May be this story, told for your edification and enjoyment, goes under the catagory of, My Excellent vaping Adventure.
Last Teusday I finished a week as a juror in the Federal court in Detroit. For 5 days they started us at 8:15 in the morning and we usually walked out about 5:00 pm. We were at it for 5 days. So what's a vaper to do? Vape on brotha'!
First you have to get into the building through airport style security. You have to leave your cell phone in the car. You show picture ID, empty your pockets, take off your belt etc. Everytime a different guard asked, what's this? An electronic cigarette. Most of them are retired military. I think that helped. I learned to enter through the employee only entrance with a "juror" sticker discretely behind the shirt pocket fabric of a white dress shirt.
The hallways were mostly deserted. I took some hallway puffs but as the days went on that wasn't necessary. We reported to a jury assembly area every morning. It was a very LONG room. At the opposite end from the staff were some computers for us to play on. I could hide behind the monitor and take discrete puffs. I was selected as a jurer, a process that took half a day.
It turns out jurors are gold. They are vital to the process. If too many are lost the tiral has to start over. The 8 of us began to sense the deference that flows from that and got a bit rowdy at times (outside the court room of course). There were always breaks in the morning and afternoon sessions. The jury retires to it's own room. I could vape freely there so long as I took care not to set off the fire alarm. The other jurors didn't care. May be the court staff figured out what I was doing but jurors are so important they aren't going to fuss about the small stuff. I almost got a chance to take a puff in the court room. I cut through it during lunch break to get to the jury room and forgot to capitalize. Oh well, may be next time. Getting technical, there were no signs about vaping in the building and no Michigan law about vaping in indoor spaces.
BTW the jury did a good job. My schooling was philosopy where you search for the truth with logic, common sense, fair play, honor, honesty, ingrity etc. (all stuff public health people don't have a clue about). I warned them we wouldn't be adjourning until we did the job right.
We were paid $40 a day. I'm going to use the money to buy more nic and mods for my stash (ironic sigh).
Last Teusday I finished a week as a juror in the Federal court in Detroit. For 5 days they started us at 8:15 in the morning and we usually walked out about 5:00 pm. We were at it for 5 days. So what's a vaper to do? Vape on brotha'!
First you have to get into the building through airport style security. You have to leave your cell phone in the car. You show picture ID, empty your pockets, take off your belt etc. Everytime a different guard asked, what's this? An electronic cigarette. Most of them are retired military. I think that helped. I learned to enter through the employee only entrance with a "juror" sticker discretely behind the shirt pocket fabric of a white dress shirt.
The hallways were mostly deserted. I took some hallway puffs but as the days went on that wasn't necessary. We reported to a jury assembly area every morning. It was a very LONG room. At the opposite end from the staff were some computers for us to play on. I could hide behind the monitor and take discrete puffs. I was selected as a jurer, a process that took half a day.
It turns out jurors are gold. They are vital to the process. If too many are lost the tiral has to start over. The 8 of us began to sense the deference that flows from that and got a bit rowdy at times (outside the court room of course). There were always breaks in the morning and afternoon sessions. The jury retires to it's own room. I could vape freely there so long as I took care not to set off the fire alarm. The other jurors didn't care. May be the court staff figured out what I was doing but jurors are so important they aren't going to fuss about the small stuff. I almost got a chance to take a puff in the court room. I cut through it during lunch break to get to the jury room and forgot to capitalize. Oh well, may be next time. Getting technical, there were no signs about vaping in the building and no Michigan law about vaping in indoor spaces.
BTW the jury did a good job. My schooling was philosopy where you search for the truth with logic, common sense, fair play, honor, honesty, ingrity etc. (all stuff public health people don't have a clue about). I warned them we wouldn't be adjourning until we did the job right.
We were paid $40 a day. I'm going to use the money to buy more nic and mods for my stash (ironic sigh).