Jury Service.....

[RufflyRustic]

Jury Service Sucks!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

I'm well into my first stiff drink and tenth tissue and there will be at least one more very stiff drink had this evening...

I don't think I should say much else, other than it sucks BIGTIME!!!!!!

RR

[Clinton1]

Well...tell us more and you might get let off early
Had an exciting day did we? Learning new things about humanity in general? All good stuff.
Do they let you go home for the night?

[outback]

Poor ruffly, have a stiff drink for me. then another for you, then another for me, keep going until you run out of tissues.

[Termite]

Jury Service Sucks!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

I'm well into my first stiff drink and tenth tissue and there will be at least one more very stiff drink had this evening...

I don't think I should say much else, other than it sucks BIGTIME!!!!!!

RR

Ah yes, the small price we pay for living in a democracy, it could be a lot worse.
Now if we could only get a say in the sentencing.

[RufflyRustic]

Clinton, I love your sense of humour thanks - I needed that.

Outback - hic!!! Here's to us all hopefully I won't

Termite - too true

Got empanelled Tuesday, first day yesterday, only needed one stiff drink. Today was second day, needed very stiff drinks. Tomorrow we retire, may or may not be back on tomorrow night Must remember to pack vodka into bag just in case....... (crap will there by any left for tomorrow?????:eek: ) hey, when'd my sense of humour come back??? must be time for the second drink.

Cheers before I can't type anymore
RR

[craigb]

I was called for dury duty last year.

Sat around in a big room with a lot of fellow citizens. Went to a court, wasn't empanelled (hell I wasn't even called) went back down to the big room for a couple of hours then they said :
"We don't need you today. You can go home. Oh and btw you've got more chance of winning the lottery than being called again in the next 12 months"

Well I was all ready to do my civic duty but I was very glad I didn't have to.

Sounds like you got stuck with a bad one Wendy. Very sorry to hear it.

Craig

[Groggy]

Heya Wendy, do the best you can, be objective, then walk away.

Don't take it home with you, if you give it the best shot you can then that's all we ask of our jurors - no one is trained for the job.

Have a V&O for me too - happy headaches!

Groggy

[DanP]

Just so you know...

I NEVER have to do jury duty.

Dan

PS. Just remember, they're all GUILTY.

[Zed]

i did jury duty, sent the bastard to the big house for 5 yrs (only) that'll teach him to knife people... hopefully he'll have the favour returned by another outstanding citizen.

be happy - you get to see the system work!

[Ashore]

Too late for my advice but my two rules ,don't get elected foreman/person as they have to sit in the front row and always sit in the back row cause you can lean your head back against the wall and be a bit more comfortable.


Otherwise follow Groggy's advice and leave it there when you finish


Rgds

[Ianab]

I've had to show up for jury duty a couple of times, but I've found wearing black jeans and a Metallica T-shirt has allways got me excused

So much for a jury of your peers...

[Clinton1]

just so long as its a jury of the right sort of peers, old chap!

[RufflyRustic]

geez, what have I done!!!:eek:

Yep, I'm the foreman.
Haven't moved to the front, yet. chairs are bolted to the floor so can't lean head back

Can't leave it there, no chance to debrief, I think this is what is the hardest i.e. can't talk it over and the others are in the same boat as me. I ........... and can't say any more, so there we go again.

The two stiff drinks haven't touched the sides. normally I'd be legless by now but feel like I could operate a power tool quite well at present (not that I would). must be due for another drink.

cheers - literally
Wendy

[Driver]

Wendy

Jury service is tough stuff if you get the bad cases. It's been a long time since I was called to do my bit. It gave me an insight into the kind of ugliness that DanP and his mates have to deal with all the time.

Tough it out. Do your citizen's duty and then try and forget about it. Don't take it home.

If it helps, I can tell you that you will slowly come to think about it far less frequently than you might right now imagine. You don't forget it. Not, that is, if you are at all intelligent and have a conscience - and I'm sure you qualify on both counts.

If it isn't obvious from the above, I sympathise. Keep your chin up!

All the best

Col

Oh - and another thing: thank your lucky stars that you're in the jury box - not the dock!

[Bodgy]

Duty, Ruffy, duty.

Just don't take it home with you. Be honest, do your best. It's part of the fabric of our society, without which we could be like Iran or some other unspeakable szithole.

Be strong.