I don’t buy it--using simple math. 18 acres of pizza = 112,907,520 square inches of pizza. I think Choice One could easily do 1/80000 of that themselves (five and a half 18” pizzas), which is approximately 1,411 square inches of pizza. At 12:31pm on October 13th [2011],...
"Maybe 'spelling' should be one of our Core Values." - Tony Schroeder During a recent company meeting, Tony was trying to spell one of our Core Values, timeliness. Instead, he first wrote "timilness," and then, feeling as though it looked wrong, he added another "i" to...
"I love it when a plan comes together...
"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...
"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,...
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.)...
"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...
"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...
"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...
“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...