{"id":15168,"date":"2010-04-18T08:09:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T08:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/inside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise\/"},"modified":"2010-04-18T08:09:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T08:09:04","slug":"inside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/planetology\/inside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise.php","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Office: A Birthday Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"profile\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2abb2_crode.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Rode\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\">In an environment where everyone is always busy working on issues, we are able to find the time to have some fun &ndash; especially for birthdays. <\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theplanet.com\/author\/cvalderrama\/\">Chris Valderrama<\/a> is our technical support manager, and today just happens to be his birthday. Our goal as a company is to create the best customer experience possible and that task is made easier when employees work in a great environment. Chris has been instrumental in implementing changes that have helped us provide even better service, so with grateful hearts &mdash; and devilish grins &mdash; a few &ldquo;anonymous&rdquo; employees wanted to help him celebrate his birthday:<\/p><p>Just when you thought it was safe to have a birthday at The Planet &hellip; You come into the office to find Cookie Monster wallpaper and sea of balloons adorning your workspace. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realcaliforniamilk.com\">Real California Milk<\/a> advertisements that say &ldquo;Great cheese comes from happy cows. Happy cows come from California.&rdquo; Using this impromptu birthday surprise as an example, I&rsquo;d repurpose that quote to say, &ldquo;Great services comes from happy support. Happy support comes from The Planet.&rdquo;<\/p><p>-Chris<\/p><div><h4>Related Posts:<\/h4><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theplanet.com\/2008\/03\/21\/heres-to-you-cubicle\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Here&rsquo;s to You, Cubicle!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theplanet.com\/2010\/03\/24\/orbit-on-your-iphone-a-sign-of-things-to-come\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Orbit on Your iPhone: A Sign of Things to Come<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theplanet.com\/2009\/09\/11\/showing-you-your-servers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Showing You Your Servers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theplanet.com\/2010\/04\/06\/the-cake-shouldnt-be-a-lie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Cake Shouldn&rsquo;t Be a Lie<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theplanet.com\/2010\/03\/15\/the-sxsw-iron-geek-champion\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The SXSW Iron Geek Champion!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theplanet.com%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Finside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise%2F&amp;title=Inside%20the%20Office%3A%20A%20Birthday%20Surprise\" title=\"StumbleUpon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2abb2_stumbleupon.png\" alt=\"StumbleUpon\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Inside%20the%20Office%3A%20A%20Birthday%20Surprise%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theplanet.com%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Finside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise%2F\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2abb2_twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dzone.com\/links\/add.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theplanet.com%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Finside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise%2F&amp;title=Inside%20the%20Office%3A%20A%20Birthday%20Surprise\" title=\"DZone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2abb2_dzone.png\" alt=\"DZone\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theplanet.com%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Finside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise%2F&amp;title=Inside%20the%20Office%3A%20A%20Birthday%20Surprise&amp;bodytext=In%20an%20environment%20where%20everyone%20is%20always%20busy%20working%20on%20issues%2C%20we%20are%20able%20to%20find%20the%20time%20to%20have%20some%20fun%20%26ndash%3B%20especially%20for%20birthdays.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AChris%20Valderrama%20is%20our%20technical%20support%20manager%2C%20and%20today%20just%20happens%20to%20be%20his%20birthday.%20Our%20g\" title=\"Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2abb2_digg.png\" alt=\"Digg\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theplanet.com%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Finside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise%2F&amp;title=Inside%20the%20Office%3A%20A%20Birthday%20Surprise&amp;notes=In%20an%20environment%20where%20everyone%20is%20always%20busy%20working%20on%20issues%2C%20we%20are%20able%20to%20find%20the%20time%20to%20have%20some%20fun%20%26ndash%3B%20especially%20for%20birthdays.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AChris%20Valderrama%20is%20our%20technical%20support%20manager%2C%20and%20today%20just%20happens%20to%20be%20his%20birthday.%20Our%20g\" title=\"del.icio.us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2abb2_delicious.png\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?add=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.theplanet.com%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Finside-the-office-a-birthday-surprise%2F\" title=\"Technorati\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/dca7f_technorati.png\" alt=\"Technorati\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an environment where everyone is always busy working on issues, we are able to find the time to have some fun &ndash; especially for birthdays. 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