Jake Cordonnier: “Aaron misses Dan so much today, he had to Facetime him.”

In our world of field surveyors and the in-office surveyors who support them, sometimes it just helps to show the person in the field what you’re seeing on the screen. For field surveyor Dan Perreira, that meant answering a Facetime call from survey coordinator Aaron Plas, all while battling nature during the survey a brushy field for a future subdivision.

Our famous field surveyors often perform in scenarios straight out of action movies, where the hero must concentrate on the ultimate mission while fending off some kind of adversary. In Dan’s case, this meant dodging honeysuckle, wiping sweat from his eyes, and avoiding angry insects, all while trying to comprehend the point Aaron was trying to make over a video call. True to his action hero tendencies, Dan was probably thinking, “If I don’t make it out of this field, at least I’ll go down doing what I love: discussing subdivisions with Aaron…”

At Choice One, where teamwork sometimes means navigating both AutoCAD and gnat swarms, it’s good to know that face-to-face connections are still worth the risk. Indeed, nothing says “collaboration” like a video call to a coworker entangled in a thorn-infested wilderness. So keep calling Dan daily, Aaron. Whether it helps you miss Dan less or not, it’ll definitely keep Dan from getting too carried away in that “nature” he clearly loves so much.