"I told her not to this year." - Jeff Kunk Did you get flowers for your last birthday? Neither did Jeff Kunk. He got flowers for this last TWO birthdays. Jeff may sound lucky, but as evidenced by his comment above, having good fortune while at Choice One...
“You guys apparently only hire people with certain names: Nick, Jeff, Dan, Ryan, Brian, Allan, and Michael.” - Douglass Degen, Drainage Engineer, Allen County Engineering Indeed, Mr. Degen, indeed. Of our 30 employees, 46% of them have the same name as someone else in the company. And if...
"You can't tell he's bald in this picture though." - Jeff Puthoff While making edits to a Statement of Qualifications, Jeff Puthoff made a "polite" observation of Wes's head shot. I guess this balances out Jeff calling Wes smart AND skinny a while back. There's a few other...
Kaye: “Andy, can you give me a report on snow and road conditions? I am driving to Dayton later.” Andy: “Yes. Hopefully my report’s not from the ditch. Because that means the roads are bad.” So we probably don’t have to tell you it’s been cold. But...
"What's the video camera for, Barney? Recording how awesome you are?" - Brittany Clinehens Ah, to live a day in the life of Brian "Barney" Barhorst, one of our lead designers--stocking the canteen, baking cookies for the Loveland office, bossing everyone around, and just generally being awesome...
“Can I get a gift receipt for this, Megan? I’d like to return it.” - Wes Goubeaux This year, during the Choice One Engineering Christmas party, we were all so fortunate to receive the gift voucher above. Since we all LOVE hugs so much, Megan wanted to...
“Looks like I’m faster than electricity.” - Mitch Thobe We don’t think it would be a stretch to say that every one of us has been angered by a printer sometime in recent memory. The printers here at Choice One have been threatened, kicked, and cursed at....
“When I played basketball in high school, we didn’t even have a three-point line.” - Caray Schmiesing Happy birthday to our beloved controller, Caray Schmiesing. We would have never guessed that she’s older than the basketball three-point line. Caray’s husband, Rogel, surprised her with a trip to...
“How many green shirts does it take to move one desk?” - Megan Bornhorst Believe it or not, it’s getting greener around here. Over the past week, the Sidney office has been repainted. You will no doubt be shocked to hear the new paint is blue and...
(via email) Tony Schroeder: On a side note, Lonnie Cain came up to me at [soccer] practice last night and was laughing about how excited Tricia got; He gave me all these ideas on how to defend myself if she showed up at Lehman. Tricia Bishop, ODOT...