Employee #1: Did you google it?
Employee #2: A while ago, yeah, but I didn't find anything.
Employee #3: Well… Google harder!
Denver, Colorado
Exec: I'm having problems receiving e-mail.
IT guy: It's the IMAP you are using. It's not compatible with the settings that you have in your program.
Exec: This is unacceptable. I want you to call IMAP and get this resolved immediately!
IT guy: I can't.
Exec: Why can't you do this?
IT guy: Because IMAP is out to lunch with HTTP.
Los Angeles, California
Female coworker #1: I just tried to call him, but he didn't pick up! God, he never picks up.
Female coworker #2: But you've been going through his e-mail, right?
Female coworker #1: Yes! Like every day!
Manhattan, New York
Sales girl: Can you believe it? We got no mail yesterday.
Sales boy: I know.
Sales girl: I was so distressed. I mean, there's supposed to be some junk, right?
Gilroy Premium Outlets
Gilroy, California
Overheard by: Fourth Quark
Boss: What is all of this? My e-mail is overflowing with junk mail.
Manager: Just delete it all.
Manager, to assistant: You hear that, Jen*? You gotta keep your junk clean!
(silence followed by uncontrollable laughter)
Jen: That wasn't inappropriate at all.
Edmonton
Canadia
Employee, to boss : These internet blocks suck. I just got kicked off for trying to google whether or not Jamie Lee Curtis is a hermaphrodite!
Boss : Well, try to remember to look it up when you get home.
Providence, Rhode Island
Secretary to coworker: Do you need me to hole punch this copy to scan for the website?
Austin, Texas
Coworker #1: So how did you meet your boyfriend?
Coworker #2: On match.com.
Coworker #1: Oh, really?
Coworker #2: Yeah, he did a search for Rubik's cube, and I was the only name who came up!
Hudson St
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Harriet Vane
Web guy: I think it'd be better to just give them some instructions, like, “click this, then that, and…”
Communications guy, interrupting: Reporters are lazy and dumb. And that's being charitable.
Manhattan, New York
Angry customer, ending long rant: Why do I have to sign a form? Why can't I close it over the phone? I didn't have to sign a form to open the account.
CSR: Yes, you did.
(pause)
Angry customer: Will you e-mail it to me?
Boston, Massachusetts
