Woman #1, looking over cubicle: Rachel is going to be angry that you are sending her so many emails.
Woman #2, turning around: Who gives a fuck?
Woman #1: Seriously, you better watch it. [looks around] She can’t take too many emails, she has to pace herself.
Paramus, New Jersey
Overheard by: Not pacing myself!
IT staff to engineer on phone: If you follow the document I sent you, you will be able to complete the web page.
Engineer: I can't read.
Silicon Valley, California
Woman, calmly on phone in office: I'm forwarding a YouTube video David sent me. He thinks it's your house on fire.
Houston, Texas
Developer: And so I told the client that she can add cats till…the cats come home. And then I'm done with her. Because there's no fucking way I'm adding any more cats to this printer cartridge selling website.
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
Boss, reading through company e-mails: Can I talk to you about this e-mail you sent to a client?
Employee: Sure.
Boss: In this e-mail you started out with the word “yay”; when I read this it struck me as very unprofessional. You shouldn't use the word “yay” when speaking with our clients.
Employee: That doesn't say “yay, it says “yeah”. It's a response to a question the client had.
Boss: Y-e-a-h is “yay.” Let's not use it in e-mails in the future, okay?
Employee: Okay (then under breath as he walks away) Fucking moron!
Salt Lake City, Utah
Peon: Hey, I can't look at our webpage without the browser crashing.
IT manager: Which browser?
Peon: Ff 4.
IT manager: What?
Peon: Firefox 4.
IT manager: What's a Firefox?
Peon: Uh, let's pretend I said IE.
South Morang
Australia
Coworker: So this e-mail came in, in Dutch writing, so how would I find out if it came from Australia?
Call Center
Northeast Pennsylvania
Matronly office drone: The internet keeps playing games; it keeps going down on me. (pause) Wait, that sounds bad.
Bellevue, Washington
Audience development director: Is anybody else having any weird computer issues? I'm having trouble on the main site and on admin…
Marketing director: The porn I'm looking at is taking an awfully long time to load, if that's what you mean.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Sarah
Worried coworker: Don't ask me how, but I royally pissed off Steve.
Other coworker: Any idea how? Did you insult his awesome hair?
Worried coworker: I told him he should read his e-mails.
Other coworker: He'll get over it, you should complement his awesome hair.
Alexandria, Virginia
