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Jan. 2nd, 2018 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravena_kadeThe oil company came tonight. They sent trucks out yesterday to get people oil early because of the arctic temps and the up coming Nor'Easter. Funny that it takes a blizzard to warm things up. Right now it is 16 degrees... that is warm and toasty compared to the last few days.
Today I finally received a new work PC. Things went well. I was shocked, but I know it was because they finally fired the guy that rescheduled me 6 times before Christmas. The only hitch is that it will not connect to my wireless network at home and I can't fix it. I am getting a security key question when I try to connect. I finally found that, but now it is telling me there is a problem with wireless adapter or access point. Last year an out of state friend was able to take a few hours and get this working on my old computer, but I don't know what she did... and the work tech people are saying that it is not their issue. Not great timing with a storm on it's way.
Today I also heard back about jury duty. I put in for a location change since they will be using shuttles on the local train service for the next 20 months and I could not tell if I could make it to a city about an hour away on a no traffic day. It is 1.5 hour drive in the AM...and there is no way to tell how it would work making a bus transfer, 2 train transfers, and then another bus ride of 39 bus stops and make it there before 8 AM. I am now at the court house in my city. They approved it as a hardship... I don't see hard ship, I see common sense. Don't make jury duty painful if it does not have to be. I don't mind serving... although the job may not like it.
Today I finally received a new work PC. Things went well. I was shocked, but I know it was because they finally fired the guy that rescheduled me 6 times before Christmas. The only hitch is that it will not connect to my wireless network at home and I can't fix it. I am getting a security key question when I try to connect. I finally found that, but now it is telling me there is a problem with wireless adapter or access point. Last year an out of state friend was able to take a few hours and get this working on my old computer, but I don't know what she did... and the work tech people are saying that it is not their issue. Not great timing with a storm on it's way.
Today I also heard back about jury duty. I put in for a location change since they will be using shuttles on the local train service for the next 20 months and I could not tell if I could make it to a city about an hour away on a no traffic day. It is 1.5 hour drive in the AM...and there is no way to tell how it would work making a bus transfer, 2 train transfers, and then another bus ride of 39 bus stops and make it there before 8 AM. I am now at the court house in my city. They approved it as a hardship... I don't see hard ship, I see common sense. Don't make jury duty painful if it does not have to be. I don't mind serving... although the job may not like it.
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Date: 2018-01-03 12:11 pm (UTC)I've never had to do jury service. I got called once, years ago, but we were moving house to another county so I didn't have to do it.
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Date: 2018-01-03 01:12 pm (UTC)And they schedule you for jury duty away from your hometown so that there's less chance that you'll know the people involved in the trials and have to be excused. It was a right pain in the arse for me to have to drive into Cambridge when I served several years ago. And the other time I was called (I've been called three times, once in NH and twice in MA) I think they sent me to Natick?
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Date: 2018-01-03 09:04 pm (UTC)