Tech People

SysAdmin: What users do you want me to move to the Gig Harbor office?
User on speaker: [Melinda] from Kirkland.
SysAdmin: I show [Melinda] as being in Reno.
User on speaker: Oh, maybe that’s her sister.
SysAdmin: Her sister is also named [Melinda]?…Hello?
User on speaker: Can I call you back on that?

8655 South Eastern Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada

CTO: My interview article is in USA Today!
Programer: Can you send me the link? Never mind, I’ll just Google “USA Today”.

600 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California

CSR: Did you look at the fax machine?
Tech: Yes, it’s gorgeous!

203 Floral Vale Boulevard
Yardley, Pennsylvania

IT: My vibrator doesn’t work; I think it’s worn out…On my phone! On my phone! The vibrate function on my phone doesn’t work! Oh, god.

140 Research Boulevard
Madison, Alabama

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User: My computer won’t turn on.
Tech: The tower is missing. How do you expect to use a computer someone stole?
User: Well, they left the keyboard, mouse and monitor. Is that something?

498 7th Avenue
New York, NY

Tech: You can’t save with Adobe Reader. You have to have Professional to save what you enter in the form.
Sales Assistant: But I have 6.0.
Tech: Yes, but in Reader. You have to have Professional.
Sales Assistant: So I can’t save?
Tech: Right.
Sales Assistant: But I have 6.0.
Tech: That doesn’t matter. You still can’t save the form.
Sales Assistant: But I have 6.0.
Tech: In Reader. You have to have Professional to save the data you enter in the form. Reader won’t let you save changes to a PDF.
Sales Assistant: Okay. But I have 6.0. Why can’t I save with that?

12100 I-40 East
Amarillo, Texas

Analyst: It’s ten minutes ’til beer o’ clock!

535 Routes 6 & 209
Milford, Pennsylvania

Secretary: Something’s wrong with my computer. I think it’s broken.
IT: Your monitor is off.

201 Forrester Drive
Greenville, South Carolina

Programmer #1: How do I turn on logging in the web application?
Programmer #2: Talk dirty to it.

5450 Tech Center Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Staff: Hey, can one of you help me fix–
IT: Go away before I replace you with a very small shell script.

7117 Florida Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Overheard by: CP