Re: Jury Duty?

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roberto...your excuse is a real "pisser"

Norm

"Roberto" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Being a senior citizen, I sent them a slip from my doctor stating I had an
> enlarged prostate. I let them know I would be happy to serve on a jury but
> under the disabilities act, I was handicapped and would require the use of
a
> restroom every 15 minutes, and by law they had to make this available to
me
> and could not exclude me from a jury because of my disability. Of course,
> this would have been quite disruptive. They mailed me back a letter saying
> they determined I wasn't handicapped but that I was being excused for
> medical reasons.
>
> Bob
>
> "Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:lNIHe.1513$0p.4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Bob....claim "financial hardship" if you are
> > away from your 24 hour a day business......
> >
> > Norm Mugford
> >
> >
> > "Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1122938150.bb7cf7c0e7106815f29b5b58e9387e73@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >> I'm sure I can't be the only guy out there pretty much working solo.
> >> What
> >> do you do?  I have jobs scheduled, service calls to take care, clients
> >> calling me for new stuff.
> >>
> >> I have enough RMR to cover the bills, but that doesn't pay for all the
> >> equipment sitting on the shelves and in the field for new jobs
underway.
> >> New construction is what makes my boat payment, helps with family
> >> obligations and makes up for the customers who don't pay their bills.
> >>
> >> I broke my leg and was off my feet for almost three months a few years
> > back.
> >> I very nearly went under back then, and I had a guy working for me, and
> >> a
> >> friend helping out where he could back then.  Even so I could make
calls,
> >> field customer issues, and talk techs through problems on my cell phone
> > from
> >> my wheel chair.  I had to be on the phone constantly to make it work.
No
> >> cell phones allowed in the courthouse though.
> >>
> >> Being on jury duty is worse.  No cell phones or pagers in the
courthouse,
> >> and you don't know when it will end.  What if I get stuck on some
capitol
> >> case that lasts for six months or a year or more.  I'll be back to
> >> working
> >> all night and weekends to survive.  Finally I'm at the point where I
> >> don't
> >> normally have to do that anymore, and the state wants to force me to.
I
> >> don't have anybody working for me right now who can cover either.  Not
> > good.
> >>
> >> <Satire mode on>
> >> What's worse, if find myself working weekends to just survive, then
there
> >> goes my fishing time too.  If I don't get my fishing time I might go
> > crazy,
> >> and then you all will get called on for jury duty when they try me for
> > going
> >> nuts and doing something stupid.</satire mode off>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bob La Londe
> >> www.YumaBassMan.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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