To get off jury service

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Just that the 8th time I have been called in 14 years. Why me!! I have posted papers to escape.

Stop angsting about it and just call them up! They will be fine about excusing you off I am sure.

It's amazing how I don't know anyone in real life who has ever done jury duty!

Again, the randomness. Or the people you know who have done it, might not have mentioned it if you didn't see them at the time or shortly afterwards.

I've done it, DM has and several people at work have too. I have no idea whether the distant relatives I only see a few times a year or friends I have lost touch with have done it or not, some will have surely.

You have very good reason to ask to be excused.

As a pp said, it probably been made a more complex process to avoid people skiving off when they could perfectly well do it. It's a pita but do the forms this time and keep a copy so you can save time if they ask you again in a year!

I guess it could work if you could get someone in for 3-4 hours in the middle of the day to prepare your mum's lunch and make sure she eats it but that would depend on the court paying a daily rate of £60 or so and it doesn't sound like that is an option.

Don't use up your dh annual leave for it.

You can't do it. End of. It's not as if they're going to have trouble replacing you - I've never been called and I'd love to do it.

A lesson that would be good to draw from this, though, is that you really would be sensible to sort out some contingency arrangement for emergencies. If you were run over by the proverbial bus or taken seriously ill, what would happen to your mother? You could also get respite care to allow you to have a family holiday.