Jury Duty is Boring

[AtomSmasher]

I'm currently in jury duty and paying good money to access the internet ($5/hour).  Normally I'd just laugh at those insane prices, but I've been sitting in the waiting room doing nothing for 4 hours and I'll likely be here for another 3 hours.

SO BORED!!!!!  need something to do....think its okay to download porn here

[Stingray]

think its okay to download porn here

Yes. Yes I do.

-S

[AtomSmasher]

NOOOO, my hour is almost up.  Guess its back to playing the gameboy.....hmm...maybe I'll just go to sleep and wait for someone to wake me when they call my name.  Serving my civic duty sure is fulfilling

[AtomSmasher]

Something kind of interesting they said they're doing now to make sure people come to jury duty.  First they send out your first summons to come, if you ignore that (which I did) then they send a second one (I responded to this one).  If you ignore that, then they send a third one and a fine for $600.  If you ignore that then they turn it over to a collection agency and ruin your credit, and they also make it so you can't renew your drivers license.  Since it was about a year in between my first notice and second notice, it would probably take another 2 years to find out if they actually do that.  I'm just glad I responded when I did so I didn't have to find out.

[GGKoul]

Something kind of interesting they said they're doing now to make sure people come to jury duty.  First they send out your first summons to come, if you ignore that (which I did) then they send a second one (I responded to this one).  If you ignore that, then they send a third one and a fine for $600.  If you ignore that then they turn it over to a collection agency and ruin your credit, and they also make it so you can't renew your drivers license.  Since it was about a year in between my first notice and second notice, it would probably take another 2 years to find out if they actually do that.  I'm just glad I responded when I did so I didn't have to find out.

Any excuse to get a day off from work with pay is a good one.

[Dartful Dodger]

It's not a day off.  You spend the whole day in a room waiting.  You can't talk to anyone because these people are the ones who don't know anyone, or don't have the imagination to get out of it.

I didn't try to get out of it the first time either.  I wont make that mistake again.

[grantspain]

Just declare guilty,that will make you feel better

[AtomSmasher]

Any excuse to get a day off from work with pay is a good one.

I'm self employed so no free day off for me

[jbox]

Any excuse to get a day off from work with pay is a good one.

I'm self employed so no free day off for me

In Australia anyone who runs their own business can easily get themselves excused from Jury Duty.

[AtomSmasher]

Any excuse to get a day off from work with pay is a good one.

I'm self employed so no free day off for me

In Australia anyone who runs their own business can easily get themselves excused from Jury Duty.

We used to be able to, but they recently (less then 10 years ago) decided that everyone is able to take a few days off work, regardless of what their job is.  (actually thats not entirely true because cops are excused from jury duty)  In order to get out of it you have to have a really good excuse, "my company will go out of business if I do jury duty" is not a good enough excuse anymore.

[Daniel270]

Just go to court with a rope already notched and noosed for a hanging... then ask "When's the Hanging?"...

odds are, you'll be excused 

[JeepMonkey]

i am suprised they let you have internet access while on jury duty.  Don't they limit the tv channels you can watch, such as not allowing the news?

[missioncontrol]

mention "I hope thry fry the bastard" many times... that'll get you off.

[danny_galaga]

mention "I hope thry fry the bastard" many times... that'll get you off.

especially if it's just something like a trial for something menial like a compulsive shoplifter  . really though, both prosecution and defence have to agree on each jury member. so you dont have to behave totally silly. just dress really poorly, maybe arrive a little late. anything that makes both sides think they dont want you on the panel. i happily attended jury duty. but then i was an apprentice and i actually got slightly more from the jury pay than my apprentices pay  AND it was a murder trial so i was pretty interested...

[missioncontrol]

actually I've never been on Jury duty but when given the chance I'd like to go just to watch the whole thing....

[PCtech]

Some of my favorite ways to get out of Jury duty (not that I would dodge my CIVIC duty) 

1. I can tell if people are guilty by looking at them.
2. I'm attracted to you, your honor.
3. If a police officer told me I was a bug, I would believe him.
4. Is it murder if I haven't been caught?
5. My religion prohibits me from sitting near other people.
6. Would I have to bathe?
7. Can each of my personalities vote in deliberations?
8. Laws are for sissies.
9. Your marshall's handcuffs are turning me on.
10. I'm allergic to justice.
11. I'm deaf. (Answer questions thereafter by cupping hand and shouting "What?")
12. A pit bull named [defendant's first name] just killed my baby.....
13. I have Tourette's Syndrome, you ---smurfing--- ---sufferer of cranial-rectal-inversion---.
14. I get dizzy if I try to weigh evidence.
15. Have you ever done this, your honor? (Chop off your ear with a razor).
16. An eye for an eye? I say we take his head for an eye! (Point at defendant).

[saint]

I was disappointed when I was dismissed from jury duty.  I wanted once to see how it all worked. However - if you really want out, repeat after me:

"I don't understand. Why would they arrest him if he wasn't guilty?"

[AtomSmasher]

You can act crazy and get out of a trial, but you'd still have to go to jury duty.  I was there all day yesterday and never went in a courtroom or asked questions by anybody.  All I did was sit and wait for a trial to come up that needed jurors, but most of the trials that day settled before they needed jurors.  All I did was sit in a waiting room with about 100 other people and do nothing.  People who were called into the courtroom to become jurors were just sent back to the waiting room if they weren't wanted.

[Stingray]

Just tell them that you're prejudiced against everybody. I learned that on TV so it must work.

-S

[danny_galaga]

as atom has pointed out, you will sit around for a while regardless. when you finally sit to be selected, its not like you can say any of those clever comments. you sit there. one lawyer will point out a candidate, the other will say yes or no. that person is then free to go if they dont like the look of them (!!! sounds kinda prejudiced, doesnt it?).  then he will point out another one, and so on until theyve reduced the numbers to 13 (one spare) . 14 in my trial as the judge had enough of people calling in sick. it was his last case before retiring and there was no way he was going to sit through a retrial...

[hypernova]

I almost had jury duty.  They sent me a card in the mail, and assigned me a number.  Every business day for two weeks you had to call in and if your number was called, you had to go in the next day.

Every day I prayed, and every day God answered.  My number was never called.

That was maybe 4 years ago.  Haven't had any problems since.  I seriously think your odds go up if you register to vote.  (I think I was registered that year.)

[alomar721]

i was on a murder trail this past fall. he was guilty. i one way, i saw,of getting out of jury duty, is to tell them you know a police officer when it comes time for the lawyers asking questions. tell them a made up name of a police officer from a different city or county. the lawyers on one side wont want you. i realized this after i got picked to sit on the trail.that's what you do.
scott

[Ed_McCarron]

Tell 'em you have a chronic case of the hershey-squirts and need to have access to a restroom at all times.

Works every time.

[SithMaster]

you people have lost your values if you cant stand doing nothing for hours on end.  this is the cornerstone of american no humanity society and stuff.

just fake your death.

what game on gameboy were you playing?

[AtomSmasher]

what game on gameboy were you playing?

Mario Kart DS

[alomar721]

the guy before me tried the ibs thing it didnt work. sorry
scott