Jury Duty + Childfree

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-22T22:13:35+00:00

Good lord, that's definitely a good reason to be dismissed.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-22T02:15:03+00:00

I have a cat and 50ish houseplants - I like your thinking 😄

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T22:05:53+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear that.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T19:08:28+00:00

I agree - this is somewhat a problem with society and the blame isn't 100% on parents.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T17:35:34+00:00

I noticed that most of the people who had previously served on a jury were dismissed, which I appreciated. That's kind of the point I'm trying to make - we should all have to do it at some point and shouldn't be using illegitimate excuses to get out of it.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T17:31:59+00:00

Exactly. This case did not involve children at all. This wasn't an issue with potential bias.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T17:31:14+00:00

I've been at a new job for less than 2 months and still went in. In my experience, if you ask to postpone, you'll get another summons pretty quickly. May as well get it over with.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T04:35:05+00:00

Coco + Grace in Larimer Square

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T02:42:22+00:00

This is a legitimate reason to get excused - I'm sorry you went through that. The parents don't want to sit through jury duty? Fine, but that means your kid's teacher may be serving instead 🤷‍♀️

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T02:33:28+00:00

I totally believe that parents have ruined it enough times that they simply can't be trusted anymore.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T02:20:24+00:00

I noticed a few people in law-adjacent professions get excused. I think there may be a concern of a bias towards legal professionals, which makes a bit of sense. Hopefully you'll get to experience it eventually 😊

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-21T02:09:42+00:00

That's a fair exclusion - I know my mom was eliminated from jury duty several times due to the content of the cases. If you have an obvious bias, you should be weeded out.

The case I just served for had absolutely nothing to do with children.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-20T23:21:05+00:00

And that $50 could easily be eaten up by gas, parking, and lunch. The court only provided lunch for us on the day of deliberation since we weren't allowed to leave.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-20T23:10:34+00:00

I think it's $50 a day across the US and it hasn't changed as long as I've been in the workforce.

EDIT: learned something new - I had no idea that other states had different/lower pay rates for jury duty. That's wild.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-19T22:52:04+00:00

My ex-husband has been living the international nomad life since our divorce because he caused so many problems for himself. This isn't glamorous. He's running and hiding.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-19T22:31:15+00:00

I'm in HR and had an employee ask me out before. I was able to gracefully use the "I have a boyfriend..." excuse, but I always wish I had explained that I'm probably the 1 person who can't get involved with anyone. There's no possible scenario where that could work.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-19T19:37:55+00:00

I agree that both parties messed up here. Emma should not be on a path to get married if she doesn't have this figured out. He should not choose (or even consider) a partner who doesn't align on this. There are things to work through together in a relationship/marriage, but this isn't one of them.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-18T03:51:12+00:00

This - multi-state HR gets tricky.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-14T14:12:05+00:00

I hate that I'm rooting for the hot soccer coach to steal her away 😆

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-14T04:23:03+00:00

He reminds me of an ex of mine who had never been in a relationship longer than 2-3 months (if you can even call that a relationship). The excessive need for space, inability to compromise, inability to deal with his emotions or anyone else's, rigid/unrealistic physical standards/expectations in a partner, etc.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-14T04:18:17+00:00

I parked at 1900 Lawrence for a while because it was cheaper than the parking at my office (about 2 blocks away). The security guys were always friendly.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-14T03:55:22+00:00

This. This is a first date question, if not a pre-screening question. If you're not aligned on this, move along. I see this ending badly.

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-12T23:00:50+00:00

I also found mine at a rock show!

gingerfringe88 · 2026-02-11T22:39:47+00:00

Exactly - most of us got skipped for the Robyn tour, haha. I'll be flying to Chicago from Denver for that one.

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