Meet the Team
The Sweet Genie team is here to make your lives sweeter. In this world of faceless corporate internet selling we wanted to stand out with colour, originality, fun and some random humour thrown in. The things we are selling are really fun after all, the process of ordering them should be fun too. We’re always here to take comments and suggestions, help you with buying choices (sweets, obviously, but also holiday suggestions, curtains, or general lifestyle choices), or just have a natter from time to time; feel free to drop us a line.
So, here we are…
Just so you know a little bit more about us, here are brief summaries of the main players. These are, we must admit, only vaguely based in fact…
Ben runs our warehouse and makes sure deliveries come in, and sweets go out.
Ben
Ben runs our warehouse and makes sure deliveries come in, and sweets go out.
Born of two minor gods of the underworld, the titan known simply as Ben was made responsible for numerous mundane tasks in hell; maintaining brimstone temperature, pitchfork sharpening, etc. Realising it would increase efficiency, Ben willed himself an extra set of arms, allowing him to both keep on top of his workload and beat himself at FIFA on the Xbox. Upon seeking new adventures above ground, we lured him into a trap with a picture of Piers Morgan, and now he must work in our warehouse for twenty years before his freedom is granted.
Chris handles our quality control and customer satisfaction.
Chris
Chris handles our quality control and customer satisfaction.
Winner of the “Human Garbage Disposal” award 2019 (sponsored by Men’s Health Magazine), Chris works tirelessly and without complaint at whatever task he is set, as long as that task involves eating things. Whilst one would expect that this would turn a human being into a slightly misshapen gelatinous mess, Chris maintains a relatively disturbing level of buffness and can often be seen doing sit-ups in front of his life-size cardboard cut-out of semi-successful actress Sandra Bullock; no-one is allowed to touch this or Chris gets really mad.
Justin handles the financial aspects of the business.
Justin
Justin handles the financial aspects of the business.
Justin was reading at an adult level before he walked. He was performing complex quadratic equations before he walked. He proved Hayfoyle’s Made Up Theory Of Quantum Acceleration before he walked. Then his parents realised he was just being lazy and could walk just fine. Justin attended Oxford for four years after getting stuck in their one-way system, before making his way to Sweet Genie, where he sits in a corner reading voluminous tomes and muttering to himself.
Jamie runs our network, and handles any IT-related matters.
Jamie
Jamie runs our network, and handles any IT-related matters.
Created when a bolt of lightning struck an old washing machine in the backyard of a charity shop in Derby, the Jaunty Anthropoid Mechanical Intelligent Entity (J.A.M.I.E.) arrived at Sweet Genie following careers in farming, professional bridesmaiding and a brief turn as Home Secretary. Jamie enjoys naming and spending time with inanimate objects. We remain confident that Jamie will not achieve full sentience and seek to overthrow his fleshy masters.
Esme runs our social media and makes sure our website looks pretty.
Esme
Esme runs our social media and makes sure our website looks pretty.
Once upon a time, in the magical Lollipop Kingdom, one special fairy got bored of her life working in the gummi factory. She had read in a tattered old book of a special faraway land where everyone could get sweets and treats and drinks and snacks delivered to them via a magical screen, and yearned to be a part of it. So she packed up her belongings, fled across the sugar-drop rainbow, and found herself at the doors of Sweet Genie. You may recognise her from our social media videos and streams – she’s living the dream.
