The end of Muffy.

[ebonyknight]

I would have ended up living under a bridge if I didn't have family to help me out closeby. And yeah, the whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Oh, I left out that you do get paid for your valuable time. I made a big seven bucks that week. Nice.

I don't get that. Why do they pay such a paltry sum? It's like getting a 3 cent tip. It would have been better if they just didn't bother.

[protege]

I don't get that. Why do they pay such a paltry sum? It's like getting a 3 cent tip.

I don't know why the pay is so low either. They want people to give up their time, by claiming it's our "civic duty" but don't want to pay for it. Sorry, but my time is worth a bit more than the $20 they gave me. However, if I get stuck doing it again, I do it. Of course I'll bring along magazines again if it's lilke last time--very little to do, and cooped up in a waiting room all day. But, at least I got to drop by the (now closed ) hobby shop downtown after lunch.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I was thinking the same thing too but bookstoreescapee beat me too finding out if it's on Snopes website. However, I decided to do a more intense search using "wood chipper" but also include "cat" to it and didn't come up with anything. For some reason I decided to use the word "death" but it didn't work either.

Yeah, I tried cat & wood chipper too.

My mom got out of jury duty once when I was a kid because I was home sick from school. She didn't tell them I was 16 and perfectly capable of taking care of myself for the day. She'd gotten called other times but we were much younger so she got excused just because she had small kids. She did serve on a jury a couple years ago, though.

At least when I went they had movies, and magazines, and I brought a book. Plus we got an hour for lunch and I only live 10 minutes from the courthouse so I got to go home and eat real food

[repsac]

The small, red, and cute thing taking up a whole garage is somewhat in reference to an old joke when I was working at my lowe's.

From what I can remember, a customer had come into the store shortly after it opened, and asked for something which she kinda described as being "small, red, and with wheels on it." You know the drill, really vague description that leaves the poor associate hunting for the right object for ours?

Supposedly after a good hour of working with the woman, it turned out that she was wanting one of our largest lawn tractors; which begs the question that if she thought that thing was small, what was she comparing the size to?


(Side note, my father's lawnmower has a 6 foot cutting deck on it and is a full sized tractor. So, I'm not in any place to talk about size :P )

Edit: I'll see if I can bug Fat Man this weekend when I talk to him next, see where he heard it first. Knowing my luck, it'll be one of those funky stories bouncing around email.

[Retail Associate]

Here in Canada, all you have to do is tell them that jury duty will cause undue financial hardship, and they dismiss you.

Please edit quotes ~Ree

The first time I was called for jury duty(I'm in Michigan) I wrote a letter explaining the financial hardship it would cause. The trial was a federal case and would be taking place in a town 45 miles east of me. There was no way I could afford the gas, plus my car was very old and unreliable. I was excused from that one.

The second time I was called I went through the jury selection process. They brought us into the courtroom, introduced all the lawyers, the plaintiff and the accused. They explained the charges, criminal-sexual assault against a minor and went into great detail. Each potential juror was brought to the jury box and asked a series of questions. Most were approved by both sides but 2 were asked to step down. It was very interesting and as I sat there I was really hoping I would be called, but I wasn't. I was actually disappointed.

Oh, I was also paid $40.00 for that one day, plus gas mileage...that was more than I was making in 8 hours at Meijer.

ETA: Sorry Ree, I thought I did edit the irrelevent parts out of the quote. It wasn't all there when I previewed it.

[symposes]

I think it was a snickers' commerical...
stage, courtroom, jury selection time.
Man walks in and sits down. Hes wearing tanned hide, and a mask, as well as carrying a big double bladed axe, and acting like hes testing the sharpness of the blade.
He then begins his talk, "I believe in a fair trial. Innocent til proven Guilty, thats my motto..."
Before he can start his next line. He is dismissed from duty.
hehehe

[BookstoreEscapee]

From what I can remember, a customer had come into the store shortly after it opened, and asked for something which she kinda described as being "small, red, and with wheels on it."

Sounds like what I used to get: "I'm looking for a book, it's blue." We make the joke all the time, but sadly, I have heard it in all seriousness from a customer

[Becks]

I think it was a snickers' commerical...

I don't remember what product it was for, but I remember the commercial!!!!

[Lace Neil Singer]

I like Homer Simpson's advice for getting out of jury duty:

"The trick is to pretend you're prejudiced against all races."

[Primer]

Sounds like what I used to get: "I'm looking for a book, it's blue." We make the joke all the time, but sadly, I have heard it in all seriousness from a customer

Back in my bookstore days, I really did take that call...."...and it has a picture of a torso on it..." She wanted Callanetics, a popular exercise book at the time. The scary things about the call--I was able to figure out what she wanted, locate a copy in the store, and convince her to let me hold a copy for her at the front counter. I did NOT want to try to read her mind again, especially during a rush! She turned out to be a secret shopper.
I pulled a perfect score on that call!

The really scary thing is that I still remember the title of the book!

[Imogene]

Sounds like what I used to get: "I'm looking for a book, it's blue."

Please edit quotes

Er... is it a book of car prices? Cause it's actually yellow. The Kelly Blue Book hasn't been blue in forever and a day.