On Monday and Tuesday, Archie got the same . He had now escaped jury duty for three , Monday through Wednesday. Only two days to go.
afternoon, his friend Gil called, asking Archie if wanted to play golf the next morning. Archie he was on jury duty that week. Gil , “Well, no problem! It’s already Wednesday. You’ve made ! There’s no way that they’re going to call to jury duty this late in the week.” couldn’t believe that Gil had said that. Archie several times on his wooden bookcase, saying that hoped that Gil was right.
At 5:05 that , still worried that Gil had jinxed him, Archie the 800 number. Sure enough, the recording told to call back Thursday between noon and 12:30, of the usual 5 p.m. Damn that Gil, thought.
Thursday, he anxiously called at 12:28. The told him that his jury service was finished! he had to do was mail in the that had come in the white envelope. Archie the affidavit into an envelope, put a 41-cent class stamp on the envelope, and drove to post office. Whistling as he dropped the envelope the mailbox, he happily washed his hands once of the “privilege” of doing jury service.