CODENAME: Mike, El Santo

Real Name: Miguel Hernandez

Mike started working for the company when he was 20.  His superior ass kissing, and brown nosing, powers helped him move quickly through the ranks of nameless lackey.  He would still be at the home office, kissing ass and taking names, if he hadn’t been chosen for the management training program.  It was probably the most tragic day in his life, although he didn’t realize it at the time.  Mike coasted through the program with relative ease.  Hardly surprising as the program consisted of buzzword memorization, and implementation, and not real training on how to actually lead a group of people.  He spent a year or so, being mostly useless, as an assistant manager in Amarillo, Texas; then was sent off to Marbleton, Kansas.  He’s been there for a little over 5 months and, although he like it there, is still suffering from culture shock.  Mike is very out of his element as a manager.  He is not a natural leader, but he is likable, and mostly easy to work for.  He’s been getting by with his current skill set mostly because the core team has been in retail a long time, so the store sort of runs itself.  Even though his real name is Miguel he prefers to be called Mike.  All of his papers, and nametags, reflect this preference.  Since he speaks virtually no Spanish he feels that his first name is misleading, and is somewhat embarrassed by it.  Even though he doesn’t strictly enforce the nametag policy Mike does keep a spare nametag, with his real name on it, in his wallet .  He does this because he fears his parents might visit unexpectedly and be disappointed in him.  Now that he’s so far away from home the chances of that happening are pretty slim, but he just can’t let it go.  Mike has at least a passing interest in everything from sports to video games, so he can connect with almost anyone on some superficial level, but what he really likes is WWE.  His current favorites are Dave Batista, Triple H, and The Undertaker, but his all time favorite is the late Eddie Guerrero.  He hates The Miz more than any superstar he’s ever hated before.  To help psych himself up Mike imagines himself in a Titantron opening when he enters a room. 

Tags: Mike Hernandez

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