Okay, so basically they want me to serve in jury duty for a week in April. I already sent my excusal form, because I don't have a car, a driver's license, public transportation, or anyone who can give me a ride for a whole week. I live in Clermont and the courthouse is all the way in Tavares, so a cab would cost me way too much money, too.
I'm assuming they don't actually pay attention to where you live when they request you for jury duty, because that's ****ing stupid. Has anyone else ever had to put up with this bull****?
Didn't we just have this thread?
I'm fairly sure they'll pay your journey fees.
Yes they will pay them....
BUT HOW DO YOU GET JURY DUTY? I want it so baaaad!!!!!!!!
That's just it, I don't want to go. Also, the clerk I talked to on the phone said I could get out of it since I don't have a ride or public transportation, and I plan to. I already submitted my excusal form. She was adamant that it would be sufficient.
The guy I was talking about apparently ended up using the excuse he was a racist. Good times.
as long as I wasn't doing anything important, I'd probably do my jury duty. It's not as if I do anything else valuable for the state. And it might be interesting, even.
You can go in my place, Miso. They'll never known the difference.
[quote=WILLETH FOR MONTHS;554812]I'm fairly sure they'll pay your journey fees.
Yeah, 12 whole ****ing dollars a day.. big bucks if you're a complete moron.
[quote=Vampiro V. Empire;554840]I thought the same thing, but it was on another forum, and the guy wanted excuses on how to get out of it. Coincidence? Yes.
I've never had to serve Jury Duty *knocks on wood*.. I'd sooner go back into the military than sit in court all day, listening to some stupid testimonials ;about a guy raping animals at the zoo, or someone dodging his last 20 traffic tickets, etc..
Oh, I just figured I'd check back and let you all know that they excused me from the summons. I don't feel like wasting a week sitting in court listening to legal stuff.
Okay seriously, why doesn't anyone want to do jury duty? I think it'd be ****ing cool.
You're basically cut off from the world for however long it takes. On top of everything else.
dude have you even heard the fact that jurors get murdered sometimes too
Yeah, in high profile cases that involve supercriminals and conspiracies. This was not a high profile case, I'd say.
The vast majority will be tedious, boring, uninteresting trials.
oh the kind where you wish you were dead. okay then
Rather than the kind where you wish it was about someone dead.
The catch is that you're not really allowed to even talk to anyone for a week for fear that you might divulge case information, which is something that was already explained in this thread. Also, not all employers will pay you for jury duty absence.
By law they have to I think, though it's amazing how many companies just don't give a ****.
You don't go on a jury for parking fines, what the hell?
In high profile cases, they might even make you stay somewhere and keep you from talking to people.
That's what 'sequester' means.
Yet the chance of having a bad sequester is so small its really not that a big deal. Go figure.
... a bad sequester? What the ****?
Yes like when youre looked away in a hotel room with the same members of the Jury for 3 weeks. Thats bad. Thats sequesting. But whats the chance of you being sequested while on Jury? Practically nil so whing and saying "omg jury duty is bad cos you sequested" is retarded. Its really not that hard to understand.
It is if you don't explain it. Anywho, if you're being called into Jury duty, ten bucks says the trail is going to take more than a day.
Obvioulsy but also irrelevant. Ill bet you 20 you dont get looked away in a cell like you seem to think you will.
When the hell did I say that? They just set you up in a hotel and don't allow you to make any outside calls or leave the area. The point is, you're still getting removed from your life for however long it takes, because it's important to the verdict to do so. Man, you're dumb.
Locked away in a hotel room with limited if non existent communication with the outside world = cell. See what I did there?
Point stands dumbarse the chance of you actually having to go through that is so small. man you're dumb. People do jury duty everyday and still come home for dinner and watch Lost. Retard. Christ.
Lost Retard Christ sounds like an excellent take on an old classic.
Anyway, to reiterate, I got out of a week of jury duty because I informed them that I did not have easy transportation to the courthouse.
I think Jury Duty will be fine. I really want to do it.
Hey PHM, if you do jury duty, then I'll do jury duty..
I don't know why, but that made me laugh so much.
[quote=Pretty Hate Machine;560562]I don't know why, but that made me laugh so much.
Edit: *knocks on wood* Seriously, I'll drive us, if we both case-get? Haha.. :cool:
Okay, it's a deal. Where can you pick me up?
Hell if I know, possibly Raleigh, NC. seeing as how I'm never handed jury duty. I might just land it in a court that's 65 minutes away..
I've done it a couple times. It is no big deal. If you work for a good employer, they will pay you for the days you served. You just send a form, from the court house, proving you served.
It's 'cos of the drugs.