Except now you get jury summons! Uh, welcome fellow citizen, go play with the stupids of our country? (To be fair, maybe not ALL trials are as dumb as the once I sat, but OMG. SO DUMB. And bad, bad movies in the waiting room.)

I'm a bit envious of folks who have had good jury duty experiences. But sara's experience is my experience...every. single. time.

I did enjoy the guy who leaned over to me and said, "Hey, I believe in the violent overthrow of the government. Think that will get me off?"

Not sure if he actually said that, but he was dismissed at lightening speed and someone did follow him out of the courtroom.

ita, did you call 1-800-srv-jury? Oddly enough, mine is Monday too. But in the Valley.

That shit's awesome right there!

Totally.

I don't even know how y'all do that? I'm still fumbling with which keys to strike and some amazing archival something is already posted. Cheers, Nicole!

I did call, bon, but everything requires my JID and PIN.

Thanks, Nicole. Why didn't I put down that I was throwing away important papers, and maybe someone could have saved me from my own stupidity?

Let me look one more time. I'm not optimistic.

I always have a good time at jury duty, chance to sit around and read (quiet room, yeah!!) and watch the people parade. And I am paid my regular salary when I go so I really can't complain. The one trial I was an alternate on was really stupid and a waste of time and money.

A few hours ago I wanted cupcakes. Like NEEDED cupcakes. To the point where I jumped in the car, went to the store to buy the stuff, came home and baked them. They are now all frosted and decorated with jelly beans (what, they were by the check out). And now I'm not interested. F*cking Prednisone.

F*cking Prednisone.

Aw. Bless.

Poor Suze. Maybe you can rest in the knowledge that the yummy cupcakes will be there when you ARE interested.

lisah's last line mimics my experience. I do the quiet room too (once dismissed from the dumb movie room) but I get bored. Even with the chance to read, and still getting paid (though technically, I lose a little since parking is more than the jury stipend) it just annoys me a bit, for all that and a STUPID case. Did manage to read Assassination Vacation last time, though. I try to bring the most problematic sounding reading materials...I do that elsewhere as well. I was reading Blackhawk Down for the flight that never was. And A Problem From Hell on genocide another flight. Definitely shuts down the chatters.

I have to renew my driver's license in the next two weeks, and then jury duty in the last week of the month. I never seem to actually read in these environments. I have a feeling my coloring book is going to get a work out instead.

I found one that is just pages and pages of paisleys. I'll have to order that tonight.

I realized too late that reading Lolita on a cross-country bus trip was the wrong choice for discouraging creepy guys from talking to me. Live and learn.