Get to Know Samantha Munkus!

• If you could go back in time, what time period would you travel to? 
       The 50s! I love the simplicity, the style, the chivalry…
• How do you recharge / what is your favorite hobby?
       I use Yoga to relax/recharge…my favorite hobby is to paint! (mostly acrylic paints and watercolors)
• When are you the happiest?
      When everyone around me is smiling and laughing!
• Fill in the blank: If you really knew me, you’d know__________.
      That I love to cook! Everything from scratch.
• What would you most regret NOT having done at the end of your life?
      Not having at least one published novel, I love to get lost in a great book, and I written most of my life, it’s a never ending project.
• What characteristic do you most admire in others?
      Complete honesty/vulnerability
• Do you prefer Windows or Mac? Why? 
     Windows, simply because it is what I am most familiar with.
• If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
      I adore Chinese food! I could live on Moo Gai Pan for the rest of my life
• What would you sing at Karaoke night?
     Well I would need a partner for Leon Redbone’s part, but Zooey       Deschanel’s version of “Baby it’s Cold Outside”
• If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?
     Get COMPLETELY lost somewhere completely new.
• What was your first car?
      A 1978 Mercury Montego, it was a real land yacht and an awful sage green color, my friends and I call it “The Snot Rocket” Man I miss that car.
• Do you have pets? If so, tell us about them!
      Yes, I have a 9 year old blue nose pit named Lucy, she’s a retired hunting dog and the best pet 
• Star-Trek or Star Wars? Why?
      Star Wars, I am not a real big fan of either, but Star Wars is much more entertaining with it’s fantastical characters.
• Are you married? Kids? Tell us about them!
     Not married, but I have 3 beautiful sons, Devin who is 15, Blake who is 14, and Joseph who is 12. It has just been the 4 of us since 2009 and I am truly blessed, they are all so well behaved and they truly do love their Momma!
• Where did you grow up?
      On the southside of Atlanta
• What is your favorite childhood memory?
     Friday nights with take out pizza and hot wings, watching ABC’s TGIF shows with my parents and two sisters.

Work related questions:

• What motivates you to work hard?
     Teamwork and expressed gratitude from others.
• What departments have you worked in at PBI?
     Approvals and Front Office with Amy!
• What would you be doing if you weren’t at your current job? 
  I would actually be at the local United States Postal Service with a delivery route as they offered me a job around the same time that I stumbled across PBI. I am so happy that I accepted Michelle’s offer instead!
• What is your biggest pet peeve at work?
      That Amy and I can not share the lunch hour! (Maybe once I am officially moved into my new office in Sales)
• How long have you been at PBI?
     I have been with PBI for just over 6 months.
• What is your favorite PBI memory?
     “Farby’s” in the front office with Dave Arnold and Ross Kight!
• What is the best part of working at PBI?
      The Teamwork! I have yet to ask for help with any ol thing and not had several people jump to offer all of the help that they can.