Happy Boss's Day...

“Well, it was either get pies from The Spot for Boss’s Day, or go around and give everyone hugs.”
Brittany Clinehens

Since everyone at Choice One really loves his or her remarkable, motivating, caring, amazing manager (yeah, that might be some sucking up), we had pies from The Spot in Sidney and desserts from Julian’s in Loveland in honor of Boss’s Day. Brittany’s Boss’s Day hug suggestion would probably have been met with more clumsiness and apprehension than the delight and eagerness the desserts received. Hugs are just a little too… “expressive” for many of our crowd.

Our hesitation to hug it out doesn't diminish our fondness for each other. Kaye really enjoyed the time Brittany ran Kaye’s head into a wall while moving a heavy box together. Ryan Francis offered his sympathetic support when Craig fell (screaming) down a creek bank. And Caray loved the fact that everyone was in the van when she got stuck in the only mud in the middle of downtown Indianapolis--we were all there to push her out!

When push comes to shove (sometimes literally, as in Caray’s stuck-in-the-mud incident), we really do get along and enjoy being around each other. It’s what’s kept us together for almost 20 years. Needless to say, Spot pies and Julian’s brownies help to keep us all coming back to the office, too. Well, at least more than hugs would.

Pin the Tail on the Donkey

KAYE: "What's up with this guy's stomach?"

BRITTANY: "The guys thought it was a cummerbund. I think it's a fanny pack."

Meet Eeyore (from the abbreviation E-OR), the unofficial mascot of Choice One's core values. He's quite the looker, don't you think? He was hand-drawn by Jeff Kunk during a company meeting some time ago, and we just can't throw him away. He's become part of our team. You know, like the color green, Jeff Puthoff's clones, and the sandwich geniuses at Arby's.

Eeyore represents our values with his broad shoulders, passionate mind, and guts (i.e. cummerbund/fanny pack). Therefore we like to work with and for people who look like Eeyore. Yep, you guessed it--expect Choice One fanny packs for Christmas this year. Unless we have a request for a green and purple cummerbund?

P.S. Wondering where Eeyore's tail gets pinned (like the Winnie the Pooh donkey character)? Good question. Perhaps when we celebrate Choice One's 20th birthday next October we can play "Pin the Tail on Kunk...er, Kunk's Drawing" as a party game.