>>>>Looks like this week is shot all to he$$.
>>>>
>>>>It's a civil suit. I won't be able to ask for the death penalty or burn a terrorist or anything fun.
>>>>
>>>>I tried to get out of it.. They asked me if I had heard anything about the case and I said I only hear what the voices tell me, but somehow they thought that made me a good juror..
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>>>I'm surprised that you'd try to get out of jury duty. Isn't it one of the principle responsibilities of a citizen?
>>>
>>>Tamar
>>
>>I didn't try hard.
>>
>>It's just expensive since I don't have an employer that covers me during jury service (that cheap a$$ Kuhn Group - I ought to work somewhere else)...
>
>And I saw elsewhere in the thread that this is Federal Court. ISTR that the last time I got that questionnaire, if you were in a business (or maybe it was owned one) that was very small (can't remember how many employees), you could be excused automatically.
>
>Tamar

They did not indicate that to me either in the jury summons or in court.

I wish they had..