29 Jun Flat Tire
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15 Jun Coffee Break!
"Just to let you know, I made the Afternoon Coffee." -Nick Selhorst Not too long ago we hired engineer Nick Selhorst (better known around here as "Not Nick Sanders," because, yes, with three Jeffs, three Brians, and two Ryans, we now have two Nicks). Nick, a North...
01 Jun Nap Time
"This would be a really great time for the Nap Room." - Andy Shuman We here at Choice One have all literally dreamt of having a special room at our office just for napping. We could furnish it with a comfy couch, maybe an easy chair,...
04 May Delegation
TONY: "Nick, do you remember what I talked about last time?" NICK: "I think you talked about what a genius you are." - Tony Schroeder and Nick Sanders Tony’s real genius? Delegation. This poster has (literally) been hanging around Choice One for 15 years. (Check out Jeff Puthoff’s glasses.)...
20 Apr Doing the Dirty Work
"Not above scrubbing the toilets" -Choice One Engineering interview evaluation sheet We don't mind doing dirty work here (considering Matt's expression, some of us maybe even enjoy it). In fact, based on the line above from one of our interview sheets, it's a requirement to work here. The...
06 Apr Why Me?
"The real question is, 'sometimes $#!% happens, but why does it always happen to Ryan Francis?'" -Tony Schroeder For some reason, Field Surveyor Ryan Francis seems to regularly be the victim of bad luck, accidents, and embarrassment here at Choice One. For instance, he has: Backed a...
23 Mar “Be Prepared”
"What happened to the Canteen?! It's like a grocery store before a blizzard." -Greg Albers You know how it is: the weatherperson reports that a "blizzard" (read: two to four inches of snow) is coming, and everyone rushes out for groceries in a panic in case they...
09 Mar The Easy Connection
“It’s the easy connection that’s leaking!” - Tony Schroeder The new coffeemaker at Choice One has been a bit of a…challenge, we’ll say, to install. Our resident plumber, Tony, isn’t the most experienced, but who knew hooking up a coffeemaker would entail so many trips to the...
24 Feb Conquering Fears
“Guess I’ll have to get over my fear of heights.” -Mary Borchers It may sound like an oxymoron, but our 5’-11” administrative assistant Mary is afraid of heights. And not just the looking-over-the edge-of-the-Empire-State-Building kind of heights. She’s even nervous when climbing a stepstool to hang some...
10 Feb Fun Outside the Box
“What did we do for entertainment before we hired Brittany?” - Holly Fannon Yep, if Brittany dares Kaye, those long, goofy legs WILL fit in a cardboard computer box. Having fun at work is important to the people at Choice One. We regularly do ridiculous things to make...