Kitchen Diva
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Okay, Here's a summed up version of the telephone hearing... LOl who am I kidding, I'm incapable of summing up! 
Without having to type a small novel, as the hearing lasted a little over one hour, I basically sent in 14 exhibits that outlined what had happened and included severeal emails that both myself and former employer wrote, as well as the final email they sent me saying they didn't have any hours because they are being shared with the bosses sister and the night girl.
The judge tried in vain to understand why they were now saying I actually was wanted back, and they had about 10-20 hours per week, and it would have been weekends and to cover shifts as needed, but they didn't tell me any of that... He also kept going back to where they wrote "We don't have any hours for you as they are shared by A and L"...
They even said she was going to be working Sunday's so we could give her hours and once August rolled around, she'd have her main job back. But we weren't even open on Sunday's and they never said that Ann was gonna only take my place on a temp basis. They only started calling her a temp once the judge said- why didn't you just hire a temp if you wanted her back, instead of scaling back her hours so severely? They had an answer, but to me it wasn't sufficient enough.
They only lied twice and for whatever reason I didn't call them on it or defend myself. I prayed for the Holy Spirit to guard my mouth and help me speak, so I believe I was not supposed to say anything.
I was able to let the judge know that I was replaced by my boss's sister, and that boss (Ally) said in her closing statement that she felt that was a low blow and had no bearing on why she was brought in.
I didn't go on and on like I normally do- I didn't repeat myself tons of times like I normally do, and I didn't have a lot to say. I stuck to the emails, read them word for word (where during their time to speak they would rephrase the emails, or leave out lines altogether) and just reiterated that I offered to QUIT to begin with due to the family emergency that prompted them to give me two weeks off to deal with in the first place... they kept saying what a busy office it was and how I was adding to the turmoil by not being there.
I did mention to the judge that there were no absenses- (because they startet off saying I was gone all the time, etc... and he pointed out in an email where they said there were no perfomance issues, etc so they couldn't say that because it wasn't the issue at hand!) only 2 days where they knew in advanced that I had PC shows scheduled and wanted the day off to prep for them- etc. (doing shows is very physically demanding on my body and so was my day job, so I just said I'd need the day off) and the unfortunate times that I needed to go to the doctor because I was having pregnancy symptoms (SEVERE exhaustion, nauseau, headaches, heartburn, crazy emotions) I always asked if I could go to the Dr. before I made the appointment and made it as late in the day as I could. So I was able to say that I was never absent and they knew in advance of the times I'd need to be away.
(btw-when I was finally able to go and see my hormone doctor, he didn't doubt that I was probably pregnant, but the stress from this job, and a psycho boss and my hormonal imbalance made it a non-viable pregnancy)
When I was asked if I wanted to give a closing statement, I told the judge to forgive me, but I wasn't sure what that entailed and he was so nice and told me what I could say, or what people normally do in this instance... and I only chose to say that I felt the exhibits that I sent in more than speak for themselves and that I offered to quit, I was told they wanted me to come back, and I felt that what I had already stated during the main portion of the hearing was all that needed to be said.
They got a little snarky during their close and I think it is because they could tell based on the questions and the things he said to them, when they tried to throw the blame on me or put a responsibility on me that should have been there's, that they were not going to win this.
He also started out the hearing by saying that based on the evidence (all my emails!) Which I NEVER save by the way... that it looked like I was in fact terminated.
I have to wait for him to make his ruling and he asked for time to make sure he interprets the law correctly and he'll mail the ruling in 2-3 weeks.
Guys, his name is Judge Huber- he was so nice, patient, had a kind voice and wasn't rushed, rude, snippy, and he genuinely portrayed that he wanted to understand what had happened and wanted clear answers. He wasn't uppity or anything.
Please pray for me to have favor with him, and for God to grant him wisdom during this time, and to stand with the original decision of the state which was to grant me unemployment.
Without having to type a small novel, as the hearing lasted a little over one hour, I basically sent in 14 exhibits that outlined what had happened and included severeal emails that both myself and former employer wrote, as well as the final email they sent me saying they didn't have any hours because they are being shared with the bosses sister and the night girl.
The judge tried in vain to understand why they were now saying I actually was wanted back, and they had about 10-20 hours per week, and it would have been weekends and to cover shifts as needed, but they didn't tell me any of that... He also kept going back to where they wrote "We don't have any hours for you as they are shared by A and L"...
They even said she was going to be working Sunday's so we could give her hours and once August rolled around, she'd have her main job back. But we weren't even open on Sunday's and they never said that Ann was gonna only take my place on a temp basis. They only started calling her a temp once the judge said- why didn't you just hire a temp if you wanted her back, instead of scaling back her hours so severely? They had an answer, but to me it wasn't sufficient enough.
They only lied twice and for whatever reason I didn't call them on it or defend myself. I prayed for the Holy Spirit to guard my mouth and help me speak, so I believe I was not supposed to say anything.
I was able to let the judge know that I was replaced by my boss's sister, and that boss (Ally) said in her closing statement that she felt that was a low blow and had no bearing on why she was brought in.
I didn't go on and on like I normally do- I didn't repeat myself tons of times like I normally do, and I didn't have a lot to say. I stuck to the emails, read them word for word (where during their time to speak they would rephrase the emails, or leave out lines altogether) and just reiterated that I offered to QUIT to begin with due to the family emergency that prompted them to give me two weeks off to deal with in the first place... they kept saying what a busy office it was and how I was adding to the turmoil by not being there.
I did mention to the judge that there were no absenses- (because they startet off saying I was gone all the time, etc... and he pointed out in an email where they said there were no perfomance issues, etc so they couldn't say that because it wasn't the issue at hand!) only 2 days where they knew in advanced that I had PC shows scheduled and wanted the day off to prep for them- etc. (doing shows is very physically demanding on my body and so was my day job, so I just said I'd need the day off) and the unfortunate times that I needed to go to the doctor because I was having pregnancy symptoms (SEVERE exhaustion, nauseau, headaches, heartburn, crazy emotions) I always asked if I could go to the Dr. before I made the appointment and made it as late in the day as I could. So I was able to say that I was never absent and they knew in advance of the times I'd need to be away.
(btw-when I was finally able to go and see my hormone doctor, he didn't doubt that I was probably pregnant, but the stress from this job, and a psycho boss and my hormonal imbalance made it a non-viable pregnancy)
When I was asked if I wanted to give a closing statement, I told the judge to forgive me, but I wasn't sure what that entailed and he was so nice and told me what I could say, or what people normally do in this instance... and I only chose to say that I felt the exhibits that I sent in more than speak for themselves and that I offered to quit, I was told they wanted me to come back, and I felt that what I had already stated during the main portion of the hearing was all that needed to be said.
They got a little snarky during their close and I think it is because they could tell based on the questions and the things he said to them, when they tried to throw the blame on me or put a responsibility on me that should have been there's, that they were not going to win this.
He also started out the hearing by saying that based on the evidence (all my emails!
) Which I NEVER save by the way... that it looked like I was in fact terminated.I have to wait for him to make his ruling and he asked for time to make sure he interprets the law correctly and he'll mail the ruling in 2-3 weeks.
Guys, his name is Judge Huber- he was so nice, patient, had a kind voice and wasn't rushed, rude, snippy, and he genuinely portrayed that he wanted to understand what had happened and wanted clear answers. He wasn't uppity or anything.
Please pray for me to have favor with him, and for God to grant him wisdom during this time, and to stand with the original decision of the state which was to grant me unemployment.
