Employee Name:  Samantha Ragsdale

Number of years of service at Pahl’s: 6 Years

Briefly describe your job duties at Pahl’s:
I work at the customer service, where I ring up purchases, answer the phones and help people with questions. When I’m not ringing up customers I do a variety of different tasks around the market, such as going through produce and pumpkins, and unloading Christmas trees.

What is the most rewarding part of your job?
I absolutely love working with all my co-workers they are practically family, they have really been there for me when I needed them.  It never really feels like working, because we are always having a great time together.

Tell us about your family?
I currently live in Rosemount with my dog Stella. My mom lives in Apple Valley and my dad lives in Utah, I have a younger brother who lives in California who is currently traveling around Europe.

What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year?
Springtime is my favorite time of the year, because it’s the start of warmer weather and summer will soon be here.

What is your favorite indoor/outdoor activity?
I enjoy playing tennis and taking my dog for walks. I also enjoy going to country music concerts, scrapbooking and snowmobiling.

What is the farthest you have been away from home?
My family and I travel to Europe for five weeks in the summer of 2006, and traveled to 7 different countries. My best memories from the trip would be going to World Cup and Wimbledon.

What are three things on your “Bucket List”?
Going to each of the grand slam tennis tournaments (2 down 2 to go)
Buying my hobby farm and filling it with cows
Getting married and starting a family

What do you miss most about being a kid?
Being so carefree.

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Speak Italian

If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do?
Buy my hobby farm and fill it with cows!

What is your all time favorite movie?
Sweet Home Alabama

What song do you play the most often?
Time Marches On by Tracy Lawrence

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?
Recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury