aka The Boredom Fails To Relent.
The upside is that I've been catching up on my reading. Four novels so far.
The downside is that both days I was unlucky enough to be in the group that *didn't* get let go early at 2pm.
One amusing anecdote: during the interview process, someone was asked which side in her settlement got the most money (all potential jurors are quizzed about prior court cases they have been involved in). The response: "The lawyers did, your Honor."