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Originally Posted by Shanatink  GRRRRRRRR! Just have to vent, I got jury duty next week. I just DO NOT have time for this, I hate driving downtown and parking, its all a bit scary and I hate having to take a day off from my business too  . And nothing makes me madder then when they hand me a $6 check at the end of the day. How in the heck is it that they can force you to do jury duty and pay you $6 a day? 
$6 doesnt even cover the gas it will take to get to downtown Fort Worth! And it defiently wont make up for an entire day lost that I could have been working.
Sorry I had to vent, I dread jury duty like I dread Dentist 
I better not actually get on a case, I will not return for second day of this crap! Im gonna tell them Im mentally unstable  |
I know those feelings exactly!!! I got called to jury duty a lot, but I always got out of it because I had a child under 10 at home. Well, my kids are older now and I didn't have an excuse the last time. I was really mad because like you I own my own business and work from home. If I don't work I don't get paid. I was really mad and hoped I wouldn't be picked. I was in line to talk to the judge to tell him why I couldn't serve when I heard several in front of me with the same excuse, and the judge still wouldn't let them off. So I didn't even try.
Well, they got down to the 11th juror and there were still 5 or 6 people in front of me. I thought, great, I am going to get out of this. But for various reasons the others were dismissed and I was chosen as Juror #12! Just my luck!
It was a drug trial and lasted about 3 days counting the jury selection. But, you know what? I am really glad I did it. It was very interesting and I really learned a lot about our judicial system, good and bad. Overall, it was really a good experience.
So, all I am saying is hopefully you won't be picked, but if you are maybe it won't last long and you might find it more interesting than you anticipated. (just not fun losing out on the money you lose by missing work).
And, by the way, I think we got $8 for the jury selection day and $11 for the days spent on the jury, Big whoop, huh?