I am doing my duty.
11:47am
I have now been in the jury room for nearly four hours. They have called jurors for two trials. The first one was a grand jury trial, and thank god I didn’t get called for that! Thoe things go on for.ever. and I want none of that. So I’m just hanging out, waiting for our lunch break. I found a table with outlet-access, and I’m sharing it with two other teachers. It’s very companionable. There are people around me reading (“Chicken Soup for the Soul,” “The Lady and the Unicorn”), while others type away on their laptops or fuss with one of the many jigsaw puzzles. A few people are doing business via cell phone, but they are keeping it pretty mellow. I’ve tried in vain to get someone to meet me for lunch. Everyone is busy with “work” or “other plans.” I also tried to cajole Josh into sneaking me a snack- a watermelon perhaps? No dice. Oh well. I was able to finish one report card. It took me over an hour. Only 20 more to go!
1:33
Got a sweet last minute chat from Curt K which resulted in a lunch date with him, his lady, and his brother! Downtown lunch date! It was awesome. There is an older hippie man in a tie-dye tee shirt with long grey hair who has been working on a landscape jigsaw puzzle all day. I think he’s going to finish it! Don’t worry, I will give you updates on his progress.
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More coverage! Liveblog the jury duty! Have you met any cool/weird other potential jurors? How is the wifi? What does everyone do with their time? Is the experience inspiring faith in our judicial system? Do they pay for parking?
wow! your haircut looks great!
Oh yeah, I was going to comment on that, too. Wasn’t sure from the pic if it was a haircut or just special jury duty styling. Very nice!
No haircut. Just a weird sweepback.
Did you have any stars in your instructional video? We had Sam Waterston.
We didn’t have an instrutional video! We had a real live judge who congratulated “all the women out there” for fulfilling their one and only civic duty. Huh.
I thought that duty was making babies?
Ummm, I was summoned to serve on jury duty last week, and I never filled out the papers they sent me. But so far, no cops have shown up at my door. I am scared…
i got jury duty a few years ago and got called up to the courtroom. they asked all these crazy and sometimes seemingly random questions. at one point they asked me something or other about ideas about driving, to which i responded “i ride my bike”. they told me i could go! haha wow, double bonus.
i think you shouldnt be allowed to take a photo of yourself in there — it should have to be one of those courtroom sketches that you do of yourself!!