Our Visual Content Manager takes a few minutes between photo shoots, video editing, and sound-splicing to give us a little more insight as to what makes him tick. It turns out it’s a lot of Coca-Cola.
Keep reading to learn more about Taylor Grote, the guy who will go down in history, but hopes to come back a golden retriever.
What is your favorite beverage?
My favorite drink is Coke, hands-down. I try to fit in a few everyday and even have a Coca-Cola brand mini fridge under my work desk that is always filled with a couple of cans of Coke.
What TV show you’d like to be on?
Before it was canceled, I always felt like I could do some serious damage on Fear Factor, but as far as today’s shows go, I would want to be on The Next Food Network Star. I can’t imagine a better job than eating and talking about food.
Sneakers or flip flops?
Sneakers most definitely. I’ve been a casual shoe collector since high school. I started off buying a bunch of Air Force Ones but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to switch to Vans. I think the last time I counted, I had around 50 pairs.
If you could be any animal, what would you be?
I always say that if karma and reincarnation were real, I would try to live my life in such a way that I come back as a lovable Golden Retriever owned by a wealthy family who lives on a farm. So, to answer the question, if I could be any animal, I would be a Golden Retriever living on a farm owned by a wealthy family.
What is your favorite board game?
I can get down on Monopoly, but I probably get too competitive to play against anyone I love. If I land on someone else’s Boardwalk AND they’ve built a hotel on it… The board is getting flipped.
At the beach, sand or water?
If we’re talking ocean beaches, then most definitely sand. Maybe it’s because I’m a couple thousand miles from the nearest ocean, but I don’t understand why anyone would swim in the ocean. I have seen too many episodes of Shark Week to trust anything swimming in the ocean not to eat me.
What was your favorite subject in school?
I’ve always been a big fan of history classes. I grew up watching History Channel so it was pretty rare that I’d have to study for any history tests in high school.
Do you prefer to wear pants or dresses?
I’ve never been much of a dress guy.
What is your favorite electronic device?
I’m a big fan of my cell phone, and I keep it on me constantly. I actually don’t use it to talk to anyone very often, but I am obsessed with reading articles and do so pretty much all day.
Do you have pets?
I have a cat named Pico de Gato who just turned one a couple months ago. I found her as a 5-week-old kitten in the middle of a rainstorm in the parking lot of my last job. I took her home with me intending to find a someone to take her in. Needless to say, she and I became buds, so I ended up keeping her for myself.
If you have to leave in a hurry, what is the one thing you can easily cut out of your routine?
If I’m in a hurry, I’ll usually just leave the house with a hat on rather than worry about what my hair looks like.
Can you change a tire?
Of course, I can change a tire, but it seems like I always have to do it in the worst possible scenarios. My last two tire changes have been on Christmas Eve in negative temperatures and on my way back from Detroit at 4 AM, 400 miles from home.
Do you prefer colored or white socks?
Colored socks all the way. I try to wear socks with some sweet patterns on them every day.
Where do you keep your spending money?
I don’t know if I have ever held onto my spending money long enough to know where I would keep it.
Which family member do you most resemble?
Pretty much anyone knows me and meets my dad for the first time says that we look and sound the same so I guess I’ll have to take their word for it.
There you have it, proof that if you buy a man a Coke, and you quench him for a day, and if you give him branded desk mini fridge and you’ll quench him for a day and a half.
