jury duty.

the problem is that these days, your employer expects you to put in a full day's work anyway, so it's bye bye sleep unless you get sequestered and they take you offline.

LarryB -- yep.

I'm mostly expected to work Chennai business hours, so waking up every day to get to a court house by 7am isn't exactly a fun thing

would not be happy about working 11 1/2 hours out of phase.

have you been to Chennai. I liked it, but my impression is based on only having been there a few days and the contrast with suburban Delhi, which was awful.

Not yet, if I continue with this team, I will probably be eventually sent, but that implies I fix some passport/visa issues first.