General Idiocy

IT guy, on computer settings: If it isn’t turned on, then it’s probably turned off.

California

Overheard by: The breakroom

Office drone #1: Tissues! Tissues!
(hysterical laughter)
Office drone #2: Get a mop!
Office drone #1: Oh, my head! Migraine! What's up, Brazil?

Cupertino, California

Overheard by: whaaaaaat just happened

Quiet IT guy: My dingleberries have been really slow lately.

Sparks, Maryland

Overheard by: Operator

Old man on computer and phone: Oh, I love dragging and dropping!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: adele works with septugenarians.

PR gal: We need a really memorable tag line, like “Stop, Drop and Roll” from the ’80s. Whatever happened to that, anyway?
Intern guy: It still works if you’re on fire.

41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Customer: I need to send an international wire transfer for 1,000 euros please.
Teller: Okay, let me check…yeah, we can do that. How much is that in money?
Customer: Excuse me?
Teller: How much is that in money?
Customer: Do you mean how much is it in US dollars?
Teller: Yeah, how much is it in money?

Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Currency Expert

Admin #1: Do you have an ETA on that report?
Admin #2: No. I'm not familiar with ETA. Is that the name of a company?

Arlington, Virginia

Overheard by: You can't make this up

Photographer: You wouldn't by chance have a suction cup with a pin on it, would you?

Culver City, California

Overheard by: LaLa Land

Fundraiser: Hey, man, I need to raise some money for Multiple Dystrophy…[to other guy at table] Yo, man, what does the “A” stand for?

Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon
Miami, Florida

One VP to another: Well, it was a dumb thing to do. But it wasn’t the first dumb thing we’ve done.

1501 Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, Illinois

Overheard by: Pirate Wench