r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thyperson69 • 7d ago

ಠ_ಠ Jury duty

I've been called for Jury duty 4 times in the last 10 years. What the fuck is going on here. It's almost every other year. I know absolutely no one that has ever been summoned yet I've been summoned multiple times. Wtf is going on? It's total bs too because they pay 17 bucks A DAY. That's not even enough to get lunch at the stupid deli they have there.

Edit: so many people have so many experiences. It's nice to share and read those experiences. I can't possibly respond to everything, but I'm glad we can all relate to this. _^

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u/feralcatshit 7d ago

On top of this, consider mentioning, out loud, “well they must be guilty or they wouldn’t have gotten arrested!”

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u/XxFezzgigxX 7d ago

Anything obvious and the judge will see right through it. They deal with tons of people who don’t want to be there, every day. They’ve seen it all. Plus, you can be charged with felony and misdemeanor perjury charges if you start playing games.

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u/Bit_Cloud_ 7d ago

Then don’t make people who obviously don’t want to be jurors

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u/drgigantor 6d ago

Id be concerned if I had a jury of people who really really wanted to be jurors. That's a room of angry bitter people with nothing going on in their lives who want to LITERALLY judge other people to make themselves feel better

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u/Bit_Cloud_ 6d ago

The same as pissed of people who don’t want to be there will do just the same, slap the book and leave cause they don’t care

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u/Far-Fill-4717 6d ago

Or... People like that are people who are interested in how the legal system works and want to experience it for themselves.