Ouch, that bites. :(

My fiance actually got covid there! At least we're pretty sure. Then I caught it from him and had to miss work. And I'm a self-employed dog walker, so I don't get PTO or anything.

Sadly not

I wound up losing a ton of money the time I went. Caught a bad case of the flu from the lady sitting next to me. Missed not only that day of work, but five more days after that.

But of course those five days were after I went to work for a day, because it was still incubating, and therefore I was "not sick yet."

So I took out the entire prepared foods department of a Market District.

I read this and imagined Dwight Schrute writing it. I hope I'm right.

I was part of a training program about 10 years ago. I told them that I had to go for training once per month. They excused me and I never heard from them again.

Got my summons for beginning of april 🤟

I was summoned for Grand Jury duty last November. I work in healthcare in a specialized field, my schedule is set 3 months ahead of time and I found out I was on call that day. I explained my situation on the form and asked them to try again in February. So far I haven't gotten called back. So I wonder if you are that specialized, they will let you defer.

One off self defense courses are largely bullshit; you don't get enough reps in to build muscle memory, which leads to zero application in real life situations (and many things taught are out of fantasy land too).

Now a real fighting gym with frequent classes? That's what you want. There's a self defense course taught weekly at Stout Training that is legit and attended by folks of all ages/genders.

Two words - "jury nullification"

Depending on where she lives her local rec center may offer a course.

Pittsburgh Combat Club

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Playing with fire there, just saying

They do offer childcare, that’s why they don’t accept it as a hardship.

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Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for explaining.

They were pretty chill. The average day was probably 9-3 with a few short breaks. Some cases are really interesting. Some stuff is hard to listen to. Every time you come back it’s with the same group so you end up making friends too.

Allegheny used to provide childcare but stopped during the pandemic. Such a loss. The ~$10 a day doesn’t even cover parking, let alone a babysitter (for someone without daycare or family).

How were the jury days? I’ve seen people comment on other posts stating federal grand juries were often quite interesting to sit on (it seems like you were federal from other comments). It seems like a trend as many people from other subreddits seem to enjoy their time overall.

It does not happen for the 18mo federal grand juries. Over 18 months you see dozens of cases brought on by US district attorneys. All you do is hear the evidence and vote on indictments. There are lots of different types of cases so they don’t screen anyone out based on any biases. Jurors recuse themselves if a case ever comes up involving someone they know.

>I was on one that just ended last year. What you’ve heard about the selection process is wrong. They don’t do any kind of interview work...

Sorry if I'm being obtuse, but isn't this what voir dire is? I've been on juries (though never a grand jury) and have been questioned during the evaluation process on multiple grounds. That doesn't happen for grand juries?

This! My fiance got $12 for having to be at the courthouse 8 hours. It's ridiculous they think it's ok to make someone miss a day of work pay to go sit at the courthouse all day. He didn't even serve on a jury. They just kept him there in case they needed an extra person.

I was on one that just ended last year. What you’ve heard about the selection process is wrong. They don’t do any kind of interview work you. They put you in a room and pull numbers at random to see who is on the jury. Everyone else is still obligated to be an alternate if someone drops out or has to take a sick day.

It was a little less than once per month actually. Mine was 1-2 days every six weeks and you get the schedule in advance.

Your employer is required to excuse your absence on jury days. Jury days were a heck of a lot easier and shorter than my real job so I actually enjoyed it for the most part.

Yeah for sure. I can’t speak for the grand jury process, but from my jury experience, I agree that the things the court considers hardships are much different than what the average person would consider a hardship.

They should absolutely offer childcare and pay people more if they want to make it easier for all types of folks to serve on juries.