I was recently laughing pretty hard when my boyfriend got called into jury duty in a neighboring county.
He never changed his registration information over to our city, so he was served with jury duty at his parents house.
This man, he had to take an entire week off of work to hang out with Mom and Dad when he wasn’t at the courthouse. He was less than thrilled with staying in their old, dilapidated house. He said that he was miserable all night long because their air conditioning system barely works anymore. He said the cooling system was installed at least 20 years ago, and yet he doesn’t remember ever seeing the air conditioner being professionally serviced before. Obviously, this meant he was sleeping in subpar air quality – or at least attempting to sleep in subpar air quality. When he reported to jury duty the next morning, he was absolutely exhausted. He was more than ready for some modern air conditioning to make up for his sweaty evening. Unfortunately, he wasn’t ready for the extremely powerful cooling system at the courthouse was employing. Apparently, they had a very different strategy when it came to indoor Air Temperature Control. They loved their air conditioning system! He said the courthouse was so cold that he was legitimately shivering in his seat, and the people around him asked if he was feeling okay. He couldn’t wait for the day to be over… But it was 12 hours of frigid sitting before he was released.When he told me this story, I had empathetic goose bumps. I couldn’t even imagine how cold I would have been. Compared to me, he’s always warm!