Well its my turn to be a juror again. The last time I visited this courthouse was as a member of the Mecklenberg County Sheriff's Office Civilian Academy. We had a tour of the building after business was over for the day.
The summons was very comprehensive. I parked at the 4th street parking deck on the 4th floor. I had a large hot chocolate at the Cluck n Cup. They give jurors a 10% discount. I went through security and went up to the 5th floor with my fellow jurors. We sat outside the jury assembly area on marble benches along the walls. When the doors opened we had our summons scanned by a young lady behind a desk. We then had to get a form with two pages of instructions. A lot of people decided to plop down on the first available seats. I decided to look for a chair near a plug. I found what I needed & plugged my phone in. The wifi signal is excellent! I had my parking ticket validated and I've been in the quiet room since 09:30. It is very quiet and warm. The wifi signal is terrible compared to the rest of the suite but the cell signal is very strong averaging 6 bars on my Android phone. Now I'm sitting in the business center. It's a bit cooler back here. There's still a nice strong cell signal. I don't like the wifi as it seems to censor sites like Facebook. Shortly after I was seated in the business center we were called into one of the assembly areas to be sent to one of three courtrooms. Our names were called out & we were assigned to one of three deputies. I almost made it onto a jury but the defense attorney noticed that I was falling asleep, so I was let go. Hopefully I won't get another summons for another 10 years or so.