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Calimom3
Member
07-12-2007
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:21 am
this is fun, but gotta get to sleep... jury duty has really cut into my BB obsession---can't believe the court won't accept that as a reason to excuse me from serving!
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:23 am
Night Calimom. Hope you get on an interesting case. I've never gotten out of the waiting room.
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Calimom3
Member
07-12-2007
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:24 am
Thanks, see y'all (hopefully) tomorrow... or at least tomorrow night!
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:26 am
Threw my jury questionaire in the garbage. When will they learn that I cannot serve, even thought I want to. How many Dr's notes do I have to give them?
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Robynne
Member
08-20-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:28 am
is lydia working on jeff yet or she still doing chema?
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:29 am
I can't tell. Too much noise/confusion going on. Jeff's hat is so cute! Think he will give it to Jordan?
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:29 am
Oh and how can it be random when Hubby and I are always called at the same time? Hubby always serves.
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Doublethink
Member
08-23-2006
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:31 am
Definitely not random, I get called up every three years like clockwork - drives me crazy.
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Marksman
Member
05-04-2007
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:31 am
Mummy kudos to you guys for going there and participating. It is a pet peeve of mine people grousing so much over serving on jury duty. It is a cornerstone of our society and everyone should WANT to serve on it, not view it as some horrible thing that they must avoid at all cost.
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Caycaye
Member
09-14-2001
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:35 am
Where can I read Ronnie's "journal" that everyone is talking about??? Help......
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:36 am
http://rjrobot.livejournal.com/
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:37 am
Its what was given to me earlier.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:37 am
I served on a jury a couple yrs ago, a long one, 7 weeks, by the end my back was wrecked...but I must say it was so intresting and I got so into it..... I always thought from that experiance that if I could have started all over again I would want to work in law in some way.....
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:40 am
I would love to do jury duty, it just isn't safe for me. Hubby has been on two jurys, foreman on one.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:41 am
A seven week jury could cost my Hubby his job.
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Caycaye
Member
09-14-2001
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:43 am
Thanks Mummy.... and all I can say is eeeewwwwwww....ISSUES MUCH?????
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:45 am
Cay I am thinking suicide watch. Sorry but you asked. Just like I asked earlier and regretted it.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:46 am
My job at the time allowed us to serve Jury duty and they payed us up to 5 weeks..... the rest was just unpaid (well court payed gas miles and I think 7 or 8 bucks a day.....WOOP).... But I was in need of a break and was secure in my position so I just went with it......... It was def hard on my back....some days my legs were numb......but the case was a good one..... I dont want to do it again any time soon unless it was a short one......
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Sandra
Member
07-05-2004
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:50 am
That's Ronnie's blog? OMG WOW
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Luvbbplayers
Member
07-14-2006
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:52 am
Firing someone for serving on a jury is illegal.
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Efilon
Member
09-20-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 1:00 am
The last entry in that diary is from 2005. Yeah, he might seem weird to us but this is from a long time ago.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 1:06 am
Chew, in Mich, no jobs are secure. By law the employer has to take you back, but not in the same position or pay. Same with maternity leave, and this was 92 before things were really bad. I had a baby and lost 'my' job, but was offered a job I couldn't do. A seven week jury for Hubby just wouldn't work in any small business' around here. Business is down to the bare threads to just get by until things pick up, they just can't loose an essential (manager)person without replacing them. Hubby also only has about two weeks vacation pay left. Perhaps a bit more 'accured time.' Accured time (for us) is overtime, not paid, but logged as additional vacation time. Too keep the company a float as others around are drowning, hubby puts in the hours and doesn't care about the accruted time. It's better than unemployment. Been there, done that.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 1:07 am
I got a jury summons last year or year before. Completely freaked out when I read the letter and saw that being a primary caregiver for either young children or an elderly relative was no longer a valid reason to be excused. I wasn't too worried about the kids, I could get the neighbor or sis to make sure they got to and from school and weren't left alone, but I'm the primary caregiver for my elderly aunt. At the time, she wasn't doing well and I was spending a ton of time with her. There wasn't anyone else who could spend as much time with her. Any other time would have been ok, but that was just bad timing. Luckily I never got past the calling everyday phase. I'm quite impressed with what they've done with the playdoh...that's hard to work with, or clay is. I use a different type and it's pretty difficult for me to get much that resembles anything, lol.
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Sandra
Member
07-05-2004
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 1:08 am
Efilon that's true
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 1:08 am
Luv, it isn't being fired, it being given a job you can't do for less money. Very legal.
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