Re: Jury Duty?

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

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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