In a small company like ours, it’s hard not to get to know everyone pretty well, including their quirks. And because we’re pretty quirky people, we have our fare share of interesting facts about each other. Today, we’re going to give you a sneak peak into our little family here and tell on each other a bit – here is how you know if a member of the “Bean Team” is stressed. Now, I’ll begin by saying that the easiest way to tell is when one of us has our door shut. That’s usually a pretty clear sign that we’ve got our head down, working hard and don’t feel like we can be interrupted. But there are some other things that each of us do that you might find interesting…
Shannon:
Shannon has absolutely no poker face, so it makes sense that we all know her quirk. When Shannon is stressed, she plays with her hair. Shannon isn’t a fidgety person by nature, but when she starts playing with her hair, you know it’s time to let her do her thing for a while.
Travis:
You may not know when Travis is stressed because he simply works all hours of the night when he’s stressed. So unless you can tell he’s particularly tired on a certain day, he’s just a shadow in the night.
Tammi and Scott:
Both Tammi and Scott say they eat when they’re stressed. (Who can blame ’em?)
Lacy K:
When Lacy K has a lot on her plate and needs to get down to business, she puts her hair up so she’s ready to go! So, if Lacy K comes to work with her hair down and half way through the day it’s up in a pony tail, we know not to pile more on her!
Heather:
When Heather’s feeling particularly overwhelmed, she bites her nails. She says she’s not particularly proud of it, but she wanted to be honest.
Lacy Jo:
I (admittedly) have a very annoying habit when I get stressed. I have to talk through my stress. So, some poor unfortunate soul has to deal with my “talking it out”. Once it’s out, though. I do feel better.
April:
We’ve noticed that April gets pretty quite when she’s stressed. She’s a pretty outgoing person, so when she’s all of a sudden keeping completely to herself, we know she’s feeling overwhelmed.
James:
James has the best poker face. We have no clue how to tell you when he’s stressed. He claims he doesn’t get stressed, but we aren’t buying it!
David:
Let me promise you, we saved the best for last. David sparked the idea to write this blog with his stress quirk. On a typical day at the office you can hear Christian, Country, Classical and many other varieties of what you would think would be pretty typical of David to listen to if you’ve ever met him. However, every once in a while, we’ll hear rap music coming from his office. This was very odd to us, so we finally had to ask him. His reply was that when he was stressed, the music helped him to focus and get to work. So, now we know that if David starts busting out the rhymes, to let him be!
We hope you enjoyed our little stress quirk facts! Keep checking our Transformation Marketing Watercooler blog for more fun and quirky facts about the Bean Team!