One of My Faves: Hitting Singles (with Office Ladies)

Funny Cuz It's True with Elyse Myers

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This week, we're revisiting my interview with Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer of The Office Ladies. I thought I peaked when they played my song “Whispers in the Breakroom” on their podcast. But oh no. It just got better. They tell me about becoming friends over a partition, the hard years before their big break, and why they won’t stop talking about their time on “The Office.” Plus, Jenna shares a hot tip on how to meet celebrities at fancy events. Please note, Funny Cuz It’s True contains mature themes and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	It's morning in New York.
0:06.2	Hey, everybody, I'm Mandy Patinkin.
0:08.7	And I'm Catherine Grady.
0:09.8	And we have a new podcast.
0:11.7	It's called Don't Listen to Us.
0:14.1	Many of you've asked for our advice.
0:16.1	Tell me, what is wrong with you people?
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0:23.6	premiering October 15th, a Lemonada Media Original.
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0:36.1	Hello, it's Elise.
0:37.4	I'm out for a while on maternity leave, but we're back this week with a rerun of one of my favorite episodes of funny because it's true. Enjoy. What was my first and last experience working in an office? Great question. I would love to tell you. There was a short stint of time when I was about 25 years old and I was going to school online trying to figure out
0:54.6	just kind of what I wanted to do with my life. I did what most people do in that season and I just
0:59.2	cast a very wide net when applying for jobs online, almost so wide that it doesn't even exist.
1:06.8	It's just you and the jobs. All of them. Every job. I was lucky enough to get an interview for an office job that I was well underqualified for, but I just had the right availability, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, sign me up, please pay my bills. The interview went great. I found out later they actually just offered the position to a few different people, and I was kind of the last resort. Honestly, I'd be scared if I wasn't the last resort for this job.
1:32.9	This was an executive assistant to an HR manager of a quality of life services company.
1:37.7	Now, you might be thinking to yourself, what do they do? And to that, my answer would be yes.
1:48.4	Mm-hmm. Yes. Literally everything. Food, concierge,
1:52.9	catering, construction, home services, vending machine services, employee benefit services,
1:59.1	just a big old yes. So because I was the executive assistant to an HR manager of a global company, I was part of conversations that I had no
2:02.7	business being even BCC'd on, let alone in the room while they are happening. And one Friday,
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