{"id":208,"date":"2008-07-01T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T23:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/208"},"modified":"2008-07-01T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T23:51:33","slug":"the-jury-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/the-jury-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jury is Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I stopped at the mailbox, excited to see what Netflix had sent me (I don&#8217;t keep track of my queue sometimes) and hoping\u00c2\u00a0I might even be surprised by a card, letter or a check from a client.\u00c2\u00a0 But no&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 instead, I was greeted by an envelope bearing the dreaded words:<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT!\u00c2\u00a0 JURY\u00c2\u00a0SUMMONS ENCLOSED -\u00c2\u00a0IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/jury.jpg\" alt=\"I have been summoned\" height=\"171\" style=\"width: 209px; height: 171px\" class=\"floatleft\" \/>I don&#8217;t have time for jury duty!\u00c2\u00a0 Not that I would mind\u00c2\u00a0serving as a juror, mind you, but being the sole support for my household I kind of need my income&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PLUS, they have sommoned me for the week that Brandon &amp; Jennifer will be bringing granddaughters Emily and Marie for a visit.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (I can request a postponement, thank heavens)<\/p>\n<p>So <em class=\"b\">share your jury experiences with me<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Ever been summoned before?\u00c2\u00a0 Ever served?\u00c2\u00a0 Ever gotten out of serving?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Any suggestions for convincing them I really need to be excused?\u00c2\u00a0 Have any good jury stories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I stopped at the mailbox, excited to see what Netflix had sent me (I don&#8217;t keep track of my queue sometimes) and hoping\u00c2\u00a0I might even be surprised by a card, letter or a check from a client.\u00c2\u00a0 But no&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 instead, I was greeted by an envelope bearing the dreaded words: IMPORTANT!\u00c2\u00a0 JURY\u00c2\u00a0SUMMONS ENCLOSED -\u00c2\u00a0IMMEDIATE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/the-jury-is-out\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Jury is Out<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}