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Jury Duty was fairly painless yesterday. I know I moaned and groaned a bit, but that is only because I have been summoned more than Chas has, and the one time he was summoned we were going on a trip or something. whatever it was, he got excused from going. However, in all actuality, they really do try to make it a positive experience for everyone. At least Orange County (FL) here works hard to make it pleasant. They had the standard chairs, tables, vending machines and restrooms. They also had a vendor with coffee and nibbly bits come in for the breakfast hours (it was not free though), phones, data jacks, a room with a TV, and a cyber cafe though everything for mail or journals and similar sites were blocked. In addition, I had my new mp3/cd player (El Targhetto special for $30) with an mp3 cd including 140 songs, my gameboy, my book, and word find. With the cyber cafe, which was not there the last time I was summoned, I mostly played games or browsed what websites I could. After my eyes teared up from staring at the screen so long, they ended up releasing us for lunch. Good thing too. I was beginning to get hungry. The nice thing about Orange County is that the courthouse is downtown, and there is a plethora of restaurants to choose from. Many of them cater to the fast food needs of the businesses that surround them. This was my chance to try something I had never tried before. I had wanted to try Cafe Annie's because, despite the ubiquitous name, they served a fair amount of Greek and Middle Eastern foods. It was an empowering 3 block walk. Empowering in the sense that I was by myself, walking downtown, and I almost felt like I belonged. Not to mention it was GORGEOUS outside at this time. I got there, but still was not too hungry yet. I should have stuck with the fattoush salad and kept it light, but I was a sucker for a gyro. It was ok. Too big though. I was only able to eat half of it. So after lunch, I went back to the jury holding area, and waited. I was eventually called with another girl. We went up to replace 2 people who had been removed from the initial jury panel lot. There was the possibility the trial could run late or even possibly to the next day. I did not have a problem with that as my employer pays me for time served, and that would be one less day I would have to go to work. :P The lawyers and judge asked a bunch of questions, and then we waited outside the courtroom for a long time while a decision was made of who to pick. In the end, they (the judge and 2 lawyers) could not come to a conclusion/agreement as to which jurors to keep, and they ended up not having enough, so the case was postponed. We went back downstairs to the holding area, and were released shortly after. Not bad. So, once again, I have been called up a few times to the jury selection process, but never been selected. In this case, no one was selected though. I guess that all in all, my day was fine.