I got as far as the waiting room once because the clerk didn't give me my exemption, likely because only I would suffer (no employees).

The person on trial copped a plea deal (plea bargaining is bad, btw) and I didn't get to see the inside of the courtroom. Which honestly made the lost income more annoying, not less.

But last time they exempted me as the rules say (the actual rule is "If you are essential to your business such that it can't continue operating without you")