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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
Hmmm. You fall and break your leg in the house with two small children present. An ambulance shows up. Where do the kids go if you have no family etc? Must be a common problem.
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With all due respect, you're making poor analogies. Yes, in an extreme circumstance such as breaking a leg, you have to do something. However a broken leg does not have you out of the house for a WEEK. We could call a neighbor with no problems. ...but asking that same neighbor to be 'on call' for a week is NOT reasonable.
I have no issues with the "inconvenience" of Jury Duty and get pissed off when people lie to get out of it. I've been 5 times. However my issue is the length of time combined with the minimal notice. Again, it used to be 2 days max, if they didn't use you, they released you and that was that. The minimum notice time combined with that length of time makes it unreasonable. If they had simply said "You will be here 8-5 on these two days", much easier. ...but you MIGHT be here during unknown hours over the course of a week?
Could YOU plan for that without undue inconvenience? (...and if you don't have multiple kids with no family in town, don't bother answering, you have no clue what it's like). What would you do then?