I have been scheduled twice for jury duty in the last two months and have been called both times that the trial has been cancelled. This last time, I got less than 24 hours notice of my cancellation and was given a new date to serve. Will the third time be the charm? Do any of the courthouse employees care about the inconvenience this puts those who choose to be on the right side of the law? Why are potential jurors jerked around to serve on a jury while the defendants get continual delays to their trials? How much money is lost by the average juror for serving?

We law abiding citizens go to work everyday to earn a living and we are told we must show up for jury duty to get paid a few dollars for our service. Many people depend on a 40- hour paycheck to make ends meet, only to come up short when they have to serve on a jury. Some employers compensate their employees for lost wages when they serve on a jury but why should employers have to shoulder the burden when it should be on the convicted criminals?

How much less would the case loads of courts all across this country be if they actually picked a date for a trial and stuck to it? We have hearings in court to decide when there will be another hearing. Can I call the court and cancel because I have something else I'd rather be doing that day? Twice now, I've had to tell my boss that I will be missing a day of work because I have jury duty and then come to work because it was cancelled. How is my boss supposed to plan a work schedule around this?

It is obvious that the government institution is not at all concerned about customer service. They forget that they serve us, not the other way around. Darren Pullen     Bringhurst