If you have been reading my posts, many of them have been descriptive of the actual work I have been doing rather than my relationships with the people around me. As I am a very enthusiastic people watcher, I thought I should take this post to describe some of the wacky and wonderful individuals around the office.... There is never a dull moment here.
My Sponsor: Mr. Mitchell is a very calm, cool collected guy, which is hard to believe due to all the work he does. He gets here at 7:30 AM EVERY mornig and barely leaves his office on a day without meetings. From 7:30 AM to 6 PM he his here, with his eyes glued to his computer, hand always grasping the phone, and I literally have never caught him leaving the office for a bathroom break or anything except for his 30 minute lunch break! When we talk over deals, negotiations, or our "field trips" (meetings) I usually come to his office because I don't want him to have to leave his sacred leather chair. When he does leave his office, I have never seen anyone so focused when walking, almost like he is on an urgent mission every time he leaves.
Probate Attorney: Mr. McPhillips is the probate attorney who is quite possibly the funniest man I have ever met. He is not the kind of funny in which you are laughing at a joke he makes but more at the way he carries himself. He has a wonderful disposition and is always in a good mood. He is one of the smartest people you will ever come across, however, he has difficulty expressing his thoughts in a substantial manner. Legal writing and thinking is about elaborate, long, drawn out expressions that are repetitive, but Mr. McPhillips wants to put this all into six or seven word sentences. He is also the office sneak in that he steals all the Twix bars from the community stash of candy every month and hides them in his office! He and his secretary/paralegal, Mrs. Janda, could absolutely have their own comedy hour. She makes fun of Mr. McPhillips and he is so sweet and unaware of what he means that he just chuckles and stumbles away.
The Paralegal: Mrs. Janda works right across from me and is one of the nicest, spunkiest ladies I have ever met. She always has a smile one and every morning has a funny story about her family or a joke or an article to show me. She works so well with Mr. McPhillips and you can tell they just adore each other. Whenever a client comes in that is "interesting", she makes the funniest faces with her eyes real wide. She also is very stylish with her silk scarves and brightly colored skirts. She keeps all the older men on their toes around here!
More portraits to come in my next post......
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