and round up enough bodies to complete the jury! they went to a restaurant around the corner and said "you, you and you are now on jury duty". Honest to God, they were back in less than 15 minutes. Didn't know they could do that! not certain, but thought i heard the pitter-patter of goosestepping! I have to say something here about this whole jury duty thing because I feel so powerless and that there is little I can do but voice my frustrations here. I really do relate to people who have bad attitudes and try to get out of it. I really do believe it is civically and morally right to serve if you possibly can, but where are the limits? When I was in my early to mid-twenties, I lived at home with my younger sister and parents in Corpus Christi, TX. Sometime after we all began voting in 1988 and 1992, the jury summons began pouring in....for all four of us....on a regular basis. Each of us began receiving one almost every year. We all showed up when we were supposed to and I think we all had pretty good attitudes about it at first, but as the years went by our feelings turned from positive to neutral and quickly negative. My sister and I were both gone by the year 2000. My sister moved to Houston and has received one jury summons there. I am in Middle Tennessee and have as yet received none. My