IT: If we’re going to upgrade, what would be the difference between versions 7.1 and 6.5?
Manager: .6
5301 Bolsa Avenue
Huntington Beach, California
Overheard by: Adam Westrich
IT: If we’re going to upgrade, what would be the difference between versions 7.1 and 6.5?
Manager: .6
5301 Bolsa Avenue
Huntington Beach, California
Overheard by: Adam Westrich
Engineer to lunchroom: So do you guys know if we’re officially called ‘United States of America’ or is it just ‘United States’?
413 Pine St
Seattle, Washington
Boss #1 to new lab worker: Okay, now we add the virus supernatant.
Boss #2: What are you doing now?
Boss #1: Adding the virus supernatant.
Boss #2: Oh… What is that?
Boss #1: Virus supernatant.
Boss #2: What is that?
Boss #1, irritated: Virus supernatant!
Boss #2: But what is it?
Boss #1: Virus supernatant!
Lab worker #1 to boss #2: Hey, Lou*, what is that? Is it virus supernatant?
Science research building
St. Louis, Missouri
Boss: So, if there is a fire, you go after the hard drives first?
Fireman, dumbfounded: Uhhh… Well… We would go for life preservation first — of whoever’s in the building…
Boss: Oh, and then you go after the computers and stuff?
Fireman: … After that we try to contain the fire…
Graphic design office
Huntington Beach, California
The boss: Some people call it stupidity; I like to call it cleverness.
550 Dulany Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Toni
Boss: What do you think of blood dye?
3120 Lincoln Park Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Boss man: We need a lawyer to handle this. If it were 5 years ago, I’d call my brother. He was the one of the best lawyers in the country, but he can’t help me anymore because he’s been disbarred.
Midtown
New York, New York
Boss: We’ll have to develop this from Ground Zero principles.
5 Thomas Holt Drive
Sydney
Australia
Boss: I really want us to go the whole 11 yards on this.
Employees: [Silence.]Boss: Oh, sorry! Twelve. We need to go the whole 12 yards.
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
Office manager: I mean, when we interview warehouse employees, why are we asking them if they have Excel experience?
Warehouse supervisor: What the hell is ‘Excel’?
England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
