This One's For You, Zoe

So... I got this amazing piece of mail a couple weeks ago. It was all brown-bag looking and had this weird bulky feel to a small part of it. And I had no freaking idea what it was. But then I saw it was from Zoe in Oregon and I was pretty excited.

And then I carefully opened up the crazy makeshift brown envelope and found the one award I'd been craving ever since I had friends who worked at Starbuxies... a MUG award! And Zoe wrote the sweetest shit all over it.

Here goes:

"Dear Sam!

You have deserved a MUG award every single day you have known a friend who worked at Starbucks. Because 1.) You're the best, 2.) You love to hate everyone we do, and 3.) You have to hear so much about it, it's like you work there too. And you probably should have been paid for that time. Your MUG dreams have finally come true. Congratulations, Sam. Wear this pain with utter shame.

Love you,

Your Partner, Zoe"

And for those of you who aren't cool enough to have all of your friends be Starbuxies employees at one point in their lives, here's what a MUG award is- "The MUG Award helps partners (employees) recognize co-workers for 'Moves of Uncommon Greatness' that help them achieve their goals. It's a way of saying 'Thanks for helping me out, I couldn't have done it without you!'"

And... now I finally have one. See how proud I am?