IT: That’s “Venus”, our main file server.
Architect: Why is it called “Venus”?
IT: Becuase it’s a big black bad-ass server.
603 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Charles Warren
Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category
Grad Students Aren't Always the Sharpest Pencils in the Generator
Grad student: You know those pencil sharpeners you had in elementary school? Well, the same thing happens with the electrical concept. And I didn't know.
Lafayette, Indiana
Overheard by: Rachel S.
Just Put in Your Social Insurance Number
Technician: Enter the password the Linksys tech gave you.
Customer: He told me to enter whatever I wanted for the password.
Technician: You don't just make up your own passwords. I don't know what that tech was smoking!
Kingston
Canadia
10AM Call Repairman
Telecom guy: Hi, I’m here to fix [Barry]’s phone
[Larry]: It’s [Larry], actually.
Telecom guy: Whatever.
International Broadcast Center
via Nizza
Torino, Italy
Overheard by: jk
1PM Quality Assurance
Test coordinator: You accidentally assigned the defect to the wrong application.
Tester: Okay, I’ll fix that. Sorry for the incontinence.
1111 Polaris Parkway
Columbus, Ohio
Or Correctly Define “Add”
Software developer, after running a successful test: Boo-yah! I’m not dumb! I may not know what 12 minus 5 is, but I’m not dumb! Who cares if I can’t add?
Suburb
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Curly Always Has to Go Up the Ladder
[Technicians installing a new system]Technician #1: Ok, well it looks like we need to go up to the ceiling.
Technician #2: I’m going to go up the ladder.
Technician #3: You’re going to go up the ladder?
Technician #1: You’re going to go up the ladder?
Technician #2: I’m going to go up the ladder.
[Technician #2 goes up the ladder and takes some stuff apart]Technician #2: Ok, so I think this one is the heating hose.
Technician #1: That one’s the heating hose?
Technician #2: Yeah, this one’s the heating hose.
Technician #3: Ok, I?m going to activate it. Whoosh.
Technician #2: Turn it off! Turn it off! Turn it off!
[Technician #3 turns it off]Technician #2: Ok, that’s the heating hose.
Enterprise Drive
Oak Brook, Illinois
…and Gets Me Female Companionship
Comp tech: If I had a million dollars I’d invent popcorn that pops every kernel.
Broadway
New York City, New York
Overheard by: TerryFTW
A Secret, Just Not Victoria's
Programmer on phone: 47c?! That's incredible!
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Overheard by: ND
Internet, Eh?
Client: Who owns the Internet?
Sales guy: Nobody.
Client: Well, somebody’s making money!
Web design firm
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: office peon