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Taylor Bacon - Employee of the Month, October, 2000

Every month Shake’s employees nominate and vote for one of their own to be Emp o’ Month. The winner gets one misprinted, reject Shakes T-shirt; a White Chip Macadamia Nut Cookie; a table tent full of balderdash to send home; and a $50 bonus.

Not long ago, Taylor was roaming the streets of Columbia with no tags, just a worn-out flea collar and a tail that was a blur of wagging. His ribs were showing and his coat was matted, but he had a smile that was dog-food can cute. He did a stint hanging with a slacker who panhandled on highway ramps, but just couldn’t take the shame of it all. One day a student found him and took him home. Though the student didn’t have much money, she couldn’t just let the poor thing starve. So she gave him pizza bones and water, and he kept her feet warm at night.

Alas, her landlord put the kebash on the pet idea. Deposit or not: no pets, no way, no how. Not knowing where to turn, she took him to the Central Missouri Humane Society, where they said that they would try to find him a home.

Being cute, young, energetic and blond, the staff decided to neuter him and put him up for adoption. He was out in anesthesia la-la land and on the table when the vet cried "Wait a cotton-pickin’ minute… this is a human!"

So Taylor realized he was going to have to get a job. He really liked the pizza bones that the student had given him, so he looked her up and asked her where she got the pizza, and the rest is history.

Congratulations, Taylor.

You're not finished yet:

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