Live-tweeting Boredom

Jury Duty, January 3-4, 2012

  1. Entrance like an airport (but not voluntary). No cameras, knitting needles, etc. Land of the free and hone of the brave!
  2. Thesis: Any setting in which one must ask for permission to use the bathroom is not free.
  3. Time required to report: 8:45. Time now: 9:11. Things done so far: bupkis.
  4. .@amykohout Until they stop me. Probably soon. & not tweeting any content relating to the trial (which so far isn't much). Mostly: boring.
  5. Questioning us in batches of 18. Each batch to take 1.5 hrs. Repeat as needed. I'm not in 1st batch, so here for a while.
  6. Based on the questions to batch #1, I'm going to get bounced as soon as I'm questioned. But that won't be until this afternoon or tomorrow.
  7. A lot of repetition of information everyone should have learned in civics class or, failing that, from Law & Order. #juryduty
  8. .@amykohout I do, but it's decidedly not a setting conducive to getting reading done. #juryduty
  9. Why not pre-divide the whole pool into batches, schedule each for a particular time, and then dismiss us until it's our turn? #juryduty
  10. "O Duty, Why hast thou not the visage of a sweetie or a cutie?" - Ogden Nash #juryduty
  11. "Potential juror, have you ever had any experiences with anything? This case will involve experiences with things--" #juryduty
  12. "Potential juror, are you honest? Could you, for example, answer this question? Oh, great, that's fabulous, good to know." #juryduty
  13. OMG, the DA just referenced CSI. (Called it science fiction. From what I know, a lander on SF.) #juryduty
  14. Remember: Hamlet includes "the law's delay" as one of the "whips and scorns of time" that would merit suicide. #juryduty
  15. The questions presuppose a touching faith in people's self-assessment of their abilities to set aside their biases. #juryduty
  16. Really looking forward to being cross examined about my emotions regarding my mom's murder (should the pattern hold). #juryduty
  17. "Only you can know if you can be fair & impartial..." Newsflash: Self-introspection is NOT infallible. #juryduty
  18. You could use the collective energy of boredom and annoyance in this room to power every third world nation. #juryduty
  19. "Is anyone here shy? If so, speak up so I can ask you questions in public & on the record." #juryduty #notkidding
  20. Judge looks bored too. I think he's up their surfing twitter or something. *waves electronically* Hi judge! #juryduty
  21. "Any other reason you couldn't serve?" "You don't allow coffee in the courtroom." #juryduty

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