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| - I had jury duty today. And it wasn't awful, at all. It's not something I want to do again anytime soon, but it was an OK experience.
As others have mentioned, there's a large series of room with TVs (that are on a bit too loudly) a break room with lots of vending machines (bring singles of $5s for the change machine! I only had a $10 bill and was out of luck), and pool tables and video games upstairs, and a quiet room that was too warm and stuffy to sit in.
I brought my laptop and did work all day at a desk in the back corner (where the more comfortable chairs are). We were forced to sit and wait and wait and wait... the first group didn't get called to a courtroom until 2:30 p.m., and we got there at 8 a.m. I was ultimately dismissed by the prosecution, and had no problem with it!
A couple of things worth mentioning: Nowhere on any court site does it say you CAN bring a phone, but it outlaws cameras, etc., so I was a bit worried my smart phone (with a built in camera) would be turned away, but this was not a problem.
I also had my ever-present knitting with me. Bamboo and wooden needles weren't a problem, but the metal one was not allowed. So, knitters beware, and only bring wooden needles!
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