Jury Duty tomorrow

[OrangePixyStix]

I don't know if I will be around much tomorrow if I have to stay all day but tomorrow is my date for jury summons.

I am hoping it will be like last time where they decided not to select me for a panel and was only there until lunchtime, leaving me with a free afternoon to do whatever I want. **crossing fingers for same outcome tomorrow**

[OrangePixyStix]

I have been summoned twice before this one but never picked for the panel. I am kind of hoping for the same, I hear once you serve on a jury once they almost always pick you every time after that.

It's not that I don't want to be on a jury, I'd just rather have a free afternoon to play hooky after being released following the questions.

[sitnspin]

I used to love jury duty!

[nearmiss]

I hope you get the afternoon off. That would be sweet.

[alabasterangel]

Half a free day would be sweet!

[jaimeg]

I'm with SS, I'm totes jealous! I would love to do jury duty!! My work is super lenient about jury duty time and I would love to take advantage of that!

[ILikeSloths]

Oh, that would be nice! They have to pay you for your time off too, right? Because that's even better!

[OrangePixyStix]

I do get a paid day off from work that does not affect my PTO (personal time off) and it was $6 payout for showing up last time I went (even if you don't get picked for the jury).

[Deleted]

Half a free day sounds good, but I wouldn't mind jury duty.

[MissusTexas]

I don't get the jury duty hate, but then again I've never been!

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May 14, 2012 14:28:37 GMT -5 MissusTexas said:

I don't get the jury duty hate, but then again I've never been!

Me, either. I've been summoned, but then it gets canceled.

[mdgirl]

Good luck! The first time I got jury duty I was in the potential pool for a quintuple murder (and I'm thankful every day I didn't get picked), so I'm a bit wary of jury duty.

[OrangePixyStix]

May 14, 2012 14:29:35 GMT -5 @otterama said:

May 14, 2012 14:28:37 GMT -5 MissusTexas said:

I don't get the jury duty hate, but then again I've never been!

Me, either. I've been summoned, but then it gets canceled.

Well for one thing, the $6/day is kind of a joke of a pay rate, especially for us where it can cost that much round trip just in gas if you get summoned to the downtown courthouse and have to pay for parking, too!

Secondly, some trials can last weeks which can really disrupt your work if you are in a position where nobody does your stuff while you are out, so there's always the fear you will get picked for a big trial that can last weeks. I was summoned for one of those (a major Oil & Gas company was being sued) and they said it could potentially be a 6 week trial, I wanted no part of that!!

Other than that, since I no longer live in the city limits, I don't think it would be anything too major and probably end up just being small traffic cases and the such. In that case, I wouldn't mind being picked to serve on a panel since usually those cases only last a couple of hours or one day, if that.