Last year, my ex-boyfriend and I were put on the same jury and I delayed the verdict by four weeks because, well, I just didn’t want to agree with him. Sure, the case (a murder trial, actually) was slightly bigger than the two of us, but that didn’t matter to me. What mattered was me being right and if I stopped holding us back and agreed with the everyone else on the panel, I would be agreeing with Ben, and nothing would make that smug bastard happier. Yes, I delayed the verdict and kept us in that room for almost…
Author: Amanda Hoffman
Amanda Hoffman
Amanda Hoffman is just one spoon trying to stir the pot. She also performs with the Chicago sketch comedy group Rosemary’s Other Baby, and works at GEICO where she is a legal assistant/dead inside. Follow her on Twitter @amandavivienne.