this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
248 points (90.0% liked)
Lemmy Shitpost
41117 readers
3987 users here now
Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.
Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!
Rules:
1. Be Respectful
Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.
...
2. No Illegal Content
Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.
That means:
-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals
-No CSA content or Revenge Porn
-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)
...
3. No Spam
Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.
-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.
-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.
-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers
-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.
...
4. No Porn/Explicit
Content
-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.
-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.
...
5. No Enciting Harassment,
Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts
-Do not Brigade other Communities
-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.
-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.
-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.
...
6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.
...
If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
1.Memes
10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)
Reach out to
All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I thought being on a jury might be quite interesting, until I found out you don't get paid for it. Fuck that, I'm not working for free.
Last time I went they paid like $25 for the entire day.
That would barely cover your costs to be there.
the first day spend around 7+hrs sitting on hard wooden benches. yea it wont cover the hours lost if you were working.
That's why they call it a civic duty, not a job.
Employers should have to give you paid time off for it
Some do
You get paid where I live, but it's some useless amount like $12/day.
that is effectively not getting paid imo
I got bills to pay. I'm not living a lavish life. either it matches my income, or I find a way out of it
Especially if the trial is 20, 30, 40 weeks long
grand juries can be longer.
This not universally true. Can vary by country, province, and court system level.
I got summoned recently and was excited. Ever8I worked with seemed odd that I was excited. The guy took a deal so they dismissed us around 11-12.
The court wrote a small check but I got a full pay day from my job. Union benefits for the win.
Where are you not being paid? It's always paid here. It's just a lot less than minimum wage (like $75 for the whole shebang no matter how long it lasts).
The rate was so low in Harris County, TX several years ago that the day rate wouldn't even pay for parking and the cheapest lunch at the courthouse cafeteria.
Depending on how long the trial lasts, that wouldn't even cover travel expenses.
That's effectively working for free.
I forget the minimum length, but my state also gives a per diem if the trial is longer than a certain number of days. But like some one else said, it's only like $12/day. Like barely enough to cover a lunch. IDK if they feed you tho. I have never actually had to go; I'm always cut during the "call in and check your group number" phase. The paperwork details payment; doesn't say much about food, travel, or any of that.
I knew someone who got picked for jury duty on a trial that lasted over a month in federal court over 2 hours from where he lived.
He ended up having to take out loans to cover his travel expenses on top of his normal living expenses. He got paid something like $7/day for the entire trial and his job only gave 5 days of PTO for the whole year and didn't pay for jury duty like a lot of businesses do, so after the first week he had no income.
I'd just stop showing up at that point, that's ridiculous. Financial hardship is a legitimate reason to get out of jury duty where I live.
I mean...think about that for a minute. If you're being paid less than minimum wage then how are you supposed to afford to live? Some people live paycheck to paycheck.
But the hours are good.