There is no way the jury is going to come to a verdict until after lunch.

Squeeze an extra lunch out if you can.

$15 per day. Heck, I have never seen a jury that wouldn't take free lunch.

To heck with a free lunch. Every hour I'm there would be costing me a lot more money than the price of a sandwich.

I'm a retired lawyer and the thought of someone actually allowing me to be on their jury was hysterically funny to me. Unfortunately I was excused on a peremptory challenge. If chosen I would have definitely send a note to the judge asking to see the lunch menu.

I am an IT contractor currently and any work days I'm not working costs my family dearly.

Give me 40 years and I'll have a more relaxed attitude about it.

You will all have the Rueben and you will all like it.

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might mean that can't agree on one person's lunch OR one lunch for all of them OR any lunch at all.

My legal address was the next town over (and I was temporarily living in the city). I got my full pay from work, plus the daily stipend, plus the round trip mileage allowance from my legal residence (I walked to court every day). The money I got from jury duty covered my Christmas shopping that year. I never got picked for a jury panel and it was like being on vacation.