Let's talk Jury Duty

and my severe lack of drive to do it!!! I got the summons the other day. Now aside from the fact that we only have one car and it will be a HUGE PITA to go if I have to, it is also coming at a time when I will be doing extra work after school and if I'm not at school, I can't do the extra work, so essentially jury duty would be preventing me from making extra money, which I need.

Now, I can postpone, which I will do, but the second thing is this. I know it's your duty and that the great thing about our legal system is that you are innocent until proven guilty and have the right to be judged by a panel of your peers, yadayada. BUT, I don't want to do it. Seriously, I have a huge distaste against it. I DO NOT want to do it. I actually like my job and taking time off from it is more of a pain in the butt than going. So the time will come again in a few months and my feelings will not have subsided. I will still be just as annoyed and aggrivated to see that friggin summons as I am now.

Opinons? And yes, I know, it's my civil duty and I really have no choice and this is a great country and I should do what I can to help it, yadayadayada...

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have you ever done it before? It's painless. I just sat around the whole day for 2 days. They called me within the last hour, and thankfully didn't choose me for the trial...I brought a book and my laptop. A little boring, but not too bad.

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Agreed w/PP...have you ever done it?

I can understand if you've done it in a past and had a bad experience, leaving a bad taste in your mouth.

Otherwise, postpone it, and you'll likely be called in the summer (the earliest) when you're not working (I'm taking that you're a teacher w/summers off)....

Honestly, I felt like that before I went...I finally went, and it was absolutely painless, and I WAS selected as a juror....the case was very intriguing, and I was off from work for two weeks (my job paid me.) The hours were a lot better than my job - jury duty would be 10am - 3pm w/an hour/two hour lunch...while actual work was 8am - 6pm AT LEAST....

It's really not that bad...

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I was so excited to do jury duty...but then, I got put on a 1st degree murder trial that lasted for 8 weeks

It was the most emoptionally draining experience in my life, I pray to never have to go through that again

I cannot get some of those images out of my mind

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I usually like jury duty and was on a jury once, but 2 years ago I was called and I had a baby and never sent in the BC, so I called each night, when my # was called I postponed it. The next time the called for me, my number was high and by the end of the week, my number was not called and I am good for 4 years!

I know that it's "beating" the system, but I have served on a jury and have gone to the cattle call many times and actually had child care as a legitimate excuse, so I don't feel too guilty.