Baby, It's Cold Outside

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 just in case: “It’s cold!”

We can’t share most of our feelings on the cold because they contain expletives not fit for a Choice Mindset. However, we do have a few reasons to enjoy the cold and snow:

• The frigid weather is payback to the survey guys for all those sunny, 70-degree days that they get to work outside.
• There’s the potential for someone to get stuck in the parking lot and for a Choice One mob to run across the street to come to his or her rescue, as pictured. (Why did you need so much help getting out, Brittany? Was it because that mob wanted to see you safe and sound or because they wanted to make sure they got rid of you?)
• We get to wear our green Choice One long underwear. (We kid—we don’t have green Choice One long underwear. Yet.)

The problem with the cold is that we can’t control it. We joke here that we make water run up hill and we deliver a project yesterday, but cold is beyond the reach of a civil engineer or surveyor. We’ll just have to rely on a meteorologist for that. HA!

For your peace of mind, Andy did not have to deliver his report from the ditch. He made it back to the office safely and Kaye made it to and from Dayton without incident. Probably because she only wrecks her brand new Choice One car on clear, bright, summer days in the middle of downtown Ada. (She was just letting the Village staff know she was in town…)

A Day in the Life

"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 (obviously)... Sounds pretty cushy, eh?

But stop and consider for a moment: what would a day in the life of Barney, or any Choice One-er, for that matter, REALLY look like? By now you might (correctly) figure it looks something like this:

1. Put on green shirt. 
2. Drive to work. 
3. NOT eat doughnuts, because Jeff Kunk didn't bring them. Again. 
4. Joke around with Ryan Francis before he goes out in the field for the day. 
5. Work, work, work. 
6. Drink coffee (as long as Tony has the coffee machine in working order). 
7. Work, work, work. 
8. Argue with Mitch. 
9. Work, work, work. 
10. Giggle when someone injures him/herself (likely Nick Sanders). 
11. Lunch. LUNCH! 
12. Work, work, work. 
13. Nap?! No nap. Darn. 
14. Think about how great lunch was. 
15. Work, work, work. 
16. Avoid Kaye, who's sneaking around trying to get a Mindset photo without the subject's consent. (How else do you think she got the shotof Barney above?) 
17. Work, work, work. 
18. Get a snack, and maybe an afternoon coffee. 
19. Work, work, work. 
20. Go home.

Really, we've simplified Barney's day here, because truth be told, Barney works hard (he is the designer behind a great number of our projects and the organizer behind many of our Choice One events). But the real reason Barney is recording himself? To show new employees to brainwash them into total Barney-ization. What the video won't show? His devious plans to win every Choice One competition (because he bends the rules in his favor) and all of his time thinking about his next visit to a theme park.