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
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Same thing different taste
You've got mail
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
Out of the frying pan…
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, 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 found out that I have a warrant for my arrest, because I was fishing without a fishing license. FML
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
Nope, no thanks
Today, I found out that I have to appear in juvenile court because I refused to go visit my dad, even though it was court ordered. FML
Today, I found out that the "IRS scam" that I ignored last week was actually not a scam, and now I have a warrant out for me. FML
Today, I was arrested for a crime that happened 27 years ago. I'm only 21. FML
It wasn't me
Today, I got a letter summoning me to court for leaving the scene of a car accident I had in London. I live in Manchester and don't own a car. FML
Today, I got pulled over for violating hands-free law and not having an updated address on my driver's license. Two days ago, I got pulled over for the same reasons. Now, I have four tickets I need to deal with. FML
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BriCx 8
If you can prove that you haven't lived there in 2 years maybe they can clear it up? It was just a misunderstanding after all.
ChevyRedneck85 13
Wow.........sounds like the state I live in
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ashleyk26 3
After reading this website for years, I made an account to tell you what a ******* moron you are. Jury pools come from voter registration, which usually comes from your drivers license. So at worst, you've been driving around illegally for 2 years, since you didn't bother to update your license. At best, or maybe at worst depending how you look at it, you aren't legally registered to vote. Not only is it your responsibility to follow the law with that, it is your civic duty to serve when called, and I say that as someone who hated the 4 months I had to serve. I really hope you get arrested. Maybe next time you won't bitch about being stupid and leave room for the funny FMLs. So YDI.
Rosebudx 32
Calm down a bit, yeah? I remember my mother having a terrible time convincing the court in our old county that we no longer lived there when they attempted to call her up for duty; luckily, we lived in a parsonage and the preacher who replaced my dad sent the summons to our new parish. We moved about a year prior and after the move my parents both changed their licenses and voted in our new county. Sometimes stuff happens, especially when the government is involved.
kitten1323 19
Or maybe she was under 18 when she lived at her old address, then moved out after she turned 18 and missed the voting deadline, which would be why she isn't registered. Or perhaps she doesn't have a license. Not everyone does. Pull the stick out and calm down.
Shade1982 21
Administrative changes go wrong or don't happen at all a lot too. Bureaucracy is this beautiful thing where you can change your address multiple times and they still get it wrong.
LilFlutter 10
Jury pools come from multiple sources, not just voter registrations (how else do you think kids and dogs get the occasional summons? It also would discourage some people from registering if it only came from there). Also, voter registration is separate from your license/state ID and you can have one without the other. In order to vote, you have to register to vote; you don't just vote after you obtain your license/ID.
thecrazymancan 17
Here's a crazy thought: what if the GOVERNMENT screwed up instead of her?
jsc9306 14
That happened to my ol man.
jrock9093 18
That sucks majorly
GRgoldfish 19
were do you live? I have gotten hundreds of jury duty summons and I have never had a warrant for my arrest.
disney_blonde 16
Oh, hundreds? How old are you, 250? Where I live they can only summon you once a year(unless you were able to postpone it).
GRgoldfish 19
i was exaggerating you dipstick
nrevogcmamme 17
I believe the correct term is "dipshit", and I couldn't tell whether you were exaggerating or not. Where I live, you can get as many jury summons as they assign you. There are people in my town that have had over 100 jury summons. Don't act like a dipshit.
ariaofdoom 16
You're supposed to change your address on your voter registration info when you move, just like you're supposed to change your address on your driver's license. Kinda your fault.
the_real_dvd 21
That shit should come certified mail. This is why we shouldn't trust the government to take care of anything. They've ruined social security, the post office, the whole damn thing is shut down now, and now they think they're smart enough to take care of my medical care. Screw that. And now they're issuing bench warrants while my neighbors were cooking meth. Guess they're too damn busy to solve real problems.
Lehk 9
the republicans hate government and want to make it fail, so every chance they get they sabotage things. Example being the post office, the post office had a surplus, the republicans in congress found out a few years ago and change the law so the post office has to pre-fund their retirement plans so far into the future to cover employees who arne't even hired yet. the predictable result is the post office is now horribly strapped for cash, but congress won't let them raise postage so all they can do is cut service so it's crappy and everyone wants to "deregulate" the mail because the post office is doing badly.
bfglee 4
My cousin lives in the house I lived in 8 YEARS AGO!! He called me the other day to tell me the Sheriffs Dept. came by to pick me up because I didn't show up for jury duty. Lol. I've lived in two other states since then. I have filed changes of address and voter registration forms both times.
darkfireflame 15
Explain that in the hearing.
yahhdigg91 4
this sounds like something that happened to my friend...the exact same day you posted this...hmmmm