I had to go to court today for jury duty. I got to the court room where the jury selection was, on the second floor at Court of Queen™s Bench, at about 9:50AM this morning. There were about 7 rows of benches and they all looked full. Shortly after I got to the door, so did several other people and the court attendant told everyone to move over. This freed up space for at least 20 people. Then she had to do that again about 5 minutes later. We were crammed in pretty tight, shoulder to shoulder, and people were complaining about it.
Court was supposed to begin with the jury selection at 10:00. At 10:00 one of the sheriffs announced that the judge was speaking to the prosecutors and the accused and they would be 15-20 minutes late. People then began to walk in and out of the court room until about 10:45 when someone else told us that the judge would be there in 15 minutes at the most. By the time court began I had spent 70 minutes cramped on uncomfortable benches listening to the guy behind me rant and complain how he had a sensitive nose and he was starting to smell people.
Stay tuned for part two¦