Archive for the 'Blue Q The Office' Category

Filter Your Words

This post is courtesy of Sergio…and I encourage all employees to any company to read this post carefully and thoroughly.  And that is all I will say (one more thing, if you’re not familiar with The Big Filter Battle, I encourage you to check out the links in Serge’s post.) I win. Know why? Cause [...]

Blue Q Mommy at work

(A note from Art Star – I’d like to introduce the newest member of our blogging clan – Nichole.  She’s in Customer Service, she’s got this really super cute kid and she’s pregnant but….that’s for another posting.  For now….our own personal Mommy Blogger – there she is sitting there, at her desk, on the phone [...]

A Very Italian Birthday – if you’re from Mexico

It is Sergio’s birthday. You can tell because there is a little banner that says “Happy Birthday” over his desk. And in the refrigerator there are: A: Cannoli Shells B: Cannoli Filling C: Tiramisu And at the office, we were all supposed to wear Red, White and Green in honor of the Italian Stallion. But most [...]

Surprise Party – Revisited

Remember how poor Jenny had a 10th Anniversary at Blue Q surprise party? But then she called in sick? Well, we finally made it up to her.  Today.  It’s snowing.  Like white out snowing.  So it was pretty darn cozy in here.  All the love…can’t you just FEEL it? Falafel, hummus, salad that had like…..pistachios?….oh [...]

Ask and you shall receive.

So, what’s a poor girl in love to do?  Our amazingly talented and lovely Nichole, in Customer Service here at Blue Q, asked…and then received:   Dear EQX Master, I am writing to you out of desperation and a last ditch effort to attain Rusted Root tickets for Valentine’s Day.  I know you are giving [...]

Blue Q Surprise Party!

Jenny has been at Blue Q for 10 friggin’ years. We’ve been celebrating some other 10 year annversaries this year – Mic, Deborah, Louise, Ken, John, Mike….some more elaborate (like a rendition of some Grateful Dead song in the dark with flashlights but that’s another story), some very simple.  We thought, Oh heck, let’s do [...]

Valentines, Shmalentines

I don’t know….are you a big Valentines kinda person?  Years of getting my hopes up probably make me all “bah humbug”.  I mean, don’t get me wrong, bring home 50% off chocolate on Febuary 15th and I’m a happy girl.  Honestly.  This is for you. (Yes, YOU reading THIS, that comment was meant for YOU.  [...]

Who are these bloggers here?

This is Art Star here first (and then Toaster Poster will take over tomorrow) but I just wanted to do a proper introduction here.  Handyman and I both work here at Blue Q.  So who the heck is Toaster Poster?  Well, she emailed me one day about product ideas and I loved her. Here’s how [...]

Pimp Your Desk – Blue Q’s office workforce

Oh, what a little wandering by a few of your co-workers desk won’t give you insights to…..Shall we?  Come.  I’ll show you mine first. It’s not much.  But my true love gave me this little kitty and mouse in one of those little Japanese blind boxes and I adore them.  So here they stay.  The mouse [...]

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