civic duty

The obligation of a citizen to their community: to be held captive by the judicial system at a wage rate that covers a gas station burrito and some old fried coffee for some incident that does not concern you or anyone on the group call list. To forego all potential income for said day/week/period of time to appear in court. To sit in the busiest time of traffic on a specified weekday in order to avoid a bench warrant. To put one's responsibilities and prior obligations on hold and pretend to give a shit about being unbiased and objective.