Today, I got a letter in the mail telling me to report for jury duty. The day that I have to show up is the day of my wedding. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after sleeping in, I finally sorted through a stack of mail I had been putting off and I found a Jury summons. Thinking it must be coming up soon, I checked the date, my appearance is scheduled for 7:45am on November 16th. Today is November 17th. FML
Today, I came home after spending two days in the hospital for suicidal ideation and found a summons for jury duty in the mail. FML
Today, my family has begun preparations for my dad's birthday party. We figured out that the closest date that will work is the fifth of June. Also today, I got a letter in the mail. I have jury duty. Take a wild guess what day it's on. FML
Today, after moving back in with my parents, I found out they had held on to a chunk of mail still being sent during the time I had been changing my old address. Included was a summons to jury duty. FML
Today, I found out that my fiancé is going to be deployed on our wedding day. FML
Today, I found out that I have to reschedule my upcoming honeymoon because my office will be understaffed that week, due to the boss going on vacation right after my wedding. Oh, yeah, and he's in my bridal party. FML
Today, I got a letter from the state that I'm being divorced. I've never been married. FML
Today, my fiancée decided to go on a "vacation." Our wedding is tomorrow. FML
Today, I was told there was a bench warrant out for my arrest because a notice to appear for jury duty was sent to my old address and I never responded. I haven't lived at my old address for 2 years. FML
Today, I accidentally slept in two hours later than I was supposed to. Today is my wedding day. FML
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Top comments
KhaleesiDannie 26
There are a million ways to get out of jury duty if push comes to shove just say you're racist...Even better if it's your own race so you got a little crazy going for you too haha
19990231 29
Ditch it. Wedding is more important
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amazingchris90 2
Just send in a copy of your wedding announcement with the response card. Worked for my brother.
menfearme 10
They call several hundred people at a time, knowing full well a lot of them won't make it. All you have to do is call them. They'll take you off the list for the duration of your wedding and honeymoon.
Kim44_fml 13
You can reschedule jury duty
girlintheuk 9
This happened to my uncle, ring them up and you should be able to get out of it op xxx
SPFINATOR1993 10
Take it as a sign. Cut and run.
meganxrienzo 4
well your an idiot. You just tell the people and then you don't have to go
PhoenixMartinez 30
Maybe you can get our of jury duty in that case? But jeez, I thought it was bad when my teacher had jury duty during school camp one year. It wasn't just any camp, either. It was to Sovereign Hill, which is the one everyone looks forward to the most, as it's basically an 'open air' museum of the 1850's and you actually get to dress up as if you were in that time and go to the schools on site. Which may sound bad, but is friggin awesome fun.
Soninuva 41
If you go the website they provide, you can choose to defer your jury duty to a later date (I assume they have this due to things like this), rather than just confirming it, or not doing anything and being slapped with a $500 fine. The appropriate URL along with how to log in should be somewhere on your jury summons letter.
fantasyworld 39
You can go to the courthouse and get it moved.
cdncw 20
Easy to get out of without breaking any rules - I received a summons about 8 years ago for jury duty. I took it to my boss, he typed up a letter saying "my absence for an unknown amount of time would place undue hardship on the [small] company". I called, they didn't even ask for the letter, they just said "ok, your name has been removed from the jury selection for this court session"