jury duty

[STEVIE]

I said previously that I had worn trousers when called in 2016 and, ten years later, I'd do the same.
Not because of fear of censure but simply not to be the focus of attention.
In 21 it never occurred to me that there could be a major difference between the United States and the U.K.
With respect to Al, I'd be a deal more reticent and be very aware of the differences in our judicial systems.
Interesting that Moonshadow said if a skirt was court appropriate for a woman, to sustain equality it must be okay for a man.
That was 21 but in 2026?
Steve.

[Coder]

Mr Coder my number one advice would be just contact the court and inform them your prefer attire isn't a pair of pants and don't keep it a secret from the court. If you don't tell the court it can be used against you for having a secret agenda and can be jailed for it. Unfortunately you will draw some attention and can be worse by not revealing your choice of attire. I you don't reveal to the court your prefer attire, you will be adding your anxiety regardless even you show up wearing a pair of pants. Let the court decide if you will be permitted to wear a skirt and decide from there.

I don't think any of that would happen (jailing) - most likely they would either ask me to leave and change or perhaps come the following week attired differently - if such an objection were to be raised. But I think it's very unlikely given the liberal town.

Well, I wouldn't say that times have gotten better -- all I've seen is entirely retrograde, but with luck we may be able to escape that going forward.

Yeah.... my choice of words there was iffy. I think with the current political climate pants feels safer, which is kinda sad.

Not because of fear of censure but simply not to be the focus of attention.
In 21 it never occurred to me that there could be a major difference between the United States and the U.K.
With respect to Al, I'd be a deal more reticent and be very aware of the differences in our judicial systems.
Interesting that Moonshadow said if a skirt was court appropriate for a woman, to sustain equality it must be okay for a man.
That was 21 but in 2026?
Steve.

First off, I agree with the "not the focus of attention bit" and I hope that it's not a convenient excuse for me to chicken out. I also think - politically -it's a bit more risky in 2026 than say 2021 to skirt about in the US - if only because the pendulum is swinging a bit in one direction and people don't really communicate anymore, it seems.

The plaintiff AND the defendant No-Showed.
We were turned loose after about 1 hour.
(That includes the waiting time to get into the court room.)

This is one of three district courts in our county, and they likely called 100-200 people to service. From what I gather, there are three judges hearing cases at this one courthouse. Slightly higher chance of being picked, with the possibility of being put on multiple juries (based on a reddit post for this district). Worst of all, there was something about a 2-month timeframe where they could call me for service, not sure how that works.

Anyhow - I'm not going to lose sleep over this one - but I appreciate the conversation and reflections (which is why I posted a reply).