Brickbat: Jury Duty

About 800 people showed up for jury duty at the Placer County, California, courthouse, causing a traffic jam on I-80. Officials blame a computer glitch that sent jury summonses to around 1,200 people.

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Comments

[Whiterun Guard]

Are these the same computers that will be keeping track of and prescribing our medical care?

[Bee Tagger]

They're the same computers that will be sending death panel summonses.

[Whiterun Guard]

Those traffic jams are going to be a bitch.

[Almanian's Evil Twin]

"That traffic was a real killer..."

[invisible furry hand]

where's an IBM machine with a sense of humor when you need one?

[Sy]

"It turns out it was all caused by a computer glitch.

"The system then goes into default mode, and we were unaware the default mode was to call in every jury panel we had scheduled for the week."

Yes, blame it on the program that operated exactly as it was programmed to.

[Mad Scientist]

Bureaucrats are infallible. Therefore, it's all the computer's fault.

[invisible furry hand]

well they are easier to get rid of

[Rich]

As Big Sis is wont to say: "The system worked."

[Rich]

Each person summoned gets jury pay, right?

[sarcasmic]

It says 800 of 1200 people showed up.

Does that mean the other 400 now have bench warrants?

[RedDragon6009]

No doubt it's all part of California's plan to generate revenue through fines and penalties.

[MengaBooo]

Sounds like some pretty crazy stuff to me dude.

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[Mr Whipple]

A computer glitch? Computers aren't smart enough to make mistakes.