[Jobs] OT: Jury duty

Thu May 10 21:00:06 CDT 2007

I know blind crack heads who took cabs to dope houses.

On May 10, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Donald Wardlow wrote:

> I don't know where you are, but, in Florida, my blind friend Doug  
> served,
> while, here in South Carolina, i was not allowed to owing to my  
> blindness. I
> wanted to, as you do.  I think, just this once, taking a cab is  
> more than
> justifiable, compared to paratransit.   or, much as you don't want  
> to, i
> would consider asking a friend. It's not like you're going to a  
> crack house
> to buy drugs--you're going to, at least try to, do your civic duty.  
> Go for
> it, and tell us if you are allowed. My wife says, even if they had  
> allowed
> me to serve, my politics would stop most lawyers from picking me  
> for a jury,
> as I am quite conservative. take care.--Don
> www.musicmantravel.com, a FREE CD to our first 76 travelers! NOW_-- 
> new and
> improved, ask me about the chance to work from home. no investment  
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Liz Bottner" <lizb at udel.edu>
> To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:14 PM
> Subject: [Jobs] OT: Jury duty
>
>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> This might be a strange question and perhaps off topic, but I'm  
>> wondering
>> if
>> any of you who on this list have had to serve jury duty.  I have been
>> picked
>> to serve come June, and I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing  
>> it.  I
>> was originally asked to serve in April, but I had school during  
>> the time,
>> and so was able to get out of it as I would have been missing  
>> class.  I'm
>> not trying to get out of it, (I would love to serve if it's  
>> possible), I'm
>> just concerned about transportation to and from, the fact that  
>> I've never
>> been in the courthouse before, and the fact that I really wouldn't  
>> feel
>> comfortable being thrown in there like that not knowing anything
>> beforehand.
>> I could take Paratransit, but I'm not guaranteed I could get there at
>> 8:30,
>> when it says to be there, unless I scheduled my pickup time for  
>> 6:30 or so
>> because Paratransit is just so unreliable.  Also, what would  
>> happen if I'm
>> late?  I'm guessing they'd just send me straight home, but I would be
>> stuck
>> at the courthouse anyway since I wouldn't be able to guarantee when I
>> would
>> get there and Paratransit couldn't just take me back home again.   
>> Not to
>> mention that would be a total waste of money.  I also wouldn't be  
>> able to
>> give Paratransit a time to pick me up, because I wouldn't know  
>> when they
>> would dismiss me, (I might have to stay the whole time, and I'm  
>> not sure
>> when that would end, but there would also be the chance that they  
>> wouldn't
>> want me to serve on the jury panel once I get there, and I obviously
>> wouldn't know that *until* I got there).  In that, I could  
>> theoretically
>> be
>> stuck at the courthouse for who knows how long.  I don't want to  
>> depend on
>> someone to give me a ride there, because that just isn't feasible.  I
>> guess
>> I could take a cab, but that's another expense that sighted people  
>> don't
>> usually have to make.
>>
>> I did write a letter explaining all of this and the fact that I  
>> would need
>> accommodations, (which I am attaching), and I received a letter back
>> telling
>> me that I needed to call a number to request "assistance or other
>> auxiliary
>> services" I think it was--I myself didn't read the letter--and so
>> basically
>> I get to explain everything all over again.  Yay!  I'm just so  
>> entirely
>> thrilled! Ok, enough with the sarcasm.  I just didn't know if any  
>> of you
>> on
>> list had been in a similar situation before and, if so, what you  
>> did about
>> resolving it.  I really wouldn't mind serving, but if it's going  
>> to cause
>> more stress and headache than anything else, what then?  I'm sorry  
>> for my
>> perhaps off topic post, and thanks for letting me slightly vent.   
>> It just
>> frustrates me when I explain myself what I thought was thoroughly the
>> first
>> time and have to turn around and do it again.  I don't mind  
>> educating, but
>> reeducating is what frustrates me in some situations.
>>
>> Thanks, take care, and feel free to write me privately so as not to
>> clutter
>> the list.
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> Email: lizb at udel.edu Visit my Live Journal:
>> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
>>
>>
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