Woman: There’s something wrong with my computer. There are satellites
and things floating around! Why did you work on my computer? I thought you were done. I have to get my work done! Do you know what you are doing! Fix it!
IT gal: Okay, let me see. I did not work on your system today, let me
look.
Mouse click.
IT gal: …It’s the screensaver.
4411 Beacon Circle
West Palm Beach, Florida
Customer: Is Office 2003 the latest version of Office that’s out?
Salesperson: Yeah, they most likely won’t come out with a new version until Vista is released, which should be about the end of the year.
Customer: What’s that?
Salesperson: Vista?
Customer: Yeah, Rista? What is that? Is that the new Office?
Salesperson: No, Vista is the new operating system that’s coming out. Last I heard Microsoft was planning to release it near the end of this year.
Customer: Microsoft’s going to sell computers now?
Salesperson: No, Vista is the operating system that gets installed on computers. It’s what makes your computer run.
Customer: Oh, yeah, I knew that already. Are you going to be carrying Microsoft’s new computers?
Willard Building
State College, Pennsylvania
Male tech #1: Chris, are you pregnant and considering adoption?
Male tech #2: Yes. Wait, what?
Denville, New Jersey
Overheard by: BabakganoosH
Manager: These monitors that you are getting rid of; are they any good?
Tech: They are a little fuzzy.
Manager: “A little fuzzy”? What’s “a little fuzzy”?
Tech: You know, like a hamster.
90 Sherman Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
IT: Yeah, seems like your floor plate is damaged, you’re going to have to clear your books so they can fix it.
Worker: “Books”? is that like cookies on your computer?
IT: …
4 Times Square
New York, NY
Overheard by: KaotiXX
IT manager: I wish I worked in HR, they're always either eating cake or firing people.
New York City, New York
Analyst on phone: It's his equipment. I'll shove it in there if it's his equipment. (pause) What do you mean, “that's what they heard about me?”
Skokie, Illinois
Woman on phone with tech support: Yes, ma'am, I am in front of my computer. That's how I know it's frozen.
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
IT guy #1, looking at coworker's computer: Yep… We got porn!
IT guy #2: Are you surprised?
IT guy #1: No, not really.
Receptionist, passing by: Oh my god! That's not a dildo, that's an act of war!
Chicago, Illinois
IT guy: I've got the 80 gig iPod, the black leather case…
Secretary, interrupting: You know, I have an iPod, but I've never been able to get it to work.
IT guy, shocked: Ummmm, Sheryl, do you really want to admit that?
48th & Main
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: that sounds about right