Craig Eley: “They weren’t this mean at ODOT.” Josh Craig: “Come to think of it, they weren’t this mean at INDOT, either.” It happens every year: a new Choice One employee assumes we’re joking about the annual Signing of the Christmas Cards. Since Craig and Josh were hired after...
Kaye: "I could use someone to help build my patio. Mike, are you for hire?" Mike Sovinski: "Nah, I'm more into watching OTHER people work." If you don’t recognize Choice One’s Mike Sovinski in the photo (in a stylin’ laser tag vest, since you asked), it might...
Matt Hoying: "Did you have Schmidty review the plans?" Mike Goettemoeller: "Yeah, and he Schmidty'd all over them." “Googled.” “Skyped.” “FedExed.” When your name becomes a verb, you know you’ve made your mark. Case and point: Brian Schimdt, whose detailed, in-house plan reviews chock full of mark-ups have become...
Jessica Minesinger, Troy Land Development, Inc.: “Is Tony like Bernie from Weekend at Bernie’s?” You just pose him in photos occasionally?” We’ve touched on the fact that retired Choice One-ian Tom Coverstone can never catch Tony in the office. Apparently developer Jessica Minesinger has the same problem. These...
Kecia Flaute: “It’s so weird seeing everyone in red. I don’t recognize anyone in a color other than green.” Don’t we look odd? Ok, so we always look a little odd. What we mean is: don’t we look different NOT in green? Last Friday, the Choice One gang...
Brittany Clinehens: “It’s like sending him off to his first day of school. I’m just so proud!” It’s official! Brittany is back from maternity leave. Oh, and we cut the ribbon on our new Indiana office, with Vice President Ryan Lefeld at the helm. With the opening of the...
Michael Seeger: "Quit being a suck up." Tyler Thobe: "I have to suck up for all the times I put my foot in my mouth." Another Choice One engineer bites the dust: our subject brown-noser Tyler Thobe recently married the delightful Miss Brittany Gelhaus. Evidenced by the photo of...
Camille Puthoff: “Boss: ‘Who brought donuts?’ Me: ‘Not Jeff Kunk.’” Clearly, we here at Choice One (or rather Jeff Kunk’s lack of donuts here at Choice One) made a lasting impact on last year’s summer helper Camille. While working for the Midmark Corporation in Versailles this summer,...
Jeff Puthoff: “Casey wants a siren for her car for her last second submittal deliveries. We will add green LED lights like ODOT trucks have.” At Choice One, we don’t miss deadlines. And if that means driving a set of site plans to Grove City with 10...
Nick Selhorst: “Reed, why did you take a selfie on the job site?” Reed Hemelgarn: “I’m six feet tall. I was showing you the height of the culvert!” We’ve covered that we prefer function to fashion. So despite the amusing self-portrait, Loveland-based co-op Reed is just being resourceful, not...