[cstreit]

It's been a few years since I've been called for Jury Duty. A few weeks ago my wife got her summons.

Now when I went, you showed up on a certain day, waited, and either they interviewed and/or picked you, or you went home.

Now she's got to call in twice per day for a week. Once at noon and once at like 5PM. If they select her, she's got to be there (the noon one exactly 1.5 hours later). So she's already had to spend one day there because they called her. NOW she got the message she has to go in again tomorrow.

So we have two young kids which means that I'm on hold for work the whole week too. It's impossible to arrange for child care with a few hours notice. ...and if she's selected for a Jury then it goes even longer!

So while I'm a believer in our system, this is absolutely ridiculous. How the hell can they own your a$$ under penalty of law for a week, being on-call with no way out. If I was traveling this week, (and I do have to next week), there will be no one to watch our kids. So either I have to risk canceling work on a moments notice or my wife has to break the law.... ...you can get leave if YOU have jury duty, but not when your spouse does. How do you arrange child care with 1.5 hours of notice?! This new system sucks!

Suggestions? (...and dumping our kids with an unknown stranger is not an option.)