Let’s face it. The cigar reps are the hardest-working people in the industry.

Not all of them have the luxury of working from home or traveling town-to-town with a Buc-ee’s light always appearing in the distance.

No, some people spend countless hours visiting cigar shops, listening to books on tape, and putting in broken windshield claims.

So, with all the year-end ‘best of’ list out there, I’m pleased to share my annual Rep Awards.

The 2024 Cigar Rep Awards

14th Annual Edition – The most legit awards for the most interesting reps out there.

• Most likely to sell homemade candles out of a Tesla Cybertruck – Nick Goss
• Most likely to get into a 3-hour debate about the best way to brew coffee… and win – John D’Oliver
• Most likely to be mistaken for a craft beer influencer at every event – Garrett Calhoun
• Most likely to moonlight as a DJ on a yacht named “The Smooth Operator” – Calvin Woods Jr.
• Most likely to launch a chain of “Yoga & Whiskey” studios – Andy Yaffee
• Most likely to reenact an Indiana Jones scene to save a misplaced conference badge –  Jonathan VandenBergh
• Most likely to star in a rom-com called Love at the Sushi-Pot-Luck Mixer – Casey Aldulaimi
• Most likely to plan a 2025 “Global Snack Crawl” and actually pull it off – Brian McGee
• Most likely to sneak into a Taylor Swift concert claiming they’re “security” – Jeffrey Groover
• Most likely to have their face on a custom coffee mug in 2025 – Trey “Cigar Rep” Andrews
• Most likely to turn their car dash into a mini succulent garden – Brad L. Fisher
• Most likely to carry a reusable straw everywhere and talk to it – Jonathan M. Carney
• Most likely to convince an AI to write their entire autobiography – Garret Damore
• Most likely to start a Crocs & Bowties fashion trend – Law Ream
• Most likely to have a personalized ringtone for every colleague – Brandon Luna
• Most likely to argue that folding napkins is an underrated art form – Paul Costo
• Most likely to spend their entire bonus on limited-edition action figures and call it “investing” – Miguel M. Schoedel
• Most likely to create a meme page exclusively about airport layover struggles – Terence Reilly

Honorable Mentions (but not Reps):

• Most likely to launch a chain of “Cigar + Pilates” studios –  Lindsay Heller
• Most likely to start a side hustle making motivational posters featuring their own quotes – William Cooper
• Most likely to open a theme park called Excel World: Spreadsheets & Thrills – Honest Abe Dababneh

Fine Print: The annual Rep Awards started in 2012 and in NO WAY are the opinions or views of anyone else at Cigar Press and/or its supporters :) – Yes, Buc-ees is that good.