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Jury duty, I must conclude, consists mainly of sitting around: on the bus, on the train, and then in the jury duty room.
Well, okay, not really. But still. It was an entertaining morning, at least.
1. The bus I was going to catch arrived at the Transit Center with steam rising (and water pouring) from the back end. Needless to say, it pulled in, parked, and didn't leave. Broken radiator hose...lucky for the passengers they were close enough to the TC the driver just stopped there. (There are two bus routes that are the same after that TC, in the direction the bus was going. Before, they don't overlap except one stop. So much earlier and they'd've waited a half hour, instead of 10-15 minutes.)
2. Arrive on time anyway (was shooting for slightly early, lest late occur). Fill out forms. Spend lots of time waiting while slower people fill out forms.
3. Jury orientation. A very humorous little presentation from the head judge about how we're selected (mostly telling people ahead of time that we might get another summons because there are duplicates on the list, just turn it away if so).
4. Selection of the grand jury. Three groups of 7 people who get to serve a day or two a week for five weeks, lucky them. The number just above mine was called; and the number two below; but not me. Someone was excused from it for something on their form. A pregnant woman, due in four weeks, was called and excused. They left with the group...and the jury coordinator came back after less than 5 minutes to get another person. One of the guys was over 70 and decided to exercise his right to get out of jury duty...apparently, grand jury was more than he wanted.
5. With the grand jury stuff done, they put us on break for people who needed to resolve parking, get snacks, etc., for 10 minutes.
6. 10 minutes after the break is over, we're sitting around chatting, when they tell us we can all go home. Five of five cases, settled without calling for a jury.
I'm going to work for the afternoon, now...have a good day!
Well, okay, not really. But still. It was an entertaining morning, at least.
1. The bus I was going to catch arrived at the Transit Center with steam rising (and water pouring) from the back end. Needless to say, it pulled in, parked, and didn't leave. Broken radiator hose...lucky for the passengers they were close enough to the TC the driver just stopped there. (There are two bus routes that are the same after that TC, in the direction the bus was going. Before, they don't overlap except one stop. So much earlier and they'd've waited a half hour, instead of 10-15 minutes.)
2. Arrive on time anyway (was shooting for slightly early, lest late occur). Fill out forms. Spend lots of time waiting while slower people fill out forms.
3. Jury orientation. A very humorous little presentation from the head judge about how we're selected (mostly telling people ahead of time that we might get another summons because there are duplicates on the list, just turn it away if so).
4. Selection of the grand jury. Three groups of 7 people who get to serve a day or two a week for five weeks, lucky them. The number just above mine was called; and the number two below; but not me. Someone was excused from it for something on their form. A pregnant woman, due in four weeks, was called and excused. They left with the group...and the jury coordinator came back after less than 5 minutes to get another person. One of the guys was over 70 and decided to exercise his right to get out of jury duty...apparently, grand jury was more than he wanted.
5. With the grand jury stuff done, they put us on break for people who needed to resolve parking, get snacks, etc., for 10 minutes.
6. 10 minutes after the break is over, we're sitting around chatting, when they tell us we can all go home. Five of five cases, settled without calling for a jury.
I'm going to work for the afternoon, now...have a good day!
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