Six other jurors sat around a long teak table. A retired brigadier with eyebrows like caterpillars. A woman who owned a shipping line. A former ambassador who kept adjusting his hearing aid. And three others—younger, uncomfortable, clearly dragged here by family legacy.
She stood up. “I vote for a third option. Reggie apologizes to Hassan—in writing and in person. He spends one Saturday a month for six months helping in the club kitchen, scrubbing pots. And the club creates a formal grievance process for staff to report member misconduct without fear.” scc jury duty
She almost recycled it. But the final line stopped her: Failure to attend will result in forfeiture of membership and referral to external arbitration. Six other jurors sat around a long teak table
And she kept the membership. Not for the squash courts. For the next time they called a jury. A former ambassador who kept adjusting his hearing aid
“It was a joke,” Reggie said. He was 58, florid, and sweating through his polo shirt. “Satire. Culinary criticism.”
Not from the State Courts, but from the SCC’s internal disciplinary committee. Subject: Jury of Peers, Hearing of Grievance No. 24-19 .
“But they have a voice,” Maya said. “Reggie humiliated him in front of 200 people. That’s not ‘bringing the club into disrepute.’ That’s being a bully with a membership card.”