The company hired a firm to handle our benefits package. Before this place I didn’t know such a service exists. But it make sense ‘no? Don’t bother meeting so many providers for your different benefits on offer. Find all of them in one place and have a rep field all the questions and concerns of your employees.

Anyway, the “rep” (account manager) was here today to explain how it all works & what he can do for us. So yada, yada, yada… But I was so distracted. First, I was asking myself how old the guy was. I’m obssessed with this now that I’m turning 31. Second, I keep looking at his sideburns. They remind me so much of those pictures of Tsars & WWI generals. He wasn’t growing them straight, the ends were grown to reach part of his cheeks. They were huge (sideburns not the cheeks) & I can’t help wonder what possessed him to think it’s “cool”? Then there’s the hair. His haircut was closely-cropped but wasn’t skinhead. But the thing is, on the top of his head, he’s got a spiky-hair style happening… Are they gelled? Are they an accident? They look nearly like bangs. What’s going on with this guy?

I focused now & then on the real issue at hand, how do I set up my pension with the company’s contribution? How do I get? Where’s my dental? My optical?

But every time I look at the speaker, I had the urge to whip out my phone & take his photo. Then the weirdest part? At the end of the session he was supposed to give us his card? He flipped & tossed them across the table to everyone, including to our CEO! hehe Real smooth. He can’t be more than 24.

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