Paul Faust

Wendy's.

Hey, office ladies and office fans.

This is Paul Faust, aka Cool Guy Paul.

I want to tell you how I got a part of the show.

So I was out in LA on business and decided to visit the set because my cousins are part of the office.

And when I was out there, I met the writers and I kind of told them one of my companies and what I did, which was a company that sells disaster kits.

And Greg had said, this is my cousin.

He's a little nuts.

Tell him what you do.

I told him about the company.

And when I walked out of the room, unbeknownst to me, BJ Novak said, that guy's got to be a character on the show.

So he wrote a part based on me.

And the day before they shot the scene, they hadn't found an actor to play the part.

So I got a call asking me if I wanted to audition to play the part.

And long story short, I got the part.

got to fly out and be part of the awesome show and play myself.

So that's how I got to be on the show.

It's really a story only can happen in Hollywood.

I think one of the most unique things about me being in the office was that I actually played myself.

When I went out to LA and I was listening and I went to the set, I talked about one of the businesses I run, which is a company called 1-800-PREPARE, 1-800-PREPARE.com, where we actually sell