Some of them include a marriage counselor, a book store information guide, a Feng Shui expert, a telemarketer, a supermarket cashier, a reporter for the "New York Times", where he is allowed to make everything up (Pastis has said this was inspired by the Jayson Blair scandal), a pizza parlor manager, a pet psychic, a stockbroker, a life coach, a talk radio host, an oil company CEO, a barista at a coffee shop, a supermarket tabloid manager, a Lawyer, a cartoonist, a perennial candidate, a Priest, and a hotel concierge among others.