How Many of you have been on Jury Duty?

[Ask99]

Re: How Many of you have been on Jury Duty?

@Shikra

Ok first of all, they shouldn’t have been calling you if you were not a US citizen. They don’t even bother sending you a summon. May be it’s different in Texas but in Louisiana they ask you to come only if you are a US citizen.

Anyway, I was called 3 times.

1. I went and just sat there til around 11 or 12. They didn’t have many cases that day and the man kept coming and kept updating us every time a case was settled without the need of Jury. Then he finally let everyone go around noon.

2. I was going to be in NY the week they called me. I sent them an e-mail and said I can’t come as I’ve already purchased the tickets. I was excused.

3. Then they called me a few months later. Went there again, this time sat there till around 2-3 but did not get called for any case.

Both times got a $35 check for appearing there. I don’t know if you have a job, but if you do, Jury duty is paid time off if you were schedule to work that day.

All of a sudden the excitement that I was feeling is wearing off:bummer:
They make you sit that long:hayaa:…Do they provide jurors with refreshments:D( I know I know not in a million years:D)
Its said that to be there by 8am.

I was just reading their procedure of choosing and of all the randomized list three times…And you got called 3 times too…I have heard that some people never get called their whole lives.

So what did you do aiing all that time there?