What ever happened to answering questions straight up, and doing your duty as a citizen, if selected?
I believe in civic duty, and that jury service is one of the more important ones.  At the time I was in the jury pool, I couldn't have taken off two weeks from work without a SERIOUS impact on my business and my income.  After not being selected for the drunken redneck case, I was selected for a criminal traffic case that took a couple of days.