Fastest Jury Duty experience ever.

[ThomCat]

We have freezing rain her today. I drove into the jury selection room in my wheelchair and waited with about 500 other people to turn in our summons so they could take attendance.

The jury manager said to me, "You look like you're in a lot of pain."

I said, "I am. It's the weather."

He said, "I'll excuse you. You can go home."

So now I'm home. I have taken my second dose of painkillers. I'm going to bed. :P

:hi:

[DS1]

1. Nice

sorry about the pain, hope you sleep well

[ThomCat]

11. Thank you.

:)

As soon as I feel that numbness slide down my back... :boring:

[Solon]

2. The only time I was ever summoned for Jury Duty, I didn't make it at all...

Supposed to call ahead of time, and listen for a recording to confirm(24 hr number), the night before we were supposed to convene. I called, and our Jury meeting or whatever was canceled.

[ThomCat]

9. 500+ people wish that happened here today.

:P

[sasquatch]

3. Don't mention the pain killers to loudly, if you do guy will do an intervention on your ass

http://www.aetv.com/intervention/int_interventionists.jsp
His name is Ken Seeley and he is THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DOUCHEBAG!
http://www.aetv.com/intervention/int_episode_guide.jsp
See Brooke in season 4 of the episode guide.
:eyes:

[ThomCat]

6. Wow. If an intervention could make the pain go away

I think I could put up with anyone, no matter how much of a douchebag he is. :P

[sasquatch]

8. I think we all would

[soleft]

4. I was on jury duty last week

Were you Bklyn or Manhattan?

[ThomCat]

7. Staten Island.

This was country court.

I'm due to get called for Federal Jury Duty soon too. And that involves traveling all the way out to either Brooklyn or Long island. x(

I think by showing up today my Federal Jury Duty gets pushed back by 2 years though.

[lost-in-nj]

5. Its a good day to curl up in bed.....

you have your kittahs and the remote???
something good to munch on ?

hope you feel better soon....


:hi: :hug:


lost

[Inchworm]

13. Skooch over and share the pillow

Oh wait.. Thom is goin to bed not you :D

:hug:

:hi:

[ThomCat]

14. I definitely have kitties trying to climb on me.

:)

I doubt I'll eat much today.

[KitchenWitch]

10. I am so glad they were compassionate!

:hug:

Wish you were feeling better.

[ThomCat]

16. Me too.

:hug:

I hope to be feeling better tomorrow. I just have to hang on until then. :)

[BlueIris]

12. Awww. And those are some nice hearts you have.

[ThomCat]

17. Are you one of my secret admirers?

:hug:

I can't believe how many hearts I'm getting. And I haven't even posted a naked picture. :P

:hi:

[BlueIris]

21. Um...yeah? (No, but I would have if I'd been able.)

[ThomCat]

28. Sorry.

I shouldn't have put you on the spot. :(

:hug:

[Inchworm]

15. Hope you feel better

And gratz on the skate.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

19. Thank you!

:hug:

If I did not have Jury Duty today I would have called in sick to work anyway, so this is a damned good day to spend in bed.

[SallyMander]

18. Feel better soon sweetie

:hug:

[ThomCat]

20. I will definitely try.

:)

:hug:

[redqueen]

22. Hope you wake up feeling much better.

And glad the judge was so observant & considerate.

:hi:

[ThomCat]

29. I'm awake, and unfortunately the pain is still here.

I woke up with a migraine headache. Meds are starting to work on it though. :(

I truly hate wet windy days. They always hurt. x(

[redqueen]

45. Aw...

If I won the lotto, I'd gladly pay to move you someplace hot & sunny.

:pals:

[MissMillie]

23. I'm so sorry you're hurting!!!!

but I'm glad you don't have to sit at the courthouse all day.

[ThomCat]

30. Hi, MissMillie!

:hi:

It's a very good thing. Sometime this morning, the weather triggered a migraine. That would have truly sucked, being in court and hoping for meds to work. :(

This is a very good day to hibernate. :)

[MrCoffee]

24. Plus you were wearing your "Down With Whitey" t-shirt

I hope you feel better soon.

[ThomCat]

31. I need coffee.

I badly need coffee. :hangover:

What do you have in stock?

:P

If I could find a good retro Black Power t-shirt I'd absolutely wear it. That might cause some intersting conversations.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear ThomCat...

Oh, how good you got excused...

But I'm sorry it was because of the pain, sweetie...

I know you're taking good care of yourself...

Please do...you're the only ThomCat we have...:hug:


BTW...guess who gave you one of your hearts? ;-)

[ThomCat]

32. Hi CalPeggy!

:hug:
I've been trying hard not to speculate about who gave me these hearts. But I guessed one of them was probably from you. You're a sweetheart.
:loveya:

[Gormy Cuss]

26. Good for the jury manager for noticing!

Too bad that the pain was that obvious. :hug:

[ThomCat]

34. I've been told that it's totally obvious when the pain gets bad.

My voice changes, and it's written all over my face, and my posture and movements change. :shrug:

It would be interesting to see a video of me in bad pain just to see what it is I'm doing that everyone else sees.

[Fredda Weinberg]

38. You show grit. No, you don't want to see it n/t

[ThomCat]

41. I'll take your word for it.

If it's always that obvious then it can't be good. :(

[Fredda Weinberg]

42. If you'll recall, we couldn't keep you comfortable

Under the circumstances, none of us were particularly chipper. I drifted away when I could.

[VenusRising]

27. Get some rest and feel better.

:hug::hug::hug::hug:
:hug::hug::hug::hug:
:hug::hug::hug::hug:
:hug::hug::hug::hug:
:hug::hug::hug::hug:

And a nice soy latte to warm you up.


:loveya:

[ThomCat]

35. You have no idea how badly I'm craving that right now.

The soy latte and the hugs. :hug:

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

33. Awww.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

36. Hiya!

:hug:

[DarkTirade]

37. I suppose there's always an upside though...

the whole getting out of jury duty thing. :)

[ThomCat]

39. Jury duty one block from my home wouldn't have been bad.

Especially if I ended up on a long trial. My boss would finally have to get someone trained to cover for me. Though, I have no idea how he would train someone in my work when he doesn't know how to do half of it himself. :P

As it is, I'll just go back to work tomorrow with a backlogged workload.

[DarkTirade]

40. D'oh.

Ah well, such is life.

[Debi]

43. That's a kind jury clerk!

I seem to always get stuck on the panel - stuck through voire dire - then struck from the panel (I work for and am married to a criminal defense attorney, I used to work for attorneys that do plaintiff's work in Personal Injury/Worker's Compensation cases, the legal community here isn't very large and we all get to know each other after awhile).

Hope the weather clears and the pain subsides soon. :hug:

[Mojorabbit]

44. I hope you feel better soon

I used to love jury duty. I just can't do it anymore due to MS. I spaz up if I have to sit for long.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. I'm so glad to hear this...

There really are people in the system who have hearts!
:hug::hug::hug:
I hope the nasty weather is finished for you soon.
:hug::hug::hug:
We've had rain most of the day, which melted all the ice that fell last night, thank goodness! The region suffered from a lot of car accidents...some serious. There was an apartment building not far from here that suffered a collapsed roof; but people were evacuated before anyone was injured, luckily. We're supposed to end with a little dusting of snow tonight.

[bushstole2000]

47. I hate jury duty!

with passion

[Parche]

48. hug

:hug: :hug:

:hi:

[crim son]

49. So, is this good?

I'm sad you're suffering but it'd be worse to be sitting in the jury pews, listening to boring testimony and suffering just the same. :hug:

[hippywife]

50. So sorry you had such

a painful day. But at least you didn't have to try to walk on crutches in all the pain!


That's worth a little "Yaaaaaa!" :bounce: