"What's a hashtag? Something on Tweeter?" - Brian Barhorst It's Christmastime here at Choice One, and that means preparing holiday gifts, putting up the office Christmas tree, and legendary Signing of the Christmas Cards. You see, all six hundred-some cards require an original signature from each of the...
[CRASH!] Brittany: "You alright in there?" Brian "Goub" Goubeaux: "Yeah, the refrigerator is kicking my butt." The refrigerator here at Choice One occasionally "kicks the butt" of those trying to squeeze in their lunch bag or find their favorite soda in The Canteen. Sometimes, trying to fit in...
“My picture went out on that mailer this week, so I figured the office would be getting a lot more phone calls.” -Dan Perreira The jury’s still out as to whether Dan’s photo on a recent mailer has triggered a spike in phone calls, but don’t worry...
"Believe it or not, you guys, gray isn't our natural hair color." - Jeff Puthoff Next Friday, October 24th, marks the 20th anniversary of Choice One Engineering. It also marks the 20th anniversary of Jeff Puthoff's awesome African safari tie (or are those eagles, Jeff?). Some of...
“Geez, give her one compliment and she thinks she runs the place!” -Tony Schroeder Meet Kecia, our digital media gal. Meet Kecia, our digital media gal, commandeering Tony's office. Meet Kecia, our digital media gal, commandeering Tony's office her third week on the job. Brave? Or crazy? Truth...
Ryan Lefeld: Breadsticks? There were breadsticks?! Casey Heitkamp: I didn’t see any breadsticks. Did you know there were breadsticks? Brian Goubeaux: I knew there were breadsticks. They were right next to me so I didn’t mention them to anyone else. Michael Seeger: Mention what? Brian Goubeaux: That there were breadsticks. ...
“Wait… Not so fast. Not so fast! NOT SO FAST! I can only type so fast!” - Tony Schroeder Imagine Tony taking dictation from Brian Barhorst. Yes, let that scene sink in. For those of you who don't know them, Tony is a slow typist, and Brian is...
“Caray left her lights on. It took two cars to jump her. Again.” - Brittany Clinehens and Kaye Borchers There are three lessons in today's Choice Mindset: Caray needs a vehicle with automatic lights. If Brian Barhorst's car is unable to jump-start Caray's van nine months ago...
“Matt, I thought we were a family here at Choice One. Why did I have to find out you and your wife are having a baby through Facebook?!” - Greg Albers Choice One has a pretty “uncommon” family atmosphere. And it’s pretty obvious from the photo that...
“Well, if I have to listen to ‘Lady’ again, might as well crank it up.” - Nick Sanders A little backstory here: Nick Sanders is NOT a fan of the 1980 Kenny Rogers hit “Lady.” At all. So, naturally, it gets played at top volume in our...