible. I pointed out to my family that I am the only one out of us who has actually served as a juror. The rest seem to have embraced an escapist strategy. They laughed at the remark. In the bigger scheme of things, the few times in my life thus far when I was picked for jury duty, seem to be a privilege. A unique opportunity to see ...