Manager: Why does it smell like salami in here?
Tech: I ran out of milk, so I had to have salami for breakfast.
Manager: Uhh…what?
Louisville, Kentucky
Overheard by: fleeing from the salami stench
Archive for the ‘Tech People’ Category
I Translate His Words Into the Language Of Decent People
Female program manager: You got a sec?
Male program manager: I have lots of secs.
(pause)
Engineer: He means he has a lot of time.
Utah
Overheard by: Snickering Intern
Hah– The Laws Of Space-Time Are Putty in My Hands!
CEO: So, how long will it take you to set that up?
System admin: Um…two minutes?
CEO: Five. You’ve got five. See, I doubled-and-a-halved it for you!
System admin, developer, designer: What?
State & Water
Peoria, Illinois
Overheard by: only girl in an office of men…
Someone’s Been Sniffing the Toner Again
Receptionist, on his last day: How can I give the rest of the staff access to these files?
Tech guy: Put them on the network.
Receptionist: Where’s the network?
Tech guy: Exactly! It’s everywhere, man!
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Overheard by: I’m New Here
Except at Tax Time, It’s Easy to Resent Your Dependents
Visiting techie on phone: What’s wrong with the clock? Is it plugged in? Well, move the fridge then… I can, but I’m two-and-a-half hours away…
Texas
By Bus?
Tech guy: Did you hear about all the snow in New York?
Help desk chick: Yeah, wow! That means it’ll be heading here to California.
Tech guy: (silence).
Imperial Highway Brea
California
They Revoked His Geek Credentials That Same Day
Office worker: I can’t get into MAS. My codes aren’t working.
Tech, after trying to enter codes: What the fuck? Now the numbers aren’t even coming up.
Office worker, five minutes later: Uh, dude, you’re using my calculator.
Tech: Son of a bitch!
Illinois
Overheard by: G$
Does He Really Want to Marry Someone Who Doesn’t Drink?
Tech #1: So, my friend is going to ask his girlfriend to marry him, and he wants to secretly get her ring size.
Tech #2: Measure her finger while she’s asleep.
Tech #1: What if she doesn’t sleep very soundly? What if she wakes up and is like, ‘What’s this thing on my finger?‘
Tech #2: Get her really hammered.
Tech #1: She doesn’t really drink…
Tech #3: Then just hammer her!
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Overheard by: only girl in the office
No One Respects Breasts More Than a Man Who’s Never Touched One
(crunching water bottle noise)
Girl admin, in sassy tone: Hey! Those are the breast cancer water bottles–show some respect!
IT guy: Yeah–that’s why I’m…
Girl admin: Squishing it?!
IT guy: You said it! Not me!
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: That’s what she said
…Just As You Requested.
Tech guy to intern: If you take that network diagram, cut and paste it into word, save it as an mp3 and play it back, it will be circus music.
Solana Beach, California
