Jury Duty Problem

[Paelos]

You'd get more sympathy from this den of assholes if you hadn't admitted to cockblocking the court for two years.

As such, SWIM IN YOUR LIES! 

[Velorath]

I definitely would not have gone to my graduation if not for my daughter. Both she and my wife had to put up with me being somewhat absent for the past three years. I know she'll find it boring as hell, but we want to show her the end result of working towards a goal. It's as much for her and my wife as it is for me.

No offense but there's some slight horseshit in there. I would assume that the end goal you were working towards by going back to school was not to attend a graduation ceremony, and there are better ways to show your daughter the value of getting an education. Also if you want to teach her a life lesson here, you could always teach her that when you have responsibilities you should take care of them even when it's not convenient for you.

[Samwise]

You'd get more sympathy from this den of assholes if you hadn't admitted to cockblocking the court for two years.

As such, SWIM IN YOUR LIES! 

f13: it's whatever the exact opposite of a hugbox is.   

[Bzalthek]

A hugbox with barbed wire.

[Pennilenko]

A hugbox with barbed wire.

...and razor blades.

[Tebonas]

I vote for Maulbox

Maulings are like hugs from angry bears. 

[Cyrrex]

I definitely would not have gone to my graduation if not for my daughter. Both she and my wife had to put up with me being somewhat absent for the past three years. I know she'll find it boring as hell, but we want to show her the end result of working towards a goal. It's as much for her and my wife as it is for me.

No offense but there's some slight horseshit in there. I would assume that the end goal you were working towards by going back to school was not to attend a graduation ceremony, and there are better ways to show your daughter the value of getting an education. Also if you want to teach her a life lesson here, you could always teach her that when you have responsibilities you should take care of them even when it's not convenient for you.

Ooooh, this is good.  Do this.

[Hawkbit]

Whew. Luckily the judge wrote a following letter that grants a deferral for another year. I set the makeup date for the week after we get back, so all worked out. The judge actually wrote a very nice letter that congratulated me on finishing school.

[jgsugden]

I always thought they should go with a simpler solution: Anyone can defer any time they want with no reason required. 

Deferrals would cost $10 for a one week deferral, $20 for two weeks, $30 for up to a month, $40 for up to two months, and $20 for each additional two months in the deferral.  Defer for a year for $140.  People serving on a jury get paid out of the proceeds from deferral pay.

[Tebonas]

So people with money can defer and people that don't have money to spare are fucked? I don't find this to be a fair plan on first glance. Maybe I misinterpreted how poor your poor people are, but I remember reading getting paper id is an election hurdle for them because they can't afford a paper id?

[Ironwood]

That's not a good idea.

[jgsugden]

To each their own.

[CmdrSlack]

Unless you're just wrong, in which case, I bet there's some MCU news to be tracked down.

[KallDrexx]

Jury duty is already stacked against the poor.

[Abagadro]

Actually its not because poor people have a fairly lousy rate of voter registration or DMV registration participation that generate the pool. Richer folks also tend to show up at a higher rate when summoned.  Juries are older, whiter, richer, and more likely to be government workers or retired as compared to both the population and wildly different compared to the defendant pool.

[KallDrexx]

I just meant more in the fact that miiddle and upper class usually gets paid from their work for time on Jury duty, while poor is usually hourly workers who are forced not to work those days for a measly $15 a day.