They were pretty chill. The average day was probably 9-3 with a few short breaks. Some cases are really interesting. Some stuff is hard to listen to. Every time you come back it’s with the same group so you end up making friends too.

It does not happen for the 18mo federal grand juries. Over 18 months you see dozens of cases brought on by US district attorneys. All you do is hear the evidence and vote on indictments. There are lots of different types of cases so they don’t screen anyone out based on any biases. Jurors recuse themselves if a case ever comes up involving someone they know.

I was on one that just ended last year. What you’ve heard about the selection process is wrong. They don’t do any kind of interview work you. They put you in a room and pull numbers at random to see who is on the jury. Everyone else is still obligated to be an alternate if someone drops out or has to take a sick day.

It was a little less than once per month actually. Mine was 1-2 days every six weeks and you get the schedule in advance.

Your employer is required to excuse your absence on jury days. Jury days were a heck of a lot easier and shorter than my real job so I actually enjoyed it for the most part.

I’ve had an issue that I can’t understand downtown and Oakland. When there are 2 similar route busses back to back, the 2nd one will be empty and they don’t want to let you on.

They’ll huff and point out that I could’ve gotten on the other more crowded bus. I don’t talk back but I’m thinking “are you not a fucking bus?”

Zero for carry out. $4-5 for delivery. 15-20% for dine in (I usually calculate 20% in my head and then round down to the nearest dollar)

JMOS in dormont has great craft burgers

I picked my last one and some peppers just a couple days before the first snow. We had great weather this fall.

That place was the shit