Comments | juffles: Jury duty!

juffles

Jury duty!

Feb 02, 2009 18:01

I know everyone thinks it's a complete PITA, but I've always wanted to do jury duty and never received a summons. Now I have...

...and it's for when I'm in New Zealand. *cries*

Comments 6

shrydar February 2 2009, 13:45:44 UTC

It was quite an intriguing experience, albeit an expensive one for the self employed. (If you've an employer they're obliged to keep paying you, otherwise it's ~$10 a day plus the value of any work you can prove you've missed out on altogether rather than just deferred by a few days).

juffles February 2 2009, 13:59:04 UTC

Oooh, that sounds a tad nasty - the line in the FAQ, "Self-employed people may apply to be reimbursed loss of income that can be substantiated" sounds ominously like "Yeah don't try it.".

For the wage slaves it sounds like a hoot. :)

The games they play... mr_booboo February 3 2009, 04:22:26 UTC

Mum and I always get jury duty. Mum always has an excuse not to show up. I've been twice but was only picked once. But, I regularly got sent notices. When I was employed by Justice, I got notices at least once a year even though as an employee there, I'm not supposed to be eligible for JD and had notified them of this fact.

Me: Hello, stupid! I pay you. Please stop sending me Jury Duty summons.
Them: Hey, thanks for paying us. Here's another summons for you.

Admittedly, I haven't had a notice for about 2 years, so I may have lost them now.

Why aren't you on the list to annoy? Is it because they know you want to serve?

Re: The games they play... juffles February 3 2009, 04:33:18 UTC

Nah, I reckon they've got a list of surnames with Irish roots, and don't call any of us up because we're untrustworthy buggers who might cause mayhem in their nice orderly court room.

...it's as good a theory as any. Might also have something to do with me not being enrolled correctly for at least 4 years, but what the hey.

Re: The games they play... rabbit1080 February 3 2009, 04:46:38 UTC

i reckon your hypothesis would apply to all aussies, being a nation populated entirely by criminals.

Re: The games they play... juffles February 3 2009, 04:52:47 UTC

It also explains why Booboo gets hassled - everyone knows immigrant families work far harder (and are less likely to steal your lettuce) than us regular convict scum. I dunno though...if I was hauled up before a jury including Booboo I'd be lodging an appeal arguing that anyone who can't see over the railing of the jury box must be ineligible. :)

*hides*