Are you allowed to keep your smartphone with you while in court?
Can you relay us the details, and we’ll let you know which way to decide?
Use a poll?
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I would, but there’s free WiFi? So, we’re all just on our phones?
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Am I weird because I was selected, went through the whole narrowing down/excuses to leave process, was selected for a trial, and then was filtered out amazingly quickly once voir dire started?
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Did you tell them you were going to go with guilty regardless of evidence?
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Not in the court, just in the jury pool room, haven’t we been warned every step of the way not to even have them on in the courtroom?
I would start a poll, but I’m pretty sure I can vote for finding whoever it is that did whatever it was guilty all on my own?
And wouldn’t a better poll be about where to have lunch near the Union County Courthouse, in Elizabeth?
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Jinxies?
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Why did I wind up on a drink driving case? Why did I decide to be Mr. Honest and just tell them exactly how I felt about things?
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Are you on the Bridgegate jury?
Can you imagine how shocked I was when I made it through being last time when I mentioned I biked past the scene of the crime every day during my commute and the trial ended up being about a cop who hit a kid on a bike with his cop car?
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Five bucks? Is your State/county really cheap? How did I get around $40?
You really think there’s ever going to be a trial for that? And wouldn’t it be federal anyway?
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Haven’t you discovered a hit reality tv series for boingboing to stream called Rogue Juror Detective Mistrial Nullification Person? It can’t miss, right?
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Bad parenting? I get 40 dollars a day after three days of service.
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Don’t we get $19 and change, but most people drive so does that even cover 50% of the parking fee if you have to go to the downtown courts?
(26th and California – the county circuit court – is pretty good though: jurors have their own parking section, and it’s free, which is good because you want to get off the campus at lunchtime and there’s nothing edible within walking distance.)
Why yes, I have a lot of experience in being called up as a juror…why do you ask? 
(Called up, yes, but no one ever wants me.)
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I didn’t mention the free parking? Of course, I took a bus that was $2.55, so it turns out I’m actually paying a dime to be here.
Damn it!
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Fun fact: did you know you’re not allowed to knit in the courtroom? Do you think it’s because of the needles? Would you be surprised to learn that the concern is about attention – both yours and other potential jurors – being drawn away from the judge, where it properly belongs at all times?
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Who wants to watch someone knit? Is this a spectator sport I was unaware of and should package with my television show?
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No knitting? Well, then, they can just forget about inviting me to their jury party, can’t they?
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Isn’t it fortunate that you’ll spend 95% of your time in the jury waiting room, where phones and knitting are both allowed? Isn’t the hardest part finding a seat in the corner of the room furthest from the blaring TV?
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When your only other choice is to pay attention to the judge and the lawyers?
QED!
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