I Have a Weird Sense of Humor
“Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.” - Homer Simpson
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greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
For a jury duty summons, I had 3 tee shirts. I would wear a very conservative navy blue suit with matching purse and shoes plus one of the tee shirts:
One was white with big blue letters that read:
UFOs ARE REAL
THE GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T EXIST
Another one had a drawing of a classic bug eyed gray alien along with two big words:
THEY'RE HERE
The third one was dark red with the black outline of a burning house and big black words underneath it:
REMEMBER WACO
I would wear the suit with the jacket buttoned up over one of the the tee shirts and a very solemn expression on my face. Then I'd take off the jacket and drape it over my arm at what I felt was a good strategic moment, either while waiting in a line in the hall or right after walking into the courtroom.
After that, it usually took two or three minutes for someone to summon me into an office where a man would stamp "Disqualified" on my form and then I'd go home. The whole process took about twenty to thirty minutes from the time I entered the building.
The trick was to dress conservatively [i]other[/i] than the tee shirt. I wore carefully applied makeup, button earrings and a good watch. If they think you've intentionally dressed weird to avoid jury duty, they send you home and order you to change to something appropriate.
One was white with big blue letters that read:
UFOs ARE REAL
THE GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T EXIST
Another one had a drawing of a classic bug eyed gray alien along with two big words:
THEY'RE HERE
The third one was dark red with the black outline of a burning house and big black words underneath it:
REMEMBER WACO
I would wear the suit with the jacket buttoned up over one of the the tee shirts and a very solemn expression on my face. Then I'd take off the jacket and drape it over my arm at what I felt was a good strategic moment, either while waiting in a line in the hall or right after walking into the courtroom.
After that, it usually took two or three minutes for someone to summon me into an office where a man would stamp "Disqualified" on my form and then I'd go home. The whole process took about twenty to thirty minutes from the time I entered the building.
The trick was to dress conservatively [i]other[/i] than the tee shirt. I wore carefully applied makeup, button earrings and a good watch. If they think you've intentionally dressed weird to avoid jury duty, they send you home and order you to change to something appropriate.