Ask99
April 23, 2008, 2:10am
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Re: How Many of you have been on Jury Duty?
**First time: **I arrived there on time. Parked (they validated my ticket so parking was free for me) and checked in. Then heard a little 15-minute lecture on how the process will work, what if they actually call you in a courtroom, where the vending machines are, etc. etc. etc. I did not have any book to read (I hate reading any way) nor did I have any other source of entertainment. I think I got the newspaper and read that. They told us to hold on going to lunch because they may simply let us go home, and they did.
Second time: They had renovated their hall. Arrived and checked in. They had little tables and chairs for business users to use their laptops and had provided free internet. Too bad I didn’t take my laptop with me. They also had a few TVs so I just watched the TV as I didn’t have my PDA at that time. Court trials were taking long as they were handling some murder case. So the guy said you can go to lunch because they won’t handle all cases for today by lunch. Then we came back and sat for a while and then he let us go.
Take a magazine or book with you if you like to read. You can also take your laptop with you in case they provide internet connection. If you like music, take your PDA or CD player. Of course take some lunch money
Sounds like a boring day like at the hospital:(…I was thinking likein the movies or law ad order episodes:cb:…