room with a view. and a buzzer.

So today we got to use the jury room for the first time. It is a little room with 16 chairs and a HUGE table and a couch that sits 3 people. It actually has a really cool view of downtown LA. We have a really tiny fridge and a microwave. There is also a bathroom. Oh boy. The excitement. Haha. There are 2 clocks in the room and both of them are off about 5 hours.

The way it works is we all gather there, in the room, after every break. We have a morning break, afternoon break and lunch and sometimes another extra break if any of the lawyers need extra time for something. When all 18 jurors (there are 6 alternates) are in the room we hit a buzzer one time. When the judge is ready for us he hits the buzzer twice and we come out. One sucky thing about the room, is that once you go in you can't come out for any reason until you get the 2 buzzes.