Phoenix is usually pretty careful not to let our geeks see the light of day, as it hurts their eyes & scares the heck out of our much beloved, but totally unsuspecting clients.

Until recently, most of our geeks felt that exposing them to public scrutiny was grounds for terminating their contract immediately, followed by months of swilling beer, eating Twinkies, playing computer games and in general just lying about until the unemployment ran out and they were forced to once again seek gainful employment...

But recently, inspired by a combination of threats and cajolery, several of them volunteered to post data about themselves on our website.

Below, you have their strange, sad stories. As you read them, you'll be tempted to say to yourself, "There but for the grace of God, Go I!" You're still young, there's plenty of time...

 

Patrick Slavens

 Patrick Slavens

As Patrick is currently living under the Federal Witness Protection Program, we are unable to provide any information regarding his daily (9-5) routine at Phoenix, his new home at 2233 Wenton Ave, or his shiny new Dodge parked out in our front lot every day...

Pat's safety comes first, after all...

John Petterle - The aliens keep bringing him back...

 John Petterle

John Petterle, our resident Sales Manager and CallWare Guru,  is back from his adventure.

A clash with space pirates in Whutupian space made the trip somewhat harrowing, but John loved the new lightx10 cruiseship & brings back shiny new skills - among them installing Callware, yodelling, and making a fiery hot burrito.

Paul Kadlec - He liked this better than a candid "On the John" shot!

Paul Kadlec

At long last, Paul graces the "Meet the Geeks" page with his presence!

Although he fought desperately to avoid inclusion, the knowledge that he either posed willingly or we broke into the restroom with the cam and caught him on the toilet brought him right around!

Sir Kelvin of the Networks

Kelvin Klassy's definitely the kind of man you want chasing down your network bugs...

Big, strong, hairy - a lean, mean network butt-kicking machine if there ever was one.

Ed. Note: Kelvin, you owe me big-time for this one...

 Herb (Keeper of the Clowns) L.

I'd hoped to provide our surfers with a frontal shot of the Clown-Keeper, but alas!  Even this shot was enough to allow many of our employees (none of whom had ever actually seen him) to track him down demanding paychecks, raises, pats on the back and generally make his life hard.

Thus the privacy strip across his face.  Sorry!

Thanks Fish.