CyberHippie Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 So tommorrow I gotta waste my day in court, I've been called for Jury duty. :buh: Hopefully I can get out of it, if not I'm screwed. Super bad timing. It sounded like a good idea back when I was working for the man in a crappy office :laff: Hope I can take my laptop in... At least maybe I'll be able to get a little game time in...Damn system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Tell the judge you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome and you can't hold it for more than a minute or 2 at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I'm going to imagine CyberHippie making the noise "buh" all day long. Sorry about your luck T-Bone...you're on the grid, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 there's another thread on this from a few months' back when someone else (Cosmic Chris C, maybe???) was called for duty my own experience was an excruciatingly BORING week of sitting through the jury-selection process for about 5 different trials. (But the bulk of the week is sitting in a large room with 500 other souls, simply waiting to be called into a courtroom for that selection process.) My thoughts: you're IN for at least a week of time....during this time, IF your name is called for a possible jury, you have the opportunity ONLY THEN to tell the judge why it would be an undue hardship to sit on a jury. Some the excuses that seemed to work were: ~~already had a holiday booked () ~~person was integral to the running of their company and that a project, etc. would fail due to his/her absence ~~self-employed and would lose income/clients no one tried a medical reason during all this. I claimed I was unfairly biased against a someone on trial for rape & murder since I was an active volunteer with the Rape Crisis Centre...but this was NOT seen as a valid excuse by the judge!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Pull a Michael Richards... you'll be outta there pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I'm freeee! At least for now... That was easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 so, do tell, how'd ya get out of it? nervous tick motion of the head to the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Well basically I told the truth... I'm self employed, I have a big project on the go right now, and if I can't deliver I don't get paid, and could loose the client.She was good with it. But stressed that I *will* have to do jury duty sometime in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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