Laughing Through Remote Work: Jamie Jackson's Humorous Adventures - ep. 089

In our latest episode of Not Safe for Remote Work, Rick and Kaleem had the pleasure of chatting with Jamie Jackson, who wears multiple hats as the Chief Meme Officer at Humorous Misery, LLC, and co-host of the popular HR Besties podcast. Jamie brought her trademark humor and wit, sharing delightful anecdotes from her experience working remotely.

Jamie quickly touched on her role as a "personality hire" within her workplace, where she infuses humor and light-heartedness into the corporate culture. Beyond her work anecdotes, Jamie has a thriving online presence! She manages several favorite meme pages, including @humorous_resources, @millennial_misery, and @parody_parenting, each showcasing her talent for blending humor with relatable content.

Tune into HR Besties for more laughs and insightful discussions on HR topics.

Thank you, Jamie, for the infectious energy and engaging storytelling! This episode is a delightful peek into the lighter side of remote work, illustrating how unexpected and humorous moments can foster camaraderie and strengthen workplace relationships.

Learn more about Jamie:

• HR Besties: https://www.hrbesties.com/
• Jamie’s account: @the_chiefmemeofficer
• Jamie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiefmemeofficer/

Transcript

Rick: 0:32

WElcome to Remotely One's NSFRW, otherwise known as Not Safe for Remote Work, where we invite employees at all levels to share their most outrageous moments while working remotely. Do you have a story to tell? We want to hear it. You can submit your story at remotelyone. com forward slash podcast. Today's guest was born in Buffalo, so she's a Bills fan, and is now a resident of Nashville. You hear that, y'all? She is the self proclaimed chief meme officer, and the co host of the HR Besties podcast, Jamie Jackson, come on down! Woo!

Kaleem: 1:17

Jamie! We love you! We love you!

Rick: 1:20

You're overwhelming the guests.

Kaleem: 1:21

Holy

Rick: 1:22

overwhelming the guests, people.

Kaleem: 1:23

Settle down, everyone! Settle

Rick: 1:25

down in front! Chill. Down in front! Chill out!

Kaleem: 1:29

They're going insane! Ooh, thank you.

Jamie: 1:32

the sound effects. God, I feel fucking special.

Rick: 1:36

Well, you are fucking special. Thank you. You are on the NSFRW version of Not Safe for Work,

Jamie: 1:42

That's the only place I would have fit.

Rick: 1:44

That's right.

Jamie: 1:44

Let's be honest.

Rick: 1:48

Well, hey, thank you for joining us. Today and putting up with us so far. It's been a fun ride

Kaleem: 1:54

Super fun.

Rick: 1:54

we've already had some laughs in the pre show So that's great. I want to set this up as best I can but my only question is tell me about the inflatable dinosaur I've been hearing things I gotta know

Jamie: 2:06

Yes.

Kaleem: 2:07

You know, we need to know the scene. We need to know the feeling. We need all the details. We need all this all the spunk.

Jamie: 2:13

Okay. So, It's an all hands for the HR department We have about 30 employees. And so typically when I present I have three screens and on my one screen is where I keep like all the bobbling heads right on the screen. But when I'm presenting, I have my PowerPoint on a different screen, right?

Kaleem: 2:34

Okay.

Jamie: 2:35

So I'm like very into my presentation. I'm going over my HR dashboard and my fancy metrics, and I'm not paying attention to the actual camera screen, right? Because it's on a different screen. I'm focusing on my slides and I hear in the background of me. But once again, I'm in the fucking zone. I am keyed in to my metrics.

Kaleem: 3:01

is this a serious meeting? Like,

Jamie: 3:03

this is serious. Like this is this, well, I don't know if there's stakes, um, cause it is HR, you know, and I'm like, it's like semi professional. and Everyone knows me as kind of like the jokester, so no big deal. Right. But I hear this wish, wish, wish still in the zone. And then I hear someone unmute and go, Jamie, what's that behind you? And so then I turn around my youngest. who was five at the time, he's now six, was in an inflatable t rex costume behind me, dancing. Didn't even notice. I, like I said, I, I, I, I heard the swishing, but that was it. He's literally dancing behind me. People start coming off mute, like hyperventilating from laughing so hard. So it's fine. Yeah, it's fine. We all laugh. We think it's hilarious. We, and so, and so fine, I go about my time and then, you know, the next person presents. And then at the very end, I have another piece that I do. This little shit puts on another dinosaur inflatable costume, which was actually mine for that Halloween where, yes, we have, we have multiples in this house and it's where

Kaleem: 4:17

change?

Jamie: 4:17

yes, where he's riding. a velociraptor. So he looks like he's riding it, which by the way, I won best costume that year at work. Um, but riding it. And so then he's literally like genuine ponying it in the background again. But this time I just let it go. Cause I was like, this is too funny. Like he's like, I mean, people still talk about that story. And that was, well, I guess that was like a year and a half ago at this point.

Rick: 4:46

that

Jamie: 4:47

Yeah, literally, he's doing this, he's,

Rick: 4:49

Now it's going to

Jamie: 4:52

old, where did you learn that? That's appropriate. Not. So that was literally, I still have like people to the stabbing, right? Remember when his name is Johnny? Remember when Johnny was like dancing in the background and inflatable dinosaur costume?

Kaleem: 5:06

my.

Jamie: 5:07

I do

Kaleem: 5:07

my gosh. Is there

Jamie: 5:08

I wish I had it on fucking video.

Kaleem: 5:11

what I was going to say.

Jamie: 5:12

you know, we don't record a lot of meetings where I work just because like, you know, proprietary information and whatnot. Also we're healthcare, so it's like HIPAA and stuff, but I was like, why was this the one meeting that like, Oh,

Kaleem: 5:27

My pony. My pony. Well, Johnny.

Jamie: 5:31

I know.

Kaleem: 5:31

just

Rick: 5:32

Total earworm.

Kaleem: 5:35

So, so everything was good. Like, how did the meeting go? Like, was it successful?

Jamie: 5:39

was great. And like I said, everyone, everyone, I'm, I'm the personality hire, if you couldn't tell. Um, and so what? So a person. Yeah. So typically a personality hire is someone who literally is hired solely to be like, almost the culture. I would dare to say the culture. And so I, do I have the skills? Absolutely. Absolutely. I do. Um, I have,

Kaleem: 6:07

Go, go with it.

Jamie: 6:08

I got it all baby. Um, but I, you know, people know me as like a joking and I want you to laugh at me. I'm a comedian. And so, um, you know, it was, it was a very serious meeting. Like I said, we were going over, Our metrics and all that, but it was nice to kind of insert a funny moment in such a serious meeting. And that's what I love about remote work is kind of, even though you're having those very serious. Meetings or moments like someone's cat will jump up on their keyboard or someone's dog will fart loud enough to like, hear it. I have a French bulldog and I swear to God he farts like human farts and so like we'll be in a meeting and he will and he he I had to like make him a special table. To lay right next to me because he's codependent and he will fart so loud like you can hear it and I'll be like Sorry, that was Biggie because his name is Biggie Smalls like and people now know People now know that like I swear it wasn't me. Like it was my dog. Like I'm naughty. I don't have to lie

Kaleem: 7:14

Biggie Smalls is a great dog name. It's a

Rick: 7:16

I

Jamie: 7:17

I know he I love him

Kaleem: 7:19

That is so great. Well, thank you.

Rick: 7:22

That is, that is incredible.

Kaleem: 7:23

Johnny is forever, forever known as the pony rider of the inflatable

Jamie: 7:30

Johnny is the mascot

Rick: 7:32

Raptor.

Kaleem: 7:34

When he's 20 years old, you must redo the scene. Oh, my God.

Jamie: 7:38

Oh, hell yeah. Hell yeah. I'll have to buy him an adult costume, but yeah.

Rick: 7:43

Oh my god, that's amazing.

Kaleem: 7:45

Why is adult costumes funny? I don't know why adult costumes makes it more funny. I don't know why.

Jamie: 7:51

I mean, could you imagine though, like an adult? Well, yes, because they're all over the place, I guess.

Rick: 7:55

Yeah,

Kaleem: 7:56

Oh my gosh.

Rick: 7:57

wow. What a story. I love it. Thank you for sharing that.

Jamie: 8:01

Of course.

Rick: 8:02

Those are great memories, you get to live them again and we get to live them through you. So, that's the whole point of this show.

Kaleem: 8:08

So Jamie Jackson, where can our listeners find you and learn more about you?

Jamie: 8:16

I mean, where could they not, right? I'm like all over the internet. So I have a couple of meme pages at humorous underscore resources at millennial underscore misery. And then I have a brand new one called at parody parenting. And then. I have my own personal. So if you actually like me and want to see me and all my videos and memes, you can go to at the underscore chief meme officer because my title.

Kaleem: 8:46

awesome. So those are on Instagram and TikTok.

Jamie: 8:48

Yep. Instagram, Tik TOK threads, all the socials.

Kaleem: 8:52

then don't forget the last one with the trio.

Jamie: 8:55

Oh yeah. I can't forget my besties. Yeah. So, um, the podcast is HR besties and we're HR besties pod on all the socials as well. And we have episodes every Wednesday and a happy hour episode on Fridays.

Kaleem: 9:09

Ooh.

Jamie: 9:10

And I swear, even though it is a human resources, uh, podcast, I swear it's fucking funny.

Kaleem: 9:17

Are you drinking? Are you

Jamie: 9:18

Um, it's funny that you should say that. So yes. And on the most recent episode, you can definitely tell

Kaleem: 9:25

Okay.

Jamie: 9:26

the one that came out.

Rick: 9:27

so outrageous that you forgot to take down your screen name for this recording?

Jamie: 9:32

Basically. Yeah, so I signed in to the podcast studio that we're recording in and I forgot to change my name and my name on the screen is your mom.

Kaleem: 9:43

yeah, so right now viewers and listeners, all I can see under her name is your mom. So it's hilarious. Like every time something says, it's like your mom says this. Oh my gosh. It's

Jamie: 9:52

Your mom needs to turn her mic up.

Kaleem: 9:55

Well, Jamie, thank you so much for the story. Come back. Anytime. Definitely. Check out the podcast. Everybody. It's hilarious. They have like hundreds of thousands of plays and a ton of followers way more famous than us. So thank you so much for joining the show and have an awesome week.

Jamie: 10:12

Thank you for having me.

Rick: 10:14

Jamie. Great to meet you.

Kaleem: 10:15

Peace.