Something About Jury Duty and Worldcon

[kevin_standlee]

For some reason, I seem to get a jury-duty summons every second year or so just before Worldcon. This time, the summons date is the Wednesday before I leave for Japan. I have applied for a routine deferral to October. Every time I've asked for a deferral before, they've not actually called me again, but just put my name back into the box and called me a year or two later.

Mind you, they still haven't corrected my name in their records, despite me having repeatedly told them that it's "Standlee," not "Stanolee." Typos live forever, it seems.

Comments

[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

I am going to Jury Duty (if they need me) on August 22nd. This is my first time and it will be an interesting experience. Maryland is very strict about Jury Duty and you can't get a deferral easily.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Then they'd bloody well better call you further in advance than six weeks. That's too short a time to ask people not to make plans that would be a nuisance to change.

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

Seriously? "I have non-refundable airline tickets for a trip I've been planning for two years, at which people are counting on me to do X" wouldn't cut it?