Characters We Work With – Sesame Street
The Big Bird
Big Bird is a larger-than-life character around the office. He is easy to talk to, walks up and engages anyone and everyone, all of whom love when he stops by to offer a ‘Good Morning’, or to hear one of the many compliments he will give out through the course of the day. He is genuine, so his kindness and complimentary style is so appreciated by everyone. Big Bird is the quintessential gentle giant you believe was brought there just to make everyone feel good. You are not sure if Big Bird actually does anyone work beyond that, but no one seems to mind. You just think ‘keep doing what you’re doing, BB!’.
The Count
You are a people person and know that in your career you could not be an individual contributor who sits in a lonely office doing data analytics, producing graphs and reports day in and day out. It is just not for you. But some people were just born to crunch the numbers, and The Count is one of them. You walk by his office and he is banging away at the keyboard, carving up the data six ways to Sunday, and seems to truly be enjoying himself. If you catch him finishing up an important data drill down, he’ll celebrate his solution out loud “It’s 5! Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah”, making those around him laugh, but also privately joining in on his exuberance. The rest of the team appreciate anyone who gets such enjoyment out of their work, and honestly try to take a page from The Count’s playbook to bring a little more interest and celebration to their own work. It isn’t easy, but for The Count – he found his calling.
The Grover
Grover is the facilities/maintenance person on site. He is the Jack of All Trades, who is always around and can tackle any challenge the office encounters. You need something from the Mailroom, call Grover. The restroom is out of towels, Grover’s got them. Someone parked in Big Bird’s parking spot again, Grover will have the perpetrator move it or he will have it towed. He is the nicest guy there is, and he treats the workplace you share like it was his own street. Grover runs the show and is all business. He is incredibly well-suited for his role. He has the energy of a toddler on a sugar-high, the flexibility to get under a desk or up into the crawlspace with ease, and he has the attention span of a puppy, which makes him always available to immediately come running when you need him, knowing he will simply forget what he was working on. You love having Grover around with his frenetic, but fun, energy and willingness to help everyone, doing anything and everything and always happy to do it.
The Elmo
If ever there was a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, thy name be Elmo. He straggles in whenever he feels like it, pretending to be a friend to everyone, but you and most people are not buying it. Yes, he has never really done anything to hurt anyone as far as you know, but there is something about him that screams ‘Phony’. You trust Elmo about as far as you can throw him, which interestingly enough, is actually quite far, as he is smaller than most of the group. But you restrain your desire to do so since you have no proof, only suspicion about Elmo, and what you perceive may be a twisted mind beneath the giggling exterior. You want to do a deeper dive on your co-worker, but something tells you that you may not like what you find, and thus, you leave it alone and let him keep hopping around the office like a buffoon, cackling away and trying to make everything light-hearted and fun – You’re not buying it.
The Kermit the Frog
Kermit is not the worst employee to have around and to be part of your team, but he is a little too nosy for your liking, which is a sentiment shared by many in the office. While he is not the first colleague you have had who seems to care a little too much about other people’s business, Kermit’s tendency to have to post updates on office ongoings to social media is really where people take issue. He considers himself something of a reporter, as though responsible to bring to the public directly all that goes on in your workplace, which makes no sense to you, explaining “who cares, Kermit?”. But Kermit does, and seems to believe that the world does too and why he keeps the news train chugging along. Kermit gets his work done, is kind and friendly in the process, and actually quite likeable despite his one unlikeable habit. So, you choose to overlook it to keep the office atmosphere positive, accepting Kermit and all of his flaws for the good employee and colleague he is.
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