Month: April 2011

Surge Protection

Do You Need Surge Protection?

You had to be living under a rock if you didn’t witness yesterday’s torrential downpour in Toronto and surrounding areas. Did you know that today’s electronics are sensitive to power surges and spikes?  A lightning storm can easily destroy your electronics.  Electronics are not cheap, we suggest that you protect […]

Company Culture

Drive Thru Convenience

As I joined the line up of coffee deprived patrons this morning at the Tim Horton’s drive-thru, I got to wondering about a couple of things.  They are supposed to make our lives easier by allowing us to relax in the car and have food handed to us instead of getting out […]

Company Culture

Hey Buddy – Stay In Your Own Lane

A few weeks ago, one of our Service Trucks was clipped by a transport truck that wandered into our driver’s lane. Our driver was in his truck in the right lane, behind a slow moving cement truck and a number of other vehicles. The Cement Truck had just pulled onto […]

Electrical Safety

Safety First

It’s been 35 years since Ontario’s seatbelt law came into effect.  Statistics show that 92.8% of all Ontarians buckle up.   Before the law took effect, only 17.2% of Ontario’s population buckled up.   Ontario was the first of the provinces to have a mandatory Seatbelt Law.   The fact […]

Company Culture

Cheaters

“Cheaters” – I really have a problem with them! When you cheat, whether it is in a game or sport, or even a test at school, not only are you lying, but you are also creating the illusion that you have done or are capable of doing something that you […]