My wife and I were both called for jury duty at the same time. We home school, so there was an issue with coverage for the kids. We respectfully asked that my wife be deferred (not released - but call her up next time) so one of us would be available to be with our 8 y.o.
No dice, of course.
In the end, the trial was cancelled, so we served without having to show up. But I still wonder about the infinite stupidity of requiring a husband and wife with young children to have to show up for the same trial. We have no family in this area, so there’s no such thing as a free babysitter, either.
I understand rules must be enforced, but stupid rules make for stupid enforcement.
/semi-off-topic rant.
I’ve never been in the position of having to call off of jury duty. haha.
Neither has my wife.
We’ve both been called multiple times in 18 years (which actually begs the question for me, did they MISS some folks and get me several times? In 18 years I’ve been called something like 8 times now, and my wife 5 or 6)