About a year ago I started a new job, which requires me to answer the phones from time to time. Most of our calls are from regular clients and other firms that we work with on a consistent basis.
As I became more confident in my position, I started doing more and more with the client interaction. This has lead me to deal with some other firms on an almost daily basis, including one legal firm in particular.
Now, I'm sure many of you have heard that voice on the phone that just gets you all worked up and you may not even know why. This firm has one such employee, a paralegal by the name of Molly. She just sounds hot and she makes legal speak sound sexy! Over the last few months I have talked to her many times and I have a picture in mind that I see every time we talk.
Luck was with me one December day. The boss decided to send gifts to all our regulars for the holidays, your typical thank you package of candy and nuts. Since I am the new guy still, I get to make the deliveries. Twenty gift packages are loaded and I'm on my way.
I wind around from location to location, dropping off a gift at each business or home. My final stop is Granderson and Jones, the firm where Molly works. I hop out of the truck, cross the street and enter the plain looking little office building.
"Can I help you?" asks a woman at the front counter. Her name plate says Mary, so I know I need to figure something out to talk to Molly.
"Oh sure, thanks. I am with Brandsen Service Company and I was going to drop off this package for you all to share."
She perks up and looks at the candy. "Oh, ok, I can take that. I'll put it in the break room, the gifts from Brandsen are always really good!"
"I'll let Mr Brandsen know you said that. Oh, is Molly in by chance?"
Mary just grins a little more, "Sure, you need to talk to her?"
"Well, I don't NEED to, but you know how it is nice to put a face with the voice on the phone sometimes."
Mary hits a couple buttons and then buzzes me in through the office door.
"Molly is the third door on the left."
I thanked Mary and reminded her to enjoy the candy. I walked calmly back down the hallway and found a door slightly ajar with the name Molly Green on a door plate. I knock gently and hear that voice from inside.
"Come on in Tom," she says.
I open the door and step in. I barely get in the door when I get a look at Ms Molly Green. She is seated, but she looks quite fit. Her hair is in a neat pony tail and her jacket makes her look quite smart. I must have been staring or something...
"Have a seat!"
"Oh, yeah, thanks," I say as I find a chair. "I just figured since I was here I would come back and say hi. You know... put a face with the voice."