Jury Duty

Fat Freddy wrote:

I got my check in today's mail for my jury duty service -- ten whole bucks. Woot, I'm rich. Nevermind that I burned about $20 in gas going back and forth over the course of those two days and probably another $15 for two days' worth of lunch. I plan to spend it on beer.

They mail you the check? They give it to us the same day when you're dismissed, which I was. Totally worth missing a day of work for $13 bucks.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

They mail you the check?

New Jersey is so broke right now that I suppose I'm lucky they paid me at all.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Wish me luck. I report for jury duty tomorrow.

Guess they didn't need you?

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Wish me luck. I report for jury duty tomorrow.

Guess they didn't need you?

Nope. I got dismissed early. I think with it being Passover, they were looking to close shop early that day. I was out by 11:15 am. I never even got a chance to spew my rhetoric about the court system, shady lawyers, guilt by association, etc.

Dammit dammit dammit! I got another summons for Jury Duty in yesterday's mail!! Has it been three years already??

...yeah actually, going by the posts in this thread, it's been three years and one month. @#$%. I guess they dinged me as soon as I went back on the "available" list.

I've never had to do this

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I've never had to do this

They saw the cape and just assumed you were a costumed vigilate that serves your own brand of street justice. Or mentally challenged.

That's not too far off

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I've never had to do this

Nor have I. But then I do live in a country that doesn't have a jury system.

I've been lucky with jury duty (except the fact that I lose work hours-at least it's an excused absence) as each time they only needed so many people and I was not one of them.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Dammit dammit dammit! I got another summons for Jury Duty in yesterday's mail!! Has it been three years already??

...yeah actually, going by the posts in this thread, it's been three years and one month. @#$%. I guess they dinged me as soon as I went back on the "available" list.

I think you cursed me by posting this....... got a notice for Jury duty....... for US Circuit Court, which is 40+ miles from me and a 2 1/2 hour drive in DC traffic...... I am REALLY hoping I don't have to go in - the notice said I call a number on May 31st and I could be called for any day during the two weeks after May 31st..... I am working on my questioning speech "I don't believe we can ever know if someone is guilty or not - everything is hear-say and not having viewed the crime in person, there is now way I can know for sure."

I'm 33 years old, a citizen of America, registered to vote, have a legal driver's license, social security, even a business license and state tax cert, and have never once been called for jury duty. Is there anyone else like that out there?

thejokeriv wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Dammit dammit dammit! I got another summons for Jury Duty in yesterday's mail!! Has it been three years already??

...yeah actually, going by the posts in this thread, it's been three years and one month. @#$%. I guess they dinged me as soon as I went back on the "available" list.

I think you cursed me by posting this....... got a notice for Jury duty....... for US Circuit Court, which is 40+ miles from me and a 2 1/2 hour drive in DC traffic...... I am REALLY hoping I don't have to go in - the notice said I call a number on May 31st and I could be called for any day during the two weeks after May 31st..... I am working on my questioning speech "I don't believe we can ever know if someone is guilty or not - everything is hear-say and not having viewed the crime in person, there is now way I can know for sure."

whoa - those are the kinds of jury duty summons you dont want to get.

thejokeriv wrote:

I think you cursed me by posting this....... got a notice for Jury duty....... for US Circuit Court, which is 40+ miles from me and a 2 1/2 hour drive in DC traffic...... I am REALLY hoping I don't have to go in - the notice said I call a number on May 31st and I could be called for any day during the two weeks after May 31st..... I am working on my questioning speech "I don't believe we can ever know if someone is guilty or not - everything is hear-say and not having viewed the crime in person, there is now way I can know for sure."

Daaaaaamn. Maybe you're gonna be on the Boston Bomber's trial!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

I think you cursed me by posting this....... got a notice for Jury duty....... for US Circuit Court, which is 40+ miles from me and a 2 1/2 hour drive in DC traffic...... I am REALLY hoping I don't have to go in - the notice said I call a number on May 31st and I could be called for any day during the two weeks after May 31st..... I am working on my questioning speech "I don't believe we can ever know if someone is guilty or not - everything is hear-say and not having viewed the crime in person, there is now way I can know for sure."

Daaaaaamn. Maybe you're gonna be on the Boston Bomber's trial!!

It's all been building up to this.

Fat Freddy wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

I think you cursed me by posting this....... got a notice for Jury duty....... for US Circuit Court, which is 40+ miles from me and a 2 1/2 hour drive in DC traffic...... I am REALLY hoping I don't have to go in - the notice said I call a number on May 31st and I could be called for any day during the two weeks after May 31st..... I am working on my questioning speech "I don't believe we can ever know if someone is guilty or not - everything is hear-say and not having viewed the crime in person, there is now way I can know for sure."

Daaaaaamn. Maybe you're gonna be on the Boston Bomber's trial!!

Yeah, I'm worried about something like that!!!!!!!

But I will make sure I get out of that!!!!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

Dammit dammit dammit! I got another summons for Jury Duty in yesterday's mail!! Has it been three years already??

...yeah actually, going by the posts in this thread, it's been three years and one month. @#$%. I guess they dinged me as soon as I went back on the "available" list.

Well, the zero hour nears. I have to call the phone # on my jury summons after 5 today, to find out if I have to report to the courthouse tomorrow morning.

Aaaack!! The suspense is already killing me!!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Dammit dammit dammit! I got another summons for Jury Duty in yesterday's mail!! Has it been three years already??

...yeah actually, going by the posts in this thread, it's been three years and one month. @#$%. I guess they dinged me as soon as I went back on the "available" list.

Well, the zero hour nears. I have to call the phone # on my jury summons after 5 today, to find out if I have to report to the courthouse tomorrow morning.

Aaaack!! The suspense is already killing me!!!

I had to call my number on Friday, which told me not to report today.... and I have to call back after 6PM today again.....

Fat Freddy wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Dammit dammit dammit! I got another summons for Jury Duty in yesterday's mail!! Has it been three years already??

...yeah actually, going by the posts in this thread, it's been three years and one month. @#$%. I guess they dinged me as soon as I went back on the "available" list.

Well, the zero hour nears. I have to call the phone # on my jury summons after 5 today, to find out if I have to report to the courthouse tomorrow morning.

Aaaack!! The suspense is already killing me!!!

Call me Juror. I gotta report at 8:30 tomorrow morning in scenic downtown Paterson. Aaaaack.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Call me Juror. I gotta report at 8:30 tomorrow morning in scenic downtown Paterson. Aaaaack.

Ouch... hopefully you won't be there long!!! I called my number last night.... and have to call back again on Friday after 6PM....... I am technically "on call" until Fri 6/14.....

Well, that was quick. Reported for Jury Duty today. Sat around in the juror waiting room all morning till they called us all into a court room and went thru the jury selection process for a case. I didn't get picked, the judge sent all of us leftovers back to the waiting room, and when we got there we were told that we were all officially dismissed cuz it's a slow week and that was the only case on the docket.

Woohoo! Relatively painless...

I was hoping ya got the case of the cross dressing clown hermaphodite exposing themselves to all the dock workers on the Jersy shore.

While glancing thru the paper yesterday I noticed a news story about the court case that I would've been listening to if I'd been picked for Jury Duty last week.  The plaintiff was a woman who was suing "Marshall's" (the clothing store chain) for a foot injury she claimed was caused by a slip and fall in one of their stores.

Mind you, even if they had gotten around to interviewing me for the jury on this case, I would've been bounced pretty quickly... cuz the first question they asked each prospective juror was "do you have any pre-conceived notions about cases like these?" and my response would've been "Yeah, I think the plaintiffs in most of them are totally full of shit and they're just trying to make a quick buck" Haha.

Well, this lady must've made a pretty compelling case cuz the paper sez that she was awarded $850,000, plus an additional $250K to her husband, for loss of "household duties" stemming from his wife's permanent injury. Daaaaaaaamn! She gots PAID!

When I told my wife about the husband's chunk-o-change, she sez "What, the husband can't cook his own meals or do house work? Suck it up, candy ass."

I'm in the wrong line of work. 'Scuse me while I go fall down in a Wal-Mart.

My father-in-law took a fall one time in a supermarket. Wet floor with no Slippery when Wet cones up. Wasn't that bad at all, and he didn't even complain. Manager gave him a $2500 check and hundreds of dollars in gift cards.