the state of new york stole my day
had jury duty today. i can officially confirm that it is as boring and uneventful as everyone says. although the orientation video featuring diane sawyer is pretty hilarious. i love that they start out your day with a montage of "typical new yorkers" telling the camera that it's annoying to be called for jury duty.
One interesting thing is how old school and paper-based their whole system is. [wow, that was terrible english, but i'm too tired to phrase it properly.] if i had never come back from lunch, they would've never known. in fact, if i had peaced out after turning in my summons, they never would've known. no one was selected all day, and from what i understand that happens frequently. but on the other hand, you could take a quick trip to use the restroom and miss your name actually being called and then you might be considered delinquent.
luckily they do have wifi in this building, so i was able to plug in my laptop and get some stuff done. if it weren't for that, it would be pretty unbearable.
One interesting thing is how old school and paper-based their whole system is. [wow, that was terrible english, but i'm too tired to phrase it properly.] if i had never come back from lunch, they would've never known. in fact, if i had peaced out after turning in my summons, they never would've known. no one was selected all day, and from what i understand that happens frequently. but on the other hand, you could take a quick trip to use the restroom and miss your name actually being called and then you might be considered delinquent.
luckily they do have wifi in this building, so i was able to plug in my laptop and get some stuff done. if it weren't for that, it would be pretty unbearable.