Duty Free

As a Permanent Resident I have no rights to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. In fact as a legal alien I have just the basic rights, and have to carry my card with me at all times. But recently I did discover one perk. Well I say perk I was actually a bit put out by it all. You see as a Non US Citizen I cannot be called upon to do Jury duty.

When the paperwork came through I was quite excited by the prospect of going on to some gory murder trial or at least a case with some saucy details, but Jen pointed out that I’d probably end up with some boring accountancy trial. I then read the fine print and discovered that I was ineligible due to my nationality. I told my co-workers and they were all very excited for me, telling me I had the ultimate get out of jail free card. Well get out of jury duty free card.