Lilly...Lighting Up the Room

Please meet, the gorgeous blond-bombshell who works with Charlie (AKA
Papa Bear, CEO.) She is his 24-year-old assistant who deals with the
daily investor catastrophes. How she manages to work in such close
contact with Papa Bear and still retain her lovely radiant personality
is a mystery to me. I've concluded that some people develop
incredible coping skills.

Besides her looks, she's got a sharp mind and could make vast
improvements in the investor mess, if Papa Bear would ever admit that
he doesn't hold the monopoly on brain cells. (Won't ever happen.) He
prefers to applaud his own intelligence, criticize his staff, and
winces each time the phone rings. (Investors calling to demand their
embezzled funds.) It's amusing to watch actually, like a disturbing
comedy show...

The daily circus goes like this: Phone rings. Papa Bear turns
around. Eyes squint. Back hunches. He gives the "someone put lemon
juice in me papercut" look, stutters out a lame excuse why he's not in
the office, Lilly answers the phone and repeats the lame excuse to the
furious investor. And it repeats, over and over again all day long.
Then 5 o'clock rolls around and Lilly puts on the answer machine on
and the investors vent and moan into that instead.

Lilly is a very amusing character. Her intelligence is (naturally)
completely non-appreciated around here, but she uses that to her
advantage. By no means does she waste time at work. Each day she
works on perfecting her resume, applying for jobs online, researching
important matters (web surfing and online sales), and has recently
begun studying (at her desk) a fascinating book called "Hardly Working
- A Guide to Doing Nothing at Work."

Lilly doesn't just read this book. She studies it like she's trying
to pass a class. She takes notes, highlights, and promptly applies
every suggestion. After reading a chapter on how post-it notes make
you look like a hard worker, I saw her computer was covered with about
40 notes on every subject. (Totally meaningless, of course.) One
chapter said, "People who don't work must come in early and leave
late, as this gives the impression that you don't have enough time in
the day to finish all your important tasks." Lilly does this now.

I love walking by her desk and seeing her nose deep into it. I have
to control my hysterical laughter. Doesn't Papa Bear even NOTICE?
I'm baffled!

Lilly is presently in school getting her Masters Degree in HR. I have
to say, studying a book like that will make her a master in knowing
all the tricks of the useless employee who does nothing...she will
have perfected them! Like I said, this girl is brilliant.

She loves to try new things and has a very generous nature. Her humor
is a bit crude at times, but for the most part she is a ray of
sunshine in the office that infuses this place with life. I'm glad
she's here.