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74. Yeah, my Dad kept getting called the same way

And got excused for the same reason. By the third time they called him in, he was fed up and turned off his hearing aids when he got to the courthouse. Without the aids he was profoundly deaf and couldn't hear anything at all. The court clerk got so frustrated with him she made sure he got put on the exempt list permanently. By the time Dad died he was so deaf the hearing aids didn't help anymore.

I got called in 2008 the year after they removed the meniscus from my other knee. When I called in I asked about handicapped parking since I had a permit. The clerk told me "No problem, there are spaces right next to the entrance and in the underground garage next to the elevator. When I got there all the spaces next to the entrance were filled with dumpsters for the remodeling they were doing to the courthouse. The pay parking garage next to the entrance was filled to capacity and there was no street parking at all.

The underground garage was restricted to employees. I finally convinced the guard to let me in there, showing him my jury summons and that I was already late. Yeah, the handicap spaces were next to the elevators - which were also restricted to employees. I had to walk the length of the block to get to the security check point, then back the same distance to where the employee elevators were located to check in with the clerk, then halfway back to wait in the courtroom for jury selection. By the time they started I was in so much pain I couldn't pay attention. I was selected for the jury but that day I got to the pay parking lot early enough to get in. Then after we sat around for three hours the defendant plead out.

I can't wait until I am too old for jury duty.