I've been called three times to do my civic duty as a citizen of the U.S. I consider it an honor, but since I work in the legal profession in civil litigation, they usually don't want me because I know too much or know too many of the judges and attorneys. I did serve the first time on a small three-day muni (bus) case. When they wanted to put me on another jury after that, my boss talked to the judge and got me back in the office.

Here in San Francisco the "pay" is ridiculous. $1.50 a day didn't even cover my round-trip bus fare!