But not as much as Joy does. I swear, the things that come out of that girl’s mouth…

Joy was hired here in September, just as we were beginning to get overloaded in the call center. She’s a friend of mine outside of the office- we skate together for the roller derby league here in Atlanta (yes, alongside Laura MacQueen.) So I was excited to see her as my co worker.

I have a history of saying the most inappropriate things. I lack a filter that everyone else seems to have. When I found out that I would be writing the blog for today, I said, “That’s great! Can I write about how much more awesome this job is compared to when I used to stick my arm in buckets of raw chicken?” The minute it came out of my mouth, I thought to myself, “Wow, Barb, that was office inappropriate.” And it’s not like I have a lot to say on the subject, either. It was just a job at a chicken restaurant, that’s all

Once we were all together on the boats for a month, I learned that I’m a perfect angel compared to Joy- I’ll leave the specifics up to your imagination. Our computer system administrator, a mild mannered gentleman named Peter, actually had to come up with a hand signal to alert Joy that her behavior was ill-suited for the situation at hand. I had to say several times, “Personal space Joy! Remember personal space!!”

So I just want to take a moment to thank Joy, not only for being an awesome phone ninja, but also for making me look good! And also for being a good sport- she’s a little crazy, but the office would be so… boring without her.