Oh no, I have a summons for jury service ! I'm panicking about the logistics of how I can possibly manage this. I've described all the difficulties and asked for an exemption but I understand that it's unlikely to be granted.
I have an elderly dog that wakes me up multiple times in the night. To be sure to arrive by nine I would have to leave at 7:45, possibly earlier depending on the walk from the car park. Though my daughter will watch my dog during the day I would need to get up, have breakfast, feed the dog and walk her before leaving so the latest I could get up would be 6. If I've been woken three times the night before I probably would not be able to stay awake though the court session. If I did stay awake I would be unsafe driving back. (Public transport would mean getting a 6:30 bus from a stop about 15 minutes walk away).
Also, as I have prosopagnosia (face blindness) I would probably be a hindrance in any case where visual identification matters, fit example CCTV evidence. I can see a situation where I could not make a judgement beyond reasonable doubt even if all the other jurors can.
Why didn't this happen in the decades when I lived close to a court‽
