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Well, we'll see what happens. I'm just waiting. I got a summons to jury duty a month ago, and I have to call in this Thursday to find out if I have to go in on Friday.
What Washington County does is, you call the night before to see if you have to go in. If you don't, you might come up for service again. If you do, you can't be called for another two years, even if all you do is go in and sit in the jury pool and not get chosen all day.
The fun part is, it's apparently from the general jury pool they select Grand Jury (which I understand is a separate summons in other places - one of my coworkers was very surprised by this). If you're selected for that, it takes 1-2 days a week for 5 or 6 weeks (they specified, I've forgotten).
I probably could've managed to get it deferred, but the truth is, there's never a time it's guaranteed to be more "convenient" for business, and it's just the right thing to do.
I'm really offended by the people like me - who have a job that pays them even if they're drawn for jury duty - who feel the need to duck out of it because they can. What happened to civic duty, and a sense that you owe something to the process you expect to defend you?
(I have a lot more understanding for people who want to duck out because they don't get anything but the jury duty pay, if any exists, while they're doing it. I mean, you really do have to eat, and have somewhere to live. That's different.)
So we'll see what exactly happens and whether I even have to go in. This is only the second time I have been summoned for jury duty, and the first time was another county, and I didn't go in because I was granted an exemption. (They summoned me for after classes would resume at college. It would probably have added an extra year to my college career, as well as annoying me and messing everything up. They were quite understanding about this, which is good.)
I'm rather hoping I do get selected for a trial; I'm curious just to watch the process. I don't really want Grand Jury, though, thanks. For one thing, that would mess with the fact that I'm supposed to be at a client site most of the week of the 16th....
What Washington County does is, you call the night before to see if you have to go in. If you don't, you might come up for service again. If you do, you can't be called for another two years, even if all you do is go in and sit in the jury pool and not get chosen all day.
The fun part is, it's apparently from the general jury pool they select Grand Jury (which I understand is a separate summons in other places - one of my coworkers was very surprised by this). If you're selected for that, it takes 1-2 days a week for 5 or 6 weeks (they specified, I've forgotten).
I probably could've managed to get it deferred, but the truth is, there's never a time it's guaranteed to be more "convenient" for business, and it's just the right thing to do.
I'm really offended by the people like me - who have a job that pays them even if they're drawn for jury duty - who feel the need to duck out of it because they can. What happened to civic duty, and a sense that you owe something to the process you expect to defend you?
(I have a lot more understanding for people who want to duck out because they don't get anything but the jury duty pay, if any exists, while they're doing it. I mean, you really do have to eat, and have somewhere to live. That's different.)
So we'll see what exactly happens and whether I even have to go in. This is only the second time I have been summoned for jury duty, and the first time was another county, and I didn't go in because I was granted an exemption. (They summoned me for after classes would resume at college. It would probably have added an extra year to my college career, as well as annoying me and messing everything up. They were quite understanding about this, which is good.)
I'm rather hoping I do get selected for a trial; I'm curious just to watch the process. I don't really want Grand Jury, though, thanks. For one thing, that would mess with the fact that I'm supposed to be at a client site most of the week of the 16th....
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