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“I have very strict photo taking rules. No outfit changes, it can only last one hour, and it has to involve farm equipment.” - Jeff Puthoff Well, hope none of you wanted to grab a photo with Jeff for posterity. Jeff and his family (pictured above) don't take...

“I don’t want to break my streak now.” - Jeff Kunk   If we go waaaaay back into Choice One lore, there’s a mystical legend that Jeff Kunk has never bought doughnuts for the entire company. See, there’s a rule here: when you receive your first paycheck as...

Wes Goubeaux: "When's the last time anyone's seen Greg run?" Jeff Kunk: "When he broke his leg." Kaye Borchers: "Gym class." Not everyone enjoys running. Jeff Puthoff has been known to call running "boring," much like baseball. Based on the fact that few of us have seen...

“Joey Votto will not be worth that much money.” - Tony Schroeder Tony has a knack for making extreme claims about immaterial subjects that are entirely against public consensus, are unfounded on substantial facts or common sense, and typically end up being entirely wrong. Whether or not...

"Tyler, can you change your name to 'Newton' for the summer? That way we can have 'Olivia Newton-John' all working next to each other in one office." - Andy Shuman Calling Tyler "Newton" wouldn't be much of a stretch (and not just because he's a self-proclaimed genius)....

“Sometimes you walk into the craziest conversations here. You just look ahead and keep walking.” - Nick Sanders Between Megan recently being nine months pregnant* and not afraid to share (Wes has a habit of accidentally wandering into these conversations), Brian Schmidt cursing at his computer (and...

“So Kaye, how do we enter answering all of these phones calls on our timesheet?” - Megan Bornhorst Much to the delight of her coworkers, Kaye embarrassed herself by mistakenly emailing a $250 sponsorship invoice to 660 members and contacts of the I-70/75 Development Association, which she...

“Choice One has probably considered a subsurface exploration study. But the bookstore on the south side of 571 between First and Second Streets is supposed to be haunted. So Choice One should add a Line Item for Ghostbusters. Lump Sum.” -Vic Roberts R.B. Jergens Contractors, Vandalia   We’ve never...

Brittany: "I hate praying mantis." Mitch: "Is it 'praying' mantis or 'prang' mantis?" Brittany: "I think it is 'praying' mantis because it looks like they are praying." Mitch: "Oh. Probably. I just always say it really fast so people don't know what I am saying." Yeah, Mitch, you might...

“I think I’m going to put a reminder on my phone that says ‘Go to work,’ and just hit ‘Dismiss’ when it pops up.” - Greg Albers For some reason, Brian Schmidt ends up in the doghouse almost every week, as he tends to have a hard...