Jury Duty for pro engineers?
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Jury Duty for pro engineers?
I just got the letter. 2 days, maybe more. As we all do, I have sessions and many coming from other places. I can't reschedule on a day's notice!
What have you all dine about this in the past?
What have you all dine about this in the past?
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Yes, in NY, you can usually get at least one (1) postponement.
You could also just get disqualified asap. You hate everyone, you have _very_ strong political convictions, you have five relatives that are whatever occupation the attorneys mention, etc., etc.
GJ
You could also just get disqualified asap. You hate everyone, you have _very_ strong political convictions, you have five relatives that are whatever occupation the attorneys mention, etc., etc.
GJ
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I bet if I go and act in my normal ways I'll be sent packing! -LC
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TapeOpLarry wrote:I bet if I go and act in my normal ways I'll be sent packing! -LC
Drop an F-bomb every other effing word.
When they finally let us go home I filled out a little "satisfaction" survey. I wrote in the comments "I've never before seen so many people's time so thoroughly wasted." So don't expect to get off scott free.
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In IL we generally get more notice than a couple of days. That's weird. Some employers can make the case that you're invaluable and they can't function without you, but since you run your own business that might be tricky.
I'll echo what vvv said. I would not like it if my jury was composed solely of people who were too dumb to figure a way out of jury duty, so I always find a way to show up.
I'll echo what vvv said. I would not like it if my jury was composed solely of people who were too dumb to figure a way out of jury duty, so I always find a way to show up.
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One thing I forgot to say is that maybe your clients will simply be civic-minded enough to be happy to reschedule for you to do your jury duty. Every employer I've had, except one, was very encouraging for me to do jury duty. The only people that gave me shit about not trying to get out of it was the law school I worked at. And then I did the jury nullification thing, which actually kindof shocked me how that knocked me out of contention. I didn't do it on purpose to get out of jury duty.vvv wrote:Not to preach, and we all have our needs and situations but, if you were a party to a suit or a witness or defendant inna criminal case, would you want someone like you on your jury?
Or avoiding your jury?
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Employers are legally required to let you out of work for jury duty.Snarl 12/8 wrote:One thing I forgot to say is that maybe your clients will simply be civic-minded enough to be happy to reschedule for you to do your jury duty. Every employer I've had, except one, was very encouraging for me to do jury duty. The only people that gave me shit about not trying to get out of it was the law school I worked at. And then I did the jury nullification thing, which actually kindof shocked me how that knocked me out of contention. I didn't do it on purpose to get out of jury duty.vvv wrote:Not to preach, and we all have our needs and situations but, if you were a party to a suit or a witness or defendant inna criminal case, would you want someone like you on your jury?
Or avoiding your jury?
"Jeweller, you've failed. Jeweller."
"Lots of people are nostalgic for analog. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." ? Brian Eno
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"Lots of people are nostalgic for analog. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." ? Brian Eno
All the DWLB music is at http://dwlb.bandcamp.com/
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