The Best Work Family Anyone Could Ask for

I love this picture from Claudine and Dan’s wedding - it’s a picture of people who used to work for X-Systems as well as the people who are still at the new company, X-Inc. Even though it may have been a while since we’ve worked together, we’re still close and sharing each other’s life experiences. Why’s Claudine in the pic? She actually answered phones for 4 hours when we had a company party and needed a temp.

Yesterday was the last day of one of my favorite coworkers, Tyson (he’s the guy who looks like Jack Black in the photo above).

In my life, I’ve only met a handful of people who are genuinely nice, unselfish and all all-round “good” person, and Tyson is definitely one of them. He’s always around to help and make life easier for other people. When I took over some of his training assignments when I was pregnant, he went out and arranged breakfast for the classe even though that job would have gone to me. He’ll always take the time to answer questions, knows all the best places to eat, is the best tour guide of downtown Chicago, and you’d like him as soon as you meet him. Everyone who meets him never forgets him - that’s how awesome he is. As a coworker, he is a great role model - smart, responsible, not afraid to speak for himself, and willing to help out his fellow coworkers. As a friend, he’s always there and doesn’t mind being the chip bitch at parties - that is, the guy who fries the chips at the annual cinco de mayo party.

I’m so sad that he’s gone - he was definitely a ray of light in an otherwise dreary, empty office (there are now 8 of us left from X-Systems). He would always make us laugh and he was great at making people feel good about themselves.

So Tyson, I’ll miss you!

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