Here Are Some Crazy Excuses People Use To Avoid Jury Duty

People come up with some of the craziest excuses to avoid jury duty.

To some Americans, serving on a jury is considered a civic responsibility. To others, the idea of being empaneled to serve on the next “trial of the century” seems exciting.

And then there are those people who simply don’t want to serve. There are also people who simply aren’t qualified to serve, for one reason or another.

The New York Post has compiled a list of some of the wackiest excuses that people have used to escape jury duty.

For example, one lady who was a potential juror was asked the following question by an attorney: “Have you ever had experience with an attorney?”

Her answer: “You picked me up at a bar five years ago.”

She was excused.

Another juror reported that he wouldn’t be able to serve due to a scheduling conflict.

“I have to report to prison next week,” he said.

He was excused, as well.

One lady tried to argue that she couldn’t serve because she was a teacher. The judge asked her if she taught her students about the jury system. When she replied that she did, her fate was sealed.

The judge picked her as Juror #1, saying: “What kind of example would you set for them by not serving on this jury?”

One juror was excused on the grounds that he didn’t accept the idea of “causation” for emotional damages. He became best-selling author Jonathan Franzen.

Another juror said flatly: “I don’t believe in the law.”

Excused.

One woman was dismissed because she emphasized that she had a very weak bladder.

“We didn’t want to stop the case every three minutes for her to say, ‘I told you, I have to go to the bathroom again,’ ” an attorney involved in the case said.

Another juror was excused on the basis that he “did not like black people so much.” That might have gotten him out of jury duty, but probably didn’t too much to further his reputation as a decent human being.

In another case, a woman said that she might not be able to serve because of an upcoming surgery. When the attorney asked if she would like to step outside to discuss the matter in private, she simply replied: “No, it’s just a boob job.”

It is not clear if she was excused.