The Young & The Restless
by Sherri Burns and Chris Wessling
"The uniform is bathrobe and bunny slippers. The bathrobe is
u-g-l-y - green-and-blue plaid, hems coming loose. Office casual?
Not even close. There's a coffee stain on the left corner. I didn't
spill coffee on the bathrobe - I spilled it on the floor but used
the robe to clean it up. The bunny slippers are in sorry shape,
too. I find bunny guts all over the house - white fuzzies in the
laundry room and slipper-cushion chunks in the den. My husband
threatens to take them to the vet to be put down. It's not always
like this. But on my favorite days, I rub the night from my eyes
and toss on the robe and slips. Two minutes for the kettle to
whistle, seven cents' worth of Nescafé, and my day begins. My
ultimate work space is my home office. It's a quick commute, with
little traffic and absolutely no office politics. I can
simultaneously telephone my colleague in
Germany to discuss a
system-configuration issue, update my boss in
Chicago via IM chat,
and work on a training presentation on PowerPoint. Multitasking in
bunny slippers!"
THIRD-PRIZE WINNER
BEN LAARMAN
LSG SKYCHEFS
Job: Director of Product Design, Costing, and Controlling
Home:
Lewisville, Texas
Age: 30 (just barely)
Number of Days Traveled in 2004: 250
Although Ben's ultimate homecoming involved a limo, it wasn't in a
location even close to as lovely as this lookout point at the
Hilton Waikoloa Village. Who wouldn't love to come home in this car
to this view? As Ben aptly put it, "Real life is not as good as
island life." And he should know. He and his wife got married in
Maui and honeymooned in Kona at this very hotel. The miles he
racked up last year were plentiful, but the year before, he
traveled 50 out of the 52 weeks. All that travel paid off, as the
miles helped him get his family to the wedding. Obviously Ben is a
creative guy. Just take a look at the lengths he went to to get
home one night.
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