Russ Smith, General Manager, John Q. Hammons

It took literally minutes of research to work out if this is a photo of Russ Smith, the General Manager of John Q. Simmons, or if it is in fact a photo of John Q. Simmons, the General Manager of Russ Smith.

It's a similar sort of problem to that which Beijing hotel staff have when greeting George Michael and having to work out if they call him Mr George or Mr Michael, as he checks in to begin the controversial Asian leg* of his comeback world tour. It's a similar sort of problem to the one that has you being called "Mr Gary" by call centre staff for an entire 20 minute conversation about direct debits.

That man is Russ Smith. John Q. Simmons was something to do with hotels in the 1950s. If we were General Manager of Russ Smith we'd tell him to buy a more modern tie. Oh, and Russ? Congratulations on the award!

*The compromise was less simulated oral sex by the dancers and flesh-coloured leggings underneath their hotpants.

Dale McFarland, General Manager, KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort

Dale's face, while relatively youthful and full of energy compared to much of the corporate world and pleasingly reminiscent of an eager boxer puppy*, proves the rule that faces can be too symmetrical.

Try resizing your browser window and using it as a ruler. He's perfectly aligned! You never see eyes and ears that evenly placed on each side of most heads, or of such equal sizes. Even his little smile dimples are on a level.

His mother is to be congratulated for bravely sleeping on her back for every single night during the pregnancy.

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