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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 13:42:55 GMT -5
Anyone ever been called before? If so, is it as mind numbingly boring as I heard it is?
I got my first letter of notice to attend Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 27th. Any of my friends/family who’ve ever done it only had to attend the local District Court and they said it was hell. A week or two off work on full pay can’t be that bad, can it?
I do kinda feel sorry for the poor bastards on trial though if they have the likes of me deciding their fate…
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Post by Synyster Gates on Jan 13, 2010 14:27:06 GMT -5
Anyone ever been called before? If so, is it as mind numbingly boring as I heard it is? I got my first letter of notice to attend Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 27th. Any of my friends/family who’ve ever done it only had to attend the local District Court and they said it was hell. A week or two off work on full pay can’t be that bad, can it? I do kinda feel sorry for the poor bastards on trial though if they have the likes of me deciding their fate… Make things interesting by accusing them of being guilty even if they is obviously innocent. |
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Post by bfizzle on Jan 13, 2010 16:45:30 GMT -5
My Dad had it one time. He seemed to really hate it. I always thought it would be fun. Then again, I love power, and the thought of being able to send someone to jail would amuse me.
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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 20:09:52 GMT -5
Anyone ever been called before? If so, is it as mind numbingly boring as I heard it is? I got my first letter of notice to attend Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 27th. Any of my friends/family who’ve ever done it only had to attend the local District Court and they said it was hell. A week or two off work on full pay can’t be that bad, can it? I do kinda feel sorry for the poor bastards on trial though if they have the likes of me deciding their fate… Make things interesting by accusing them of being guilty even if they is obviously innocent. Doing the opposite of that would make things really interesting, not that Scotland needs any more psychopaths walking the street. I hope the defendant is a real dick, if I'm gonna waste hours of my life on this shit I at least want some satisfaction at the end of it in knowing that they will suffer for their crime. Of course, I'm hyping myself up for like a murder trial when it'll probably be something uneventful like some dude charged with drunk driving or something equally boring. |
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Post by Queen of the Damned on Jan 13, 2010 20:11:25 GMT -5
Anyone ever been called before? If so, is it as mind numbingly boring as I heard it is? I got my first letter of notice to attend Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 27th. Any of my friends/family who’ve ever done it only had to attend the local District Court and they said it was hell. A week or two off work on full pay can’t be that bad, can it? I do kinda feel sorry for the poor bastards on trial though if they have the likes of me deciding their fate… depends on what you do for work....work could be more interesting depending on the case.... |
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Post by bfizzle on Jan 13, 2010 20:18:00 GMT -5
Do you get to cross-examine the witness?
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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 20:18:41 GMT -5
Anyone ever been called before? If so, is it as mind numbingly boring as I heard it is? I got my first letter of notice to attend Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 27th. Any of my friends/family who’ve ever done it only had to attend the local District Court and they said it was hell. A week or two off work on full pay can’t be that bad, can it? I do kinda feel sorry for the poor bastards on trial though if they have the likes of me deciding their fate… depends on what you do for work....work could be more interesting depending on the case.... I'm a security guard, currently working outside a bus station in the freezing cold...at this time of year I'll gladly take sitting indoors and being bored for 8 hours over that lol. |
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Post by bfizzle on Jan 13, 2010 20:20:01 GMT -5
Do you have a night stick?
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Post by Queen of the Damned on Jan 13, 2010 20:20:44 GMT -5
depends on what you do for work....work could be more interesting depending on the case.... I'm a security guard, currently working outside a bus station in the freezing cold...at this time of year I'll gladly take sitting indoors and being bored for 8 hours over that lol. so I could see you fine inside where its warm getting paid to do nothing.... |
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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 20:22:40 GMT -5
Do you get to cross-examine the witness? I doubt it, that would be too much excitement probably. I wouldn't mind playing the Tom Cruise/A Few Good Men role for a day though, that could be fun. |
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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 20:27:00 GMT -5
Do you have a night stick? Nope.  The last place I worked (Borders book shop) we got this weird kind of pepper spray though if you had the nightshift, that was better than nothing, never had the opportunity to use it though. |
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Post by bfizzle on Jan 13, 2010 20:29:30 GMT -5
Do you get to cross-examine the witness? I doubt it, that would be too much excitement probably. I wouldn't mind playing the Tom Cruise/A Few Good Men role for a day though, that could be fun. Yeah, I could see you doing that. I would probably be a little more Bill Murray/Wild Things about it. A fake neck brace will always make them underestimate you. |
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Post by bfizzle on Jan 13, 2010 20:30:24 GMT -5
Do you have a night stick? Nope. The last place I worked (Borders book shop) we got this weird kind of pepper spray though if you had the nightshift, that was better than nothing, never had the opportunity to use it though. Bummer. I was going to suggest you get "Burke's Ugly Stick" written on it. |
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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 20:34:36 GMT -5
Ha! I just caught the last 10 minutes or so of Wild Things on TV last week, I totally forgot all about Bill Murray's crooked lawyer role in it. That would be far more entertaining to play I suppose, playing fair would be incredibly boring. And, I'll be sure to bring up the nightstick idea, I would certainly put it to good use.  |
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Post by b_Pooly on Jan 13, 2010 21:56:07 GMT -5
I got a letter then called the number and they said I didn't have to show.... whether it was racism or they knew I was mental, I don't care, I got out of that shit..... thanks to my calc teacher for informing me how to check if I had to go, lol.
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Post by burke211 on Jan 13, 2010 22:01:14 GMT -5
I got a letter then called the number and they said I didn't have to show.... whether it was racism or they knew I was mental, I don't care, I got out of that shit..... thanks to my calc teacher for informing me how to check if I had to go, lol. That could very well happen to me. They gave me a number to phone at 6pm the night before and they'll give you the full instructions then. |
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Post by burke211 on Jan 26, 2010 18:18:44 GMT -5
So much for that…phoned the number when I got home from work today and was told I’m not required to attend tomorrow. They thanked me for helping (by doing nothing ) and said I wouldn’t be eligible for selection again for at least 5 years. I was kinda looking forward to it as well.  |
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Post by bfizzle on Jan 26, 2010 18:22:44 GMT -5
Poo.
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Post by b_Pooly on Jan 26, 2010 18:57:03 GMT -5
I am also off the hook for 5 years  |
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Post by burke211 on Jan 26, 2010 19:28:27 GMT -5
I am also off the hook for 5 years You wouldn't be if I was on that jury. Your luck will run out eventually.  See what I did there? Come on, that post was awfully sinister sounding. |
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Post by snitsky1214 on Jan 26, 2010 19:33:39 GMT -5
A couple months ago I was called. Not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I basically got paid for a full day of work with doing nothing but surfing the web on my phone, reading a book, drinking coffee, and watching TV(Judge Judy was on I think). I was called to a trial for a double murder, armed robbery, but I got off cause I told the judge I was at a critical point of my career at the moment and missing 3 weeks of work would set me back from a promotion.
Once I got back from the lunch break at about 3, I was told that we could all go home because all the trials had plea agreements. I don't have to do that again for another 3 years, but it really wasn't bad at all. I guess it would kind of suck if you don't currently have a full time job because you'd only get compensated like $20 or so, but if you do have one, it's pretty sweet. Your employer has to pay you, it's the law.
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Post by b_Pooly on Jan 26, 2010 19:45:05 GMT -5
I am also off the hook for 5 years You wouldn't be if I was on that jury. Your luck will run out eventually. See what I did there? Come on, that post was awfully sinister sounding. meh, I'll just blame it all on Christine.....  |
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Post by Queen of the Damned on Jan 26, 2010 20:16:54 GMT -5
So much for that…phoned the number when I got home from work today and was told I’m not required to attend tomorrow. They thanked me for helping (by doing nothing ) and said I wouldn’t be eligible for selection again for at least 5 years. I was kinda looking forward to it as well. erm, then I guess I should say sorry to hear that? |
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