Yup, turns out they treat you like absolute shit for jury duty. The website I went to was full of it. We get 27 cents per mile for our trip to and from the courthouse (so if you get less than 15 miles per gallon, you are actually losing money driving in), and each day we report (whether or not we actually get in a trial), we get paid $10. 10 fucking dollars. This is whether you serve a full day, or get to leave at 10:50 such as I did, etc. So basically, after just spending 4 hours of my time driving in, sitting and doing absolutely nothing, and driving back home, I get to get paid $23, $8 of which goes towards gas.
I don't give a shit if it is good for the judicial system that we do something like this, you can still at least pay a decent wage for being such an inconvenience to people. I personally think the prevailing rate of 51 or 53 or 55 (not totally sure what it is) cents per mile should be used, plus $20 for going in, and an additional $20 each day you serve on a trial. Even that isn't a lot, but the amount I'm getting paid is fricking ridiculous.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
