Jury Summons
- Thread starter Catatonic
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Its not fun.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
If I sit in a chair with nothing to do, I am usually asleep in 5 minutes.
Drives my wife crazy.
They have to wake me up everytime I go to the doctor.
The Court system is such a joke.
scooby0048
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Well if you want to get out of it, just tell the attorneys that you have a relative who is a cop and that you tend to be more biased towards law enforcement and don't think you could give a fair decision. You will be gone before the five minutes sets in!
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
I got picked for a case once (I always get picked) and one of my fellow jurors was about 75 years old. He could have gotten an exemption because of his age. The judge brought that up after the voir dire. Made a big deal out of the fact that most people do their darndest to get out of their civic duty and here was this gentleman, could have gotten out of it, and came on down there anyway. Bravo. He sat directly in front of me in the jury box. The trial was supposed to last about a week. Only trouble is, he kept nodding off during testimony. I didn't get elected jury foreman by the other jurors, but I did get picked to kick this guy when we saw his head nodding. The last thing we wanted was to serve a week down here, then have the defense have the case thrown out because of a juror sleeping thru the trial. The old man was ok with it and said he understood, and he apologized that he couldn't stay awake because he usually had a nap after lunch. At the end of the week, my foot was sore from kicking the &$@% out of the back of his chair.
It's "it's".
Good thing we have a Mod monitoring this thread.! ,,,,,
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
How do ground contractors handle jury duty for their employees? Are they paid for the time spent serving? Do you have to take over the route while they are away?
Not paid for the day serving (at least mine aren't ) and yes, I or our vacation driver fills in. Not usually a big deal.
Don't flatter yourself.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
So if the trial lasts for a week for more the driver is out of a week's paycheck?
Correct.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
That sucks.
Correct. And in 20 years I've never had it happen.
moreluck
golden ticket member
You'd be surprised. Sometimes they take the ones who answer the questions the wackiest.......experience speaks here.
We believe it.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I shudder to think that you could possibly decide someone's fate.
