# Jury duty. Nabbed. Dang! Do you have any interesting jury duty stories to share?

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> [@Railer13](#):
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> I thought so too, so I just checked. Two years ago, in fact.

Two years ago, yes, for a zombie thread that was reawakened after 11 years.

There, this was posted —

> [@Does anyone else here actually enjoy jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-actually-enjoy-jury-duty/627820/108):
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> I’ve been in court many times. I currently work as a court officer on a semi-regular basis. Which is funny because I hate being in court. It’s so boring.

I was wondering the same thing. Because of the incorrectly placed flags, I had approached the sheriff’s deputy. I imagined that for her, standing in court duty had to be boring as all hell.

Pulling guard duty can be interesting, or very boring. For court duty, guard duty has to be boring as all hell. If that were me I’d be worried about dozing off…

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