Mom: Your father is driving me to the county courthouse tomorrow. I was called for jury duty but I'm going to get out of it.
Me: Ok, but you know how I feel about serving jury duty.
Mom: I know, but I’m 78. Why would they want me? I found out too late that they would excuse me if I brought a note from the doctor.
Me: A note from the doctor?
Mom: Saying I’m too sickly and old to serve on a jury. Why would they want me at my age, anyway?
Me: Mom, then according to your logic you’re also too old to vote, drive and work. It looks like you have two choices. Tell the unbelievable lie that you’re too feeble to sit on a jury; or tell the equally unbelievable truth, you’re a full-time, 3rd shift night nurse.
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| Still so cheerful in her nurse's uniform after a night at work. |
So it turns out she said neither, Mom got out of jury duty by citing her need for a hearing aid. She wore it special just for the court officials, since she hardly ever wears it.
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