jury duty!
well, i thought i would finally update on everything that's been going on lately. for 1. jury duty ended last Wednesday. i was on a jury for a sexual harassment case. a woman was suing jocks & jills restaurants & their owner for harassment and negligent retention. for those of you who don't know, jocks & jills is a sports bar that has several locations in ga, and a location in florida & north carolina. the woman was employed by the restaurant for nearly 9 years, in which during that time she worked her way from a waitress/bartender/day manager, to a controller, board member & shareholder. she was # 2 in the restaurant before she was fired. the harassment she described was horrible, and whether or not it was 100% truthful, 100% false or somewhat embellished, it was something no one ever deserved to hear. i won't go into those details about what words were used and etc. b\c it's completely inappropriate, but just know it was awful. it was very interesting to hear everything, to hear the witnesses, to keep from making judgments w\o knowing all the facts, but jury duty really is one of the coolest things you can do to participate in the government, aside from getting the chance to vote. speaking of which, i didn't even get to vote in the primaries b\c i stayed w\ Mandy all week, and wasn't going to drive home an hour, well, sit in traffic longer than that, just to vote. i'll be here for runoff's. the people i was on the jury w\ were very nice. we all got along pretty well, until deliberation. but, by the end of that we were ok w\ each other again. it's weird not to see them every day, and weird to think we wont' see each other again more than likely, but such is life. people come in & out of our lives every day. in the end, we brought forth this verdict- the plaintiff had been subjected to sexual harassment, the plaintiff thought she had been subjected to sexual harassment, & the plaintiffs actions didn't welcome sexual harassment where we said no was to this- the environment in which the plaintiff worked was so permeated w\ sexual harassment that it materially affected her employment. and once we answered no, we had to stop and return a verdict. We didn't believe it affected her b\c of how she had worked her way up to the top of her company. So much more was involved w\in, but that's the gist of it, and that was interesting enough.
Afterwards, we got to talk w\ the attorneys about the case, what we thought they could've done differently, and what they did that helped their case. That was very cool. The attorney's were very nice, and funny, and they really enjoyed hearing our insight.
My brother & I and a couple of his friends went to the Braves game Saturday night. The Jocks & Jills bus hit a fire truck. That was comical to me.
Speaking of the Braves game. We got off the interstate @ 6:55. We were still driving around looking for a parking space @ 7:35- by the time we had gotten to any of the lots- they were all closed except to permit holders. Around this time, my brother let Chase & me out of the car to see if there were even tickets still left. We got up to the ticket counter & bought 4 tickets- $5 a piece, standing room only. It was the 3rd inning by this point. After watching a man make a chicken out of a towel for some change, we were about ready to sell the tickets and just leave. That's when we walked to the Green Lot and talked to the parking attendant. We asked him where we could park, said we had tickets, but the person w\ our car had been driving around for over an hour. Graciously, he told us if our friends were on the way over, he'd let them park. Luckily they were heading back up Capitol Ave. In that direction. He let both of them in (one of them for only $5) and wouldn't even take a tip. So by the 5th inning we were in the stadium & @ the Coke deck, to stand. It was a pretty good time. They won, there were 51,000 fans there, and we had the Varsity afterwards! Yummy!
In other news, i am about at my wits end w\ my job. I've had enough. I took the job knowing it wouldn't be enough, the hours or the pay, but i needed it and so that's where I am. I have had a struggle w\ this job from the very first day I started working there. My boss is rude, she's not a very good people person, and I just dont know how else to explain it w\o you knowing her personally. She's definitely not the type of person you would want to work for, well, at least i wouldn't. I consider myself a fairly likable person. I am very quiet, around people I dont know, or places that I am uncomfortable in. People may take that in a way that isn't my intention. I'm very kind. I'm very polite, and I am a very hard worker. I take my job seriously, and I take pride in doing everything correctly. I dont think my boss has liked me from day one. If i would ever have a question for her about something i didnt know, or wasn't 100% sure about, I would ask her and her response would basically treat me like i was an absolute idiot or would be, "well, you should already know that," which has the same effect. These days i don't ask her questions any more, I will either figure it out myself, or if her dad is there I will ask him. Her dad is pretty nice, and has always been nice to me. Too bad his daughter is nothing like him. If I have done something in a way i shouldnt, he always makes sure to nicely explain to me the method they find best.
Friday she called me into her office. Why she didn't do this on Thursday, I have no idea. Apparently 2x a customer complained that I was rude to them. Once was a few weeks ago I guess, and the other time was last week (let me remind you that i didn't even work the last 2 wks). I have not once been rude to anyone @ that place, and people there are rarely rude, period. Why would I be rude if i was trying to sell something to someone. I know for a FACT that I wasn't rude to anyone, and the fact that anyone would accuse me of really upsets me. I worked in the fast food industry for 5 years and never, not once did a customer complain of me being rude to them. In fact, i've never really gotten in trouble on a job before- unless you count Chick-fil-A where I got in "trouble" for not taking my earring out of the top of my ear, and for once when I didn't have my hair pulled back after it had grown out. Oh, and there was once where I got written up for coming into work an hour late- and that was after they called me and told me "oh, you're supposed to work today." So I know that I didn't treat a customer rudely, whether they were appliance shopping, parts shopping or on the telephone (which i hardly answer anymore as it is anyway). I dont believe my boss would just make this up, so whoever thought I was rude to them, I believe they're mistaken, you may have taken what I said in the wrong way. My boss did back me up a little by saying "well, i've never seen you being rude to anyone before." She also said though, "i have no choice but to believe them, I let it slide once, but I won't let it slide twice." She is the rudest woman I know, to customers and to her employees. The first day I ever worked there, she was so rude to a customer that was a family friend that I was completely embarrassed. I didn't even tell her that I knew the person. I just sat there for the rest of the day in disbelief.
Anyway, b\c of this she thinks it's best if my work hours are changed. Now, instead of working from 9-2 (5 hours a day, 25 hours a week). I am working from 2:30-6 (3.5 hours a day, 17 hours a week). Awesome, as if I wasn't working hardly enough already, you have to cut my hours back by 8. I'm already barely paying my bills as it is, and I still haven't gotten that "raise" that you "promised." I don't see why she hired me in the first place. I guess God gives us things to help us learn and move on from them. Well, I definitely think that this has been an experience, and I am ready to move on. It's an insult to me and to the 4 years I just spent in school getting myself a degree. Luckily God hears us when we're calling, and before she even broke this news to me, my mom had faxed my resume to 2 places, and I had faxed mine to another. Plus there is a job fair tomorrow. Sounds good! By September, I KNOW I will have reached the goal I set for myself when I started this job, and that was to be out of there before UGA's football season started!
that's pretty much the gist of what's been going on lately. hope everything is going well for everyone else! later!
Afterwards, we got to talk w\ the attorneys about the case, what we thought they could've done differently, and what they did that helped their case. That was very cool. The attorney's were very nice, and funny, and they really enjoyed hearing our insight.
My brother & I and a couple of his friends went to the Braves game Saturday night. The Jocks & Jills bus hit a fire truck. That was comical to me.
Speaking of the Braves game. We got off the interstate @ 6:55. We were still driving around looking for a parking space @ 7:35- by the time we had gotten to any of the lots- they were all closed except to permit holders. Around this time, my brother let Chase & me out of the car to see if there were even tickets still left. We got up to the ticket counter & bought 4 tickets- $5 a piece, standing room only. It was the 3rd inning by this point. After watching a man make a chicken out of a towel for some change, we were about ready to sell the tickets and just leave. That's when we walked to the Green Lot and talked to the parking attendant. We asked him where we could park, said we had tickets, but the person w\ our car had been driving around for over an hour. Graciously, he told us if our friends were on the way over, he'd let them park. Luckily they were heading back up Capitol Ave. In that direction. He let both of them in (one of them for only $5) and wouldn't even take a tip. So by the 5th inning we were in the stadium & @ the Coke deck, to stand. It was a pretty good time. They won, there were 51,000 fans there, and we had the Varsity afterwards! Yummy!
In other news, i am about at my wits end w\ my job. I've had enough. I took the job knowing it wouldn't be enough, the hours or the pay, but i needed it and so that's where I am. I have had a struggle w\ this job from the very first day I started working there. My boss is rude, she's not a very good people person, and I just dont know how else to explain it w\o you knowing her personally. She's definitely not the type of person you would want to work for, well, at least i wouldn't. I consider myself a fairly likable person. I am very quiet, around people I dont know, or places that I am uncomfortable in. People may take that in a way that isn't my intention. I'm very kind. I'm very polite, and I am a very hard worker. I take my job seriously, and I take pride in doing everything correctly. I dont think my boss has liked me from day one. If i would ever have a question for her about something i didnt know, or wasn't 100% sure about, I would ask her and her response would basically treat me like i was an absolute idiot or would be, "well, you should already know that," which has the same effect. These days i don't ask her questions any more, I will either figure it out myself, or if her dad is there I will ask him. Her dad is pretty nice, and has always been nice to me. Too bad his daughter is nothing like him. If I have done something in a way i shouldnt, he always makes sure to nicely explain to me the method they find best.
Friday she called me into her office. Why she didn't do this on Thursday, I have no idea. Apparently 2x a customer complained that I was rude to them. Once was a few weeks ago I guess, and the other time was last week (let me remind you that i didn't even work the last 2 wks). I have not once been rude to anyone @ that place, and people there are rarely rude, period. Why would I be rude if i was trying to sell something to someone. I know for a FACT that I wasn't rude to anyone, and the fact that anyone would accuse me of really upsets me. I worked in the fast food industry for 5 years and never, not once did a customer complain of me being rude to them. In fact, i've never really gotten in trouble on a job before- unless you count Chick-fil-A where I got in "trouble" for not taking my earring out of the top of my ear, and for once when I didn't have my hair pulled back after it had grown out. Oh, and there was once where I got written up for coming into work an hour late- and that was after they called me and told me "oh, you're supposed to work today." So I know that I didn't treat a customer rudely, whether they were appliance shopping, parts shopping or on the telephone (which i hardly answer anymore as it is anyway). I dont believe my boss would just make this up, so whoever thought I was rude to them, I believe they're mistaken, you may have taken what I said in the wrong way. My boss did back me up a little by saying "well, i've never seen you being rude to anyone before." She also said though, "i have no choice but to believe them, I let it slide once, but I won't let it slide twice." She is the rudest woman I know, to customers and to her employees. The first day I ever worked there, she was so rude to a customer that was a family friend that I was completely embarrassed. I didn't even tell her that I knew the person. I just sat there for the rest of the day in disbelief.
Anyway, b\c of this she thinks it's best if my work hours are changed. Now, instead of working from 9-2 (5 hours a day, 25 hours a week). I am working from 2:30-6 (3.5 hours a day, 17 hours a week). Awesome, as if I wasn't working hardly enough already, you have to cut my hours back by 8. I'm already barely paying my bills as it is, and I still haven't gotten that "raise" that you "promised." I don't see why she hired me in the first place. I guess God gives us things to help us learn and move on from them. Well, I definitely think that this has been an experience, and I am ready to move on. It's an insult to me and to the 4 years I just spent in school getting myself a degree. Luckily God hears us when we're calling, and before she even broke this news to me, my mom had faxed my resume to 2 places, and I had faxed mine to another. Plus there is a job fair tomorrow. Sounds good! By September, I KNOW I will have reached the goal I set for myself when I started this job, and that was to be out of there before UGA's football season started!
that's pretty much the gist of what's been going on lately. hope everything is going well for everyone else! later!