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...
Tom Coverstone: “Geez, I think I’m here more than Tony.” In case you don't know him, Tom helped found Choice One aaaaall the way back in 1994, long before Jeff Puthoff's hair was gray. Tom retired at the end of 2008, but still stops at the Sidney...
“The next person who touches the new drinking fountain has to install it.” - Tony Schroeder Clearly Tony does not want a repeat of the coffee machine fiasco. He kept a healthy distance from the new drinking fountain, and who can blame him? The coffee machine plumbing...
Out of Office Interoffice Email Response: Ryan J. Lefeld: “I have made the ill-advised decision to take the plunge into the married life. As a result, I will be grieving and out of the office from March 20th to March 30th. In my absence, please forward...
Holly Fannon: "Today is Hug Your Boss Day, Megan." Tony Schroeder: "Good thing we go by 'leaders' here and not 'bosses.' I would hug you, Megan, if it was Hug Your Leaders Day." It's true, we don't have "bosses" at Choice One. We are all "leaders" rather than "bosses" for...
“Brian Schmidt and Nick Selhorst got perfect scores on April’s quiz. Matt you didn't: you got your opinion wrong.” - Tony Schroeder Once a month, the entirety of Choice One convenes early in the morning at the Sidney office for a company-wide meeting. We talk about how...
“Tell Jeff Puthoff I appreciate him lending his big shoes for the Clowning Around for Charity costumes.” - Kari Egbert, City of Sidney Anyone who knows Jeff Puthoff knows that you can hear him coming from a mile away. Maybe it’s the cowboy boots, maybe it’s his...