California's Justice Demands It
Inconveniently for my work and childcare situation, I've been put on a jury. As you're aware, I'm not allowed to go on about the trial itself until it's over. As you might not be aware, California state law also prohibits me from making a movie or TV deal related to my jury service until 90 days after the trial's end date.
I think it's interesting that I think of the process of removing my "Juror" badge upon stepping out of the courthouse (for lunch, say) as "de-geeking."
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Removing?! Wear it proudly, man! For all intents and purposes, you are the closest thing our society has to a superhero! (Or, 1/12th of one.)
Interesting. I was specifically told NOT to take off my juror badge if I went outside for lunch. They showed us a whole video about being approached by people who might not recognize us as jurors and how that could screw up court cases.
I hope your case turns out to be at least interesting if you've got to spend your time on it.
Jameson: I should clarify. I don't feel like a geek for wearing the badge, it's that the process of removing one's badge immediately upon leaving the facility when at a gaming convention is called "de-geeking," so that's what removing the badge reminds me of.
(I like the mental image that I and my fellow jurors can combine to form some Voltron-like robot.)
Nicole: They do prefer that I wear the badge while in the courthouse for the reason you cite. They might also like it if I'd wear it while going to lunch and so forth, but for my money, a juror badge in downtown Los Angeles suggests to me, "This is a guy who never comes downtown, and who therefore doesn't know from whatever. Feel free to mug him or hassle him for pocket change." So it has seemed wiser to me to take it off and regain some anonymity upon leaving the courthouse.
Funny, the way I read the movie or TV deal restriction is that you merely have 90 days to prepare your treatment before shopping it around on Day T+91.