Want to meet stupid people?

Serve on jury duty. Some people can't even follow instructions for a 6 year old mentality! I hate jury duty...:rolleyes:

it's funny how i always have a doctors appt...

We have jury duty in so-cal?!? Man, am I lost or what :bloated:

I don't have to go anywhere to meet stupid people, I live in Utah.

Originally posted by Polygon
I don't have to go anywhere to meet stupid people, I live in Utah.

that is probably one of the funniest things i've heard in a long time :lol:

I've managed to get out of it everytime....tell them you are to busy at work

Another quick and easy way to meet stupid people...get a job in a gas station. I work in a Chevron in north Alabama. Honestly, you'd think some people thought gas pumps were rocket science. And oh god, the ones that come in and ask "Can I use your restroom?" Sometimes I want to say "No, that's why it's a public restroom, because we don't let people use it."

I'm gonna stop here, because this is a major soap box for me, I could rant for days.:tongue:

You think that's bad? Try working at a subway like me, in a town full of farmers and MORONS. They are so damn stupid some times, "would you like american, prov, or pepperjack" "i'll take swiss" "we don't have swiss, we have american, prov. and pep." "the white stuff" "it's all white" "um... the regular then" "they all are regular also"

Bastard people it makes me want to just leave, I feel your pain there....

Oh believe me...I understand farmers and morons. I live in Alabama. Hickville Central. And this town has way more than its fair share of idiots. Population: 770, give or take a few. 700 of them are stupid. I mean, come on. Pay at the pump is not complicated...instructions are printed ON THE PUMP. You can't start pumping gas, and then insert the card and expect it to work. Also, quarters are not healthy for credit card readers. What kind of idiot puts a quarter in a credit card reader? Oh, and the thing that irritates me the most, people will walk in, pick something up off the counter, read it, then look at me and say "What's this?" I just want to say "What the bloody hell does it look like? You just read it, you tell me!"

Gah, here I go, one step closer to that soap box. *stuffs something in her mouth to make herself shut up*

Served 3 weeks on a jury last year.Two silly teen bitches pleaded guilty to manslaughter half way through the trial,the third silly teen bitch took us all the way to the verdict.Guilt of murder.Pretty straightforward really,you hit a guy 6 times on the back of the head with a claw hammer,dump his body in a river and steal his truck,there's not really any other sentence.

What annoys me is that she's appealing the conviction and the sentence.

Yeah, that does seem pretty straightforward.

Then again, you'd think shooting someone in the chest point-blank with a high-powered rifle would be a pretty cut and dried case. Murder One, why even bother with a trial? Nope, wrong, first time around he got 3rd degree murder. Then a mistrial was called because of conflict of interest. Second trial, he gets manslaughter. 30 years in prison, parole in 10. For shooting his girlfriend in the chest. I don't see how he didn't get murder one. But, that just demonstrates some more of that rampant stupidity.

I think remember that one, Naki. Its the one with the 13 y/o right? Stole the guys ute or 4WD after?

That would have been an interesting one to be on.

Originally posted by GTPgirl
Yeah, that does seem pretty straightforward.

Then again, you'd think shooting someone in the chest point-blank with a high-powered rifle would be a pretty cut and dried case. Murder One, why even bother with a trial? Nope, wrong, first time around he got 3rd degree murder. Then a mistrial was called because of conflict of interest. Second trial, he gets manslaughter. 30 years in prison, parole in 10. For shooting his girlfriend in the chest. I don't see how he didn't get murder one. But, that just demonstrates some more of that rampant stupidity.

I think over there you guys have a thing where you cant be tried for the same crime twice. Since it was thrown out the first time, he cant be charged with it again. So you need to change the charge.

Its unfortunate that juries are made up of people who are to stupid to get out of it and the few bright ones who have the time to participate.

Originally posted by taranaki
Served 3 weeks on a jury last year.Two silly teen bitches pleaded guilty to manslaughter half way through the trial,the third silly teen bitch took us all the way to the verdict.Guilt of murder.Pretty straightforward really,you hit a guy 6 times on the back of the head with a claw hammer,dump his body in a river and steal his truck,there's not really any other sentence.

What annoys me is that she's appealing the conviction and the sentence.

There is a guy in Hawaii who murdered his wife or girlfriend (forgot which) hid her body, wrapped it up and dumped in a river. He's in a nasty prison now and suing the state for inhumane treatment...:confused:

Originally posted by YogsVR4
Its unfortunate that juries are made up of people who are to stupid to get out of it and the few bright ones who have the time to participate.

Thanks,Yogs,care to tell me where you think I fit into this post?As a shift worker,it would have been very easy for me to duck when asked to participate.However,the real world is full of nasty people,and if nobody with any sense wants to do jury service,you end up with a bench full of morons who make bad decisions.

I'll go along with the basic premise of this thread,because at least three of the jurors that I served with needed constant coaching from the rest of us in order to keep up with the play.Perhaps the saddest juror of all was the sweet old lady who couldn't accept that three 15 year old girls could commit a murder in order to steal a truck.

Originally posted by YogsVR4
Its unfortunate that juries are made up of people who are to stupid to get out of it and the few bright ones who have the time to participate.

Thus the OJ case....

originally posted by zebrathree
I think over there you guys have a thing where you cant be tried for the same crime twice. Since it was thrown out the first time, he cant be charged with it again. So you need to change the charge.

That's true, it's called Double Jeopardy. I just don't understand how he didn't get murder one the first time around. I mean, come on, if you shoot someone point blank in the chest with a high powered rifle, I'm pretty sure you -meant- to do it.

Maybe I'm biased cause the girl he killed was one of my friends.

Originally posted by taranaki
Thanks,Yogs,care to tell me where you think I fit into this post?As a shift worker,it would have been very easy for me to duck when asked to participate.

While I think you know what I think of your politics - I've never thought you were an idiot nor civically conscious. :cool: That’s why I say there are a few on every jury where someone wants to be there. Considering 9 out of 10 (just guessing at that ratio) want out of the jury - the bulk of the people who end up on there are people who aren't smart enough to figure a way out (which as you pointed out, is an easy thing to do).

I should have said time/will to participate. It didn't come across as I intended but if I had said it with time/will then someone would point out that some people who have the will are still morons.

Originally posted by carnut
Serve on jury duty. Some people can't even follow instructions for a 6 year old mentality! I hate jury duty...:rolleyes: At which courthouse are you serving?

Originally posted by jay@af
At which courthouse are you serving?

Norwalk Superior Court, only yesterday though, didn't get picked for a jury, so am off the hook for this year.

Just read a news item about a 10 month old boy found dead in a car at University of California at Irvine. The father locked him in the car for 3 hours in 90 degree temperature. The police broke the car window but paramedics couldn't revive the infant, and get this, the father wasn't charged with anything! This is truly a STUPID PERSON, the father and the police. Hell, if you did that to a dog, (which I saw today in a market parking lot, and the market paged the owner over the loudspeaker, and yes, it was a Mercedes driver) you'd be in jail right now.