Tech People

IT guy: … And then I took off all my clothes and ran at them screaming. They were shooting at me but couldn’t hit me.

Tysons Corner
Virginia

Suit: Excuse me, can you help me pick out a docking station?
IT Girl: Isn’t that a personal decision?

1700 N. Beauregard Street
Alexandria, Virginia

Lab tech #1, about piece of lab equipment: You have to make love to it.
Lab tech #2: Oh! That's way too big!
Lab tech #1: You just have to finesse it.
Lab tech #2: No, seriously, that's really big.

Eugene, Oregon

Gay IT guy: Man, it's hot in here.
Coworker: Yeah, especially since you walked in, but we have the heater on.

Appleton City, Missouri

IT guy: What do you mean you’ve never shot a gun? You never made your friends dance by shooting at their feet?

915 Broadway
New York, New York

IT guy: Yeah, the UI needs to be top-notch. Like the best thing you've ever done. Uh, don't spend too much time on it.

Kirkland, Washington

Overheard by: Ralph H

IT guy: Oh, good I’m back to the top of your favorite people list.
Sales assistant: What? William* the hot A/C guy got bumped down?
IT guy: William’s gone; he’s off the list.
Sales guy: Isn’t William a gerbil?
Sales assistant: That’s my gerbil! We’re talking about the A/C guy now.
Sales guy: Ask Peter* about gerbil; he likes ’em.
IT guy: Ed breeds the gerbils.
Sales guy: I breed them just for you. Hairless, clawless gerbils.
Peter: Edsgerbils.com!
Sales guy: You don’t want one with claws..
Peter: Go to Edsgerbils.com to get your hairless gerbils.
Sales guy: Don’t forget clawless… you don’t want one with claws.
Office Manager: Stop with the gerbils.
Sales guy, to himself: No… don’t want one with claws….

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Woman: There’s something wrong with my computer. There are satellites
and things floating around! Why did you work on my computer? I thought you were done. I have to get my work done! Do you know what you are doing! Fix it!
IT gal: Okay, let me see. I did not work on your system today, let me
look.

Mouse click.

IT gal: …It’s the screensaver.

4411 Beacon Circle
West Palm Beach, Florida

Customer: Is Office 2003 the latest version of Office that’s out?
Salesperson: Yeah, they most likely won’t come out with a new version until Vista is released, which should be about the end of the year.
Customer: What’s that?
Salesperson: Vista?
Customer: Yeah, Rista? What is that? Is that the new Office?
Salesperson: No, Vista is the new operating system that’s coming out. Last I heard Microsoft was planning to release it near the end of this year.
Customer: Microsoft’s going to sell computers now?
Salesperson: No, Vista is the operating system that gets installed on computers. It’s what makes your computer run.
Customer: Oh, yeah, I knew that already. Are you going to be carrying Microsoft’s new computers?

Willard Building
State College, Pennsylvania

Male tech #1: Chris, are you pregnant and considering adoption?
Male tech #2: Yes. Wait, what?

Denville, New Jersey

Overheard by: BabakganoosH