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| - From what I see there are three main reasons why anybody would be here and that being an employee does not count. One is you are here to either pay or dispute a ticket of some sort. Another is that you have been arrested and are standing trial for the alleged charges brought up against you (that would suck if this was you), and last but not least, jury duty.
For me it's jury duty (Thank God). I think at any given time, the overall total of jurors and prospective jurors outnumber everything else in the entire building. How do I know this? Well then read on my curious friend.
I get my summons in the mail. At this point, I would say 99 percent of all recipients have a frown on their face when they see it. You follow all instructions on the letter and on the phone when you are prompted.
So the day comes for you to report. You park your car in the Fremont Street Experience Parking Structure 5 blocks away. YES I SAID 5 BLOCKS AWAY. You have to go 4 blocks East and then 1 block over going south. You have to park here because only this location is where the they will validate you. This is where I was muttering WHAT THE FUDGE? Im glad I did my service on April 30th, which was a nice 80 degree day with a cool breeze. Now imagine you are already running late, it's raining or even worse, triple digits. Damn, how are you gonna give a fair shake to anybody in court if you are chosen as the juror being in a bad mood? Im just sayin, you know?
So you go through the metal detector and make your way up to the 3rd floor into a big room full of jurors and prospective jurors. Based on your assigned juror number, you will be called up in batches and then sent off to the court rooms for selection. For those that are not called, which I wasn't, you wait. And wait. And wait. Finally you will have people from the first batch coming back to be excused. If you see this, chances are jurors have been selected and that you will eventually be excused as well. Sometimes, the whole batch is excused and you will be called with your batch for the next wave. I got lucky because they got what they needed from the first batch. So on my merry way I went.
Overall, I give the whole process of jury duty a 3 star ok rating. Why? Here are the pros and cons.
Pros: You get a break from your normal job and most companies cover your days served whether picked or not. There is free wifi so bring your laptop or favorite electronic device to catch up on shows, movies, and of course Yelping! (Yelp Talk is always entertaining!) You can catch up on some sleep if you grab any one of the chairs that are against the wall.
Cons: The long ass walk from the parking structure to the building as described above. Sitting next to an offensive person whether they talk too much, smell, or are just overall creepy. Kinks in your neck or back if you chose to sleep but are not on a chair up against the wall.
Some tidbits: For you smokers, there is a designated smoking balcony on the 7th floor. Otherwise, you will have to go back down to the 1st floor to go outside but you have to go through security again. Recently they just had a Capriotti's Sandwich Shop open up so good food should not be a problem. Make sure to bring your parking ticket from the structure so they can validate it for you. Last but not least, you cannot leave until they have scanned your juror badge and have stamped it with their initials.
So in conclusion, jury duty is everybody's responsibility whether you like it or not. It's not the worse thing in the world but the process kind of sucks.
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