It's Karma!

[OhioTony]

I got a Jury Duty notification and Questionaire today .I've been put in the poole for Sept through Dec.

I have purchased, booked , paid for , researched, obsessed , our trip to WDW at the end of Sept for months now-we are taking my neices with us who have never been anywhere.

I do not mind doing jury duty, I have even posted here about people who complain about having to do it. I don't serve in the military, I don't hold public office etc... so I wouldn't mind doing jury duty as a way to serve my community-----
JUST NOT FOR THAT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's what I get for being self rightious about serving!

If I send a really nice letter along with my confirmation stating that I am willing ,able and proud to serve all other 51 weeks of the year ,
surely they won't call me that week.

Right?

 

[bcinohio]

From another Ohio person, I hope you get out of it for that week. We just got back from the Pop and it was very nice. We had a great week. Send every letter and make every phone call you can. It is worth a try!!

Good luck!!

 

[all4fun]

You may want to check with the court.

In our county, people can relatively easily get a deferral by contacting the clerk of the court and filling out a form. This puts you back in the hopper pretty soon, but could save your vacation.

Hope they have this in Ohio.

 

[dbanzai]

Here in NYC and when I lived in Boston, I had to appear for jury duty twice. In both cases I was able to postpone, no problem. They don't even ask you for a reason. However, here you're best suggesting a time you'll appear, because they are very strict about second postponements.

I'm also all for jury duty. I actually served on a jury last year and I even enjoyed it!

 

[spaceacewannabe]

You can almost definitely get a deferral (I think that's what it's called, although I'm pretty sure that's not how it's spelled). I almost did this because of school (didn't because they told me that it was not a busy month, so I took my chances and was only called once), and I had a friend who did do it...no problem...and vacation was actually one of the reasons they listed that people might need to defer to a different month. I'm betting they can just move you to a different time frame...maybe even right when you get back (get it out of the way!).

 

[chesirechik]

This happened to DH. We sent an email stating we already had vacation planned and paid for. They just rescheduled him for a few months later with no problem. This was PA. I doubt they are going to make you miss your vacation.

 

[Skylarr29]

This has happened to me also. On my summonings there was a spot on it to fill in and I just answered the questions and explained that I was going to be on vacation and they just schedualed me for a month later. You shouldn't have any problems.

 

[OhioTony]

I sent the questionaire back along with a letter of explaination . There was nowhere on the form to put information like that . Along with the letter I included a copy of our confirmation so hopefully they will be kind.

I live in a rural area and our court system has a visiting judge from the next county over. Apparently hardly anyone has been showing up for jury duty so he has been issuing warrants for noncompliance. Some people have been fined and arrested.

I hope that this doesn't affect my efforts. I truely don't mind doing jury duty.
I DO truly mind it screwing with my vacation!

 

[rocky41102]

I'd recommend you go down to your courthouse and talk to the clerk about it. There's probably a separate form you have to fill out and submit asking to be excused for all or part of your jury duty. Your letter of explanation may not make it to the correct person and you could still get called for jury duty. Better to be safe! And be sure to keep a copy whatever form you fill out or whoever you talk to!