Just recently, I was commenting to my relative V. how lucky she was that as soon as she arrived in Vancouver after having left for HK for a few years, she receives a letter from federal court summoning her for jury duty. Of course, being the stereotypical Chinese, she wrote a letter to have herself exempt using the English as a second language reasoning.
Just my luck, I receive my very own jury duty FIRST CLASS mail letter the day after! Not only did I luck out in receiving one too, but it said that the case in question would require my service for 6-8 MONTHS if selected!!! And they even wrote months in block letters too! Now, don't misunderstand me because I've actually always kind of been curious about the law and court cases, so I don't actually mind doing jury duty, especially since I've never done it before. However, even being fully paid, having to be on leave from work for almost a whole school year is really too much for me. According to the letter, my Christmas break, spring break, and other day offs are determined by them too.
As a result, I had to write a letter with very creative reasoning in order to have myself exempt...and no...I couldn't use the English as a second language reason unfortunately. I won't say what I wrote but they were very strict with the exemption approval and did ask me several very detailed questions. Well, I guess I'll have to wait until next time before I can experience jury duty!
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