What GRINDS My Gears!

[Patrick Long]

JURY SOMMONS!!!


I understand that if I were on trial I would want someone to be on a jury. But there are PLENTY of people that are WILLING to go to jury duty, that they dont need to send these random POS summons.

I have been summoned 4 times in the past 3 years. HOW CAN THAT BE RANDOM?!?!?!?!?!

The whole idea of this summoning crap is off the wall. I have to either call in a number EVERY day to see if my "group" is called. Then if I am so lucky as to have my group picked. I get to go sit at the court house, to see if my number has been called. I could sit there and never be called.


Yay!!!! happy monday!!!


What grinds your gears?

[Ophiuchus]

Whenever I get a summons, on the questionaire where it asks what your favorite TV shows and movies are, I always list Law & Order, Boston Legal, any films made from John Grisham novels, etc....apparently it doesn't fit in their crtieria of an "ideal" juror...lol.

[PythonWallace]

Whenever I get a summons, on the questionaire where it asks what your favorite TV shows and movies are, I always list Law & Order, Boston Legal, any films made from John Grisham novels, etc....apparently it doesn't fit in their crtieria of an "ideal" juror...lol.

Does that work to get out of it? My dad tried to get out of jury duty once by saying his favorite t.v. shows were King of the Hill, The Jeff Foxworthy Show and the rodeo for a trial for a black guy charged with armed robbery, but they still picked him.

One way to get sent home is to arrive and start handing out these brochures to all the potential jurors: http://www.fija.org/docs/masters_set.pdf

[West Coast Jungle]

Dont avoid it Pat, they have major fines now for not showing.
I went to jury duty and they told us if everyone reported we would only be summoned every 4 years but since so most avoid it they are cracking down now.

[Earl]

Pat you can run but you can't hide. You're doomed.

[LadyOhh]

HAH! You think that's bad?

I got summonded to Jury Duty in a county I don't even live in!!!

Northern Cali is still my "permanent" address, and I got called up there.

I have to get in contact with someone now...

[python.princess]

That's one good thing about small communities... I've never been summoned.

[xanaxez]

i dont know where you are located but if selected most staes pay you 25 dollars a day to be there. if you really want out of it when you sign your tv shows or movies always use slasher type shows

[Ladydragon]

Jury duty does suck.. I've always thought that they should have a panel of professional jurors, the ones willing to go to jury duty, and leave the rest of us alone. Hopefully you dont get called.

[dsirkle]

JURY SOMMONS!!!


I understand that if I were on trial I would want someone to be on a jury. But there are PLENTY of people that are WILLING to go to jury duty, that they dont need to send these random POS summons.

I have been summoned 4 times in the past 3 years. HOW CAN THAT BE RANDOM?!?!?!?!?!

The whole idea of this summoning crap is off the wall. I have to either call in a number EVERY day to see if my "group" is called. Then if I am so lucky as to have my group picked. I get to go sit at the court house, to see if my number has been called. I could sit there and never be called.


Yay!!!! happy monday!!!


What grinds your gears?

My wife has jury duty on the Monday before Thanksgiving. About 5 years ago they restructured the Court System because the Detroit Courts weren't clearing their dockets and they made it a County wide system. Since that time we have been called every year. Once I was on a murder trial for a whole week but the rest of the times we have sat there all day just to be sent home.