I just screwed up on a jury and I'm really embarrassed!

[gateley]

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I got everything all turned around and viewed the post in question as the OPPOSITE of what happened!

I need an UnRec button!

[MuseRider]

1. I did that once a while back.

Felt like a total dork, thankfully the rest of the jury got it right (or the way I meant it anyway).

[gateley]

5. And it just occurred to me that we don't use names there -- so it was extra

brilliant of me to post a thread about it!

I'm sure (I'm telling myself) that's happened to most of us.

[Lint Head]

2. We all screw up! If you think about it it kinda of makes it more fair.

[edgineered]

3. Sometimes being normal has its faults ! nt

[BlueToTheBone]

4. Oh well,

It isn't brain surgery. It's okay.

[Betsy Ross]

6. Don't fret

Most of us have been there. Besides, that's why there's more than one juror.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Don't feel alone! That happens to everyone! nt

[rurallib]

8. I got stuck in one I couldn't make heads or tails of

and then the guy deleted the thread while I was in the jury room and I was stuck in limbo forever.

[KT2000]

19. had that happen too!

I couldn't get out of the jury room - blue banner everywhere - and the post had been deleted so there was nothing to do. Now, I always take a book along.

[Wait Wut]

9. That was YOU!!?

I can't believe you did that! OMG. Go to your room.

BTW...I don't have a clue what you're talking about and I'm pretty sure it won't matter.

Forgive yourself. There are enough jurors in here that make mistakes on purpose.

[Skittles]

10. it happens more often than you think

on the only jury that convened for something I alerted on, only one of the six comprehended the actual complaint

[tularetom]

11. These alerts are getting more and more confusing

Sometimes you have to read the entire thread just to understand WTF is going on.

And often it comes down to a disagreement between two people which has gotten out of hand when one of them resorts to name calling. That's where the confusion comes in - who started it, who escalated it and who was the first to cross the line.

When you have to delve that thoroughly into a thread just to orient yourself, and you are constrained by a time limit on responses, you wouldn't be human if you didn't make the wrong call once in awhile.

I can almost guarantee you I've erred in a decision or three. But it hasn't affected my life in any noticeable way, so my advice is forget it.

[femmocrat]

13. I agree... only you said it so much better than I could.

I am usually the last juror to reply because it takes me awhile to figure out what is going on! I hate reading through 60 or so posts just to understand the "back story". Sometimes, if it's late and I see that it's too much to read, I will just opt out.

It really makes me appreciate what the mods went through on the old DU!

[RKP5637]

12. Needs trainer wheels! LOL !!!

PS: I've come close to doing that too.

[Speck Tater]

14. Even though I've screwed up a time or two myself...

jury duty is anonymous so I can still claim to have a perfect record!

[Warpy]

15. Well, that's why there are six jurors

If it's a really horrendous post and you screwed up, it'll still be 5 to hide. If it's a post that some thin skinned wimp threw an unwarranted hissy fit over, it'll be 5 to leave.

I'm beginning to think there are so many tied juries it needs to be expanded to seven, but other than in a few touchy areas, it is working.

[gateley]

16. I have to agree it's working, and I've been so impressed with my fellow jurors really

striving to make the right vote according to DU rules and not just let their personal agreement/disagreement with the post be the deciding factor.

We've really got an exceptional group of people here!

[Behind the Aegis]

17. I hit the wrong button once because I was watching TV.

[Skittles]

21. SCHEDULING BtA FOR ASS KICKING

*EGREGIOUS*

[FLyellowdog]

18. I wouldn't worry about it. Stuff happens.

I love being on the juries..it makes me feel important. How lame is MY life?

[Kablooie]

20. You're a terrible person and must spend tomorrow on Free Republic as punishment.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

22. Locking

It's a cute thread but it really should be posted in the Help & Meta forum. Feel free to repost it there.