Catperson said,
Well, I for one, am glad you aren’t studying to be an attorney.
You dweeb. You are the best reason I can come up with to begin IMPRISONING people who lamely dodge jury duty.
Catperson,
grow the fuck up. Not only was your OP horribly immature, but your two other posts to this thread have been just as bad.
Hey! Don’t blame the cats.
Of course my cat has been known to hunt Ravens so I guess that could be the real problem…
I got out of jury duty once because I had finals looming right around the time I was to appear. I got out a second time because I was working for not enough money, my wife was unemployed, and my employer didn’t want to pay me while at jury duty. I did not whine and bitch about it however, I just submitted my forms with my reasons and they were accepted. I wouldn’t mind serving now, but my wife is a lawyer and they probably wouldn’t want me anymore.
And if you voted for Arnold, well perhaps it’s best if you don’t vote anymore. I certainly didn’t vote for the Terminator to sit in Sacramento.
As usual, Cervaise, both brilliant and funny. But now, back to bashing the OP.
Of course jury service is inconvenient, you pissant. But most citizens still serve with a minimum of complaint because they realize that, like taxes, it is a cost of our citizenship. Nobody likes taxes either, but most of us still pay them.
I have been called several times. The first time was really a pain because it was downtown Los Angeles, where parking is a bitch. I had to go down there three days before they let me go without being on a jury. It did seem like a waste of time. Subsequebnt services were more satisfying, though. I have sat on three trial juries (one civil and two criminal), and in each case I found the jurors to be conscientious and really interested in doing the right thing. If your only acquaintence with the judicial process is from television shows you may be surprised to know that the system works pretty well. There are a lot more mature, good citizens willing to serve than there are whiny little pricks like yourself.
I once tried to volunteer for jury duty. I was in college, but my financial aid got messed up for the summer, so I had no classes and no work-study job. So I literally had nothing better to do, and I thought it might be interesting. (This was before the days of the OJ trial when we all got to know WAY too much about how trials work.) I called up the county courthouse, but they turned me down. That, I don’t understand. Wouldn’t it be better to have people who actually want to be there? I would think the jury selection process would weed out people who had some kind of axe to grind. Years later, I got called for jury duty, but I wasn’t even brought in for questioning. I suspect it was because I (truthfully) said that I read the paper every day.
Yes, but has he ever killed a mockingbird?
He said he tried it when he called the Federal Government office from which he got the notice, and they told him that his Bell’s Palsy was not considered a severe enough medical condition to be excused. How they could think that, I don’t know. He couldn’t blink his eye, chew food, or drink without a straw. He had difficulty not drooling on himself because he couldn’t feel half of his face, and apparently had quite the headache due to what the doctor said was Trigeminal Neuralgia.
So he found another way out, and I don’t blame him.
Catperson , you are a fuckwit.
(I’ve wanted to say that to someone other than my fellow commuters for some time.)
Cervaise , thank you. All of the seniors in my 2nd Period Government class are now wondering why their teacher is sitting at his computer, giggling uncontrolably. I may have to curve the test they are taking, because I distracted them. 
Obviously I am in the minority here (although with the majority as far as judgement of CatPerson goes) because I would absolutely LOVE to serve on a jury. The legal system and processes are such a mystery to my mind that I reckon a chance to be an integral part of it all would be amazing. I did get called up about 15 years ago, but had to excuse myself because of a hearing disability…I was much pissed-off about THAT.
While having been called many times, the one time I actually served on a jury was for a civil trial. It was a very interesting experience. It was a two day trial concerning a lawsuit because of a drunk driving accident. We got free lunch both days and an education in how the law works. When we deliberated a few of us ended up shouting at each other and it dragged on for many hours. The experience made me seriously think about attending law school.
I should mention that this was while I was attending MBA classes at night and I missed a class due to deliberations. Since we had one 3 hour class a week for each course, it was the same as missing three day classes. Yet I didn’t cry about it like the sorry ass author of the OP.
Thanks to DogMom, DesertGeezer, and silenus. Glad you appreciated it. Unsurprisingly, however, NotAsSmartAsACat-Person seems to have entirely missed the point.
And kambuckta, speaking for myself, I’d love to serve on a jury. I’ve been called once, and I had an inflexible work conflict and couldn’t go. That was five years ago. No notices before or since. 
I’d really like to serve on a jury as well. Now that I have a little background in law I think I’d be able to bring insight to the panel that the average joe may not consider.
Cervaise that was beautiful… although for full effect I suggest reading it just as con law is supposed to begin. My class now thinks I’m high. Oh well, it was worth it.
I envoke the 5th!
How would answering the question incriminate yourself?
Oh… I just wanted a coke.
Coffeecam
CatPerson, you’re joking right? You’ve got to be a total poseur…
Your government is well known for sending persons your age DRAFT NOTICES! Just think, with your interest in pharmocology, you could be a combat medic shuttling the maimed and dying from the front lines to a field hospital with no way to defend yourself besides that big red cross on your vehicle. What better way to serve your democracy.
I get summoned all the time, and have served on a jury, it beats the alternative.
The US government hasn’t drafted anyone in over thirty years, and isn’t likely to start in the forseeable future. Come on now, there are plenty of real reasons why the OP’s position is stupid. You don’t have to start making up fake ones.
What is with all you yahoos? You act like being drawn from a hat is a High Summons from Gawd.
In Canada, being a student is a valid reason for being excused from jury duty. Do we care any less about liberty, democracy and justice than you rabid Yanks?
I’m still trying to figure out who the fuck teh OP figures find jury duty convenient? You think you’re busy being a student? try running a household as a single working mom. or a stay at home mom. Been all three and gotta tell you that the student gig (full time at a Big TEn School, on the honor roll etc.) would have been the easiest, by a long shot.
I got called for jury duty twice, first time I was the director of a correction center in the same town, had worked for a dozen years in that community in corrections, new a hellava lot of offenders, their relatives, a lot of attorneys, judges, prosecutors etc., figured the chance of me not knowing one of the primary folks in the case approached nil, still was called. Went, w/o whining. go figure.
I will, however join the host of other folks:
A. commending the OP for their decision to refrain from voting again. and
B. applauding Cervaise’ post. good job.
noting too, the list of folks posting helpful hints to the OP on how to avoid jury duty. Most cases are very very short, and (in my jurisdiction) you were only on call for at most one week per year. Now in my area - that translated to being called twice in over 20 years. Never got seated. most I had to miss was a single half day. Rest of the week, I merely called in the night before. that was it. I’ve had more hassel getting seen at your average emergency room.
To the people who are arguing; “You think being a STUDENT is bad? Well…” I would say; did you pay good money for the privilege of being a parent/employee? The OP is paying a buttload of moolah out of his own pocket in order to be allowed to spend his time at lectures, submit assignments, and use school facilities. As long as he is prevented from doing those things, he is being denied services for which he paid, with zero recourse to get a refund or get those same services at a later date without paying extra.
Some of you seem to have missed that point, which was expressed very clearly in the OP.
No, Lola, YOU miss the point. The point is that the OP is a fuckwit. Shit happens in Life, and you just have to deal with it. If he got sick, or hit by a bus, and missed class, would he get a refund, or anything else? No. So what makes him think that jury duty is any different. He is a freaking parasite.
“Denied services he paid for” my ass! He is a lazy jackanape.