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I just returned to work after serving on a criminal trial for jury duty. It was supposed to last for 3-4 days but ended up being 2 weeks
I notice that since I returned to work that female co-workers seem to be more noticing of me, calling me by my nickname, walking past my office saying my name. I also notice that since my return I am less socially phobic, feel better about myself and stay in others' office to talk more
I have been at my job for 19 years I am well-liked but many would probably say I am lacking in confidence(I am an avoidant personality disorder) tho I certainly have a level of responsibility that one would have to have SOME confidence in order to be semi- successful
Word had to get around because for me to be out from 2/16 to 3/2 would mean a helluva lot of work did not get done in my abcence. Just about everybody knew i was in a criminal trial
Is there something about being picked for a criminal trial (there were only 8 of us) that could be seen as impressive, or is it just that my time away from the office refreshed me and gave me a new perspective? Could it be that the girls and my employer saw that i was "chosen by someone else"(the court) and made me look more "desirable" and valued? I also may have been the first one who ever served in an actual trial (everyone i know was sent home because they weren't picked to be on a trial)
That could very well be the case, and it sounds to me like you missed your office. You may be just experiencing a return to work honeymoon. But if you like the changes, keep doing what you are, it sounds like it's a nicer work environment. Congradulations. Enjoy.
You may be just experiencing a return to work honeymoon.
Good observation, well said.
Before reading your post, I was thinking along the lines that performing a civic duty might make a man more attractive because it demonstrates a willingness to participate in the community and that might be an unconscious indicator of his nurturing qualities. I know, that's a stretch. I probably over-thought the original question.
however, more realistically i don't want to get hit with a $250 civil penalty for contempt and have it on my credit report, then have to get thrown back in the jury pool and have to serve again!!
yes that's what was kind of on my mind, that it's exciting
And I have always kind of had the reputation of being booksmart but not really street/people smart(which is something that bothered me) at work
Since i was picked 8 out of 50 people would that kind of show that I am not just booksmart, that i have some kind of advanced understanding of the real world if i was chosen to serve on a criminal trial?
rounds out another side of my image--no one certainly pictures me involved in criminal stuff so they probably chuckled to hear i was involved in a criminal case
too bad there wasn't a sequester--would be wild to hear i was holed up in some hotel
how would that work if we were sequestered and a juror takes medications? if we were sequestered right from court to a hotel how would i get my medications which were at home (blood pressure meds, metformin, i was tapering off paxil)? how would that work?
rounds out another side of my image--no one certainly pictures me involved in criminal stuff so they probably chuckled to hear i was involved in a criminal case
too bad there wasn't a sequester--would be wild to hear i was holed up in some hotel
how would that work if we were sequestered and a juror takes medications? if we were sequestered right from court to a hotel how would i get my medications which were at home (blood pressure meds, metformin, i was tapering off paxil)? how would that work?
I'm a paralegal with lots of trial experience. If a jury is going to be sequestered, they tell the jurors in advance, usually during the voir dire process (before the panel of jurors is selected).
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