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Help me help Jean learn to read.

If you’re like me, you’re a nature-friendly, law-abiding American citizen. You pay your taxes. You don’t eat your young. And when you get summoned for Jury Duty, you try like hell to get out of it.

I got summoned for Jury Duty.

And as fun as it might have been to actually show up and see what racial slurs I had the olives to spout out, I just can’t do it. Show up that is. So what we’ve done here follows something of a protocol. I think. I dunno. I feel I’m at a standstill with this woman.

Me: "I just received a Jury Summons, code xxx, Juror # xxx. I regret to say but I am currently overseas for work. Please let me know what I need to send in, or if there is a phone number that I can call that actually leads to a live person so as to explain. Many thanks, Me."

Government Employee: "Please reply to this e-mail with where you are working and how long you will be there."

Me: "I am working in France and will be here for a minimum of 2 years. Thanks, Me."

Government Employee: "AND YOUR NAME IS?? JUROR NO?? AND DATE OF APPEARANCE?? We need this info to look you up."

Me: "I just received a Jury Summons, code xxx, Juror # xxx. I regret to say but I am currently overseas for work. Please let me know what I need to send in, or if there is a phone number that I can call that actually leads to a live person so as to explain. Many thanks, Me."

Government Employee: "I need an e-mail from you stating how long you will be overseas and where you are."

Me: "I am working in France and will be here for a minimum of 2 years. Thanks, Me."

If anyone has any experience in communicating with a woman, can you please help me?

I thank you.