The Orca pod celebrating summer at an office BBQ lunch

10. In addition to competitive ping pong matches, games of cribbage and backgammon are played daily in the lunchroom. Lacrosse was deemed an insurance risk, and disallowed.

9. Some of us are excellent nurturers of office plants. Others, heartless neglectors.
So far, the plants are silent on the issue.

8. There was once a squirrel invasion in the office. Andrew came to the rescue.
No squirrels were harmed in the subsequent expulsion, a.k.a. “Operation Rodentia”.

7. We have two office dogs, Malone and Ketch. Malone has a refined palate for dog biscuits, but Ketch even eats the green ones.

6. Many Orca employees are environmentally conscious, and make good use of the company’s bike-friendly facilities. (This doesn’t stop them from offering opinions on gas prices, however.)

5. Arachnophobia sufferers should not retrieve articles form the attic storage space. Yeeps!

4. Our office is in an old yellow house and our warehouse is what used to be a stable for the horses that pulled the dairy wagons. In this poster’s humble opinion, it’s haunted. Don’t be surprised if your book orders arrive with traces of ectoplasm on them.

3. Heated discussions on the use and abuse of commas frequently flare, up.

2. Coming to work everyday is not unlike a trip to the spa. We have a gym AND a steam room. Our printer, Ricoh, is a skilled masseuse. And if you stop by Sarah Mac’s desk, she will give you a pedicure.

1. The “pod”, as we affectionately refer to ourselves, is made up of folks with varying educational backgrounds and work experiences. In past lives we have been pastry chefs, concrete pourers, go-go dancers, english teachers, architects, hall monitors, photographers, curatorial assistants, rickshaw drivers, soap makers, shampooists, art teachers, nuclear physicists and morticians.

(okay, maybe no one is a nuclear physicist or a mortician YET, but there’s such a thing as furthering one’s education, right?)

All of us at Orca Book Publishers wish you and your family an enjoyable and relaxing summer! We hope you are looking forward to the exciting new titles that the Fall season will bring…..

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