Posts Tagged ‘around the office’

GCI studio’s newest resident, a baby Opossum

July 26th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

At the end of every work day Tugs, being the environmentalist that he is, carpools home with Paul. Sometimes Tugs will be busy working (aka sleeping) on something and loses track of time so Paul has to go looking for him. Last week Paul was ready to leave the studio for the day and had [...]

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Junetasum

July 7th, 2010 | No Comments »

GCI has a lot of June birthdays so we like to celebrate them all at once at what we like to call ‘Junetasum’. This year to commemorate the birth of Jenny, Sandy, Paul & Carly, the GCI team headed over to The Mayan for a delicious Mexican lunch and then returned to the studio for [...]

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Speaking of customer service…

June 14th, 2010 | No Comments »

If you missed our last e-blast scroll down a bit and check out the post titled, “Real Life Customer Service Tales”. Since we sent that out we have managed to train Tugs to be our new phone wizard. He’s been getting quite pooped. -Paul

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Dear Twister Donuts, I love you

May 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Twister Donuts (conveniently located just down the street from GCI) has an amazing thing… It’s a maple bar, wait for it… covered in bacon! Check out this photo, then walk-no RUN to the donut shop (you’ll need the cardio) and get yourself one! -Paul

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Cinco de Mayo at GCI

May 6th, 2010 | 4 Comments »

The team celebrated Cinco de Mayo this week in true Latino style! We decided to spice up this week’s staff meeting with a Mexican themed potluck featuring delicious nachos, homemade guacamole, sopapillas and strawberry & lime margaritas (virgin…of course). The team also went the entire day using only our Spanish names. If someone used our [...]

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The Whiteboard

April 26th, 2010 | No Comments »

The GCI studio has a new low tech tool that sparks imagination and deep thought. This tool has been used for years by millions from classrooms to boardrooms. Did you guess a whiteboard? But the GCI whiteboard is not any ordinary whiteboard. Every day or so, interesting and thought-provoking questions appear on the board. When [...]

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The Work of the Punisher

April 12th, 2010 | No Comments »

April Fool’s Day is a great day here at GCI. A great day for Paul and Jenny, who enjoy pulling a good prank on their fellow colleagues. We all had our morning filled with funky computer issues and unexplainable events. All but Jenny and Paul of course. That is until late in the afternoon, Donnie found himself with a [...]

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Paul’s Music

April 8th, 2010 | No Comments »

So, as usual, Paul is blasting some sweet tunes, ie Tenderoni, and it’s really lifting my spirits. Thanks to Paul, for making the work environment upBEAT! – Jenny

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Ed’s History

November 20th, 2009 | 5 Comments »

As you have likely heard, Ed is going to be leaving us soon… “bigger and better things??” tch… Really though, we’re very happy for him. We would like to take a moment to share some of our favorite memories from his 21 years (yes, 21!) with GCI. Please read, laugh, cry, and add some of [...]

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graizy talk

October 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

Often, here at the studio, interesting photos or recent news happenings are forwarded throughout the office, followed by scattered responses or comments. This particular day, the feedback was particularly amooosing and the steaks were high in what became a pun cowntdown… On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Paul Thomas wrote: Taken during a protest by dairy farmers of something [...]

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