Manager: These monitors that you are getting rid of; are they any good?
Tech: They are a little fuzzy.
Manager: “A little fuzzy”? What’s “a little fuzzy”?
Tech: You know, like a hamster.
90 Sherman Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Manager: These monitors that you are getting rid of; are they any good?
Tech: They are a little fuzzy.
Manager: “A little fuzzy”? What’s “a little fuzzy”?
Tech: You know, like a hamster.
90 Sherman Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
IT: Yeah, seems like your floor plate is damaged, you’re going to have to clear your books so they can fix it.
Worker: “Books”? is that like cookies on your computer?
IT: …
4 Times Square
New York, NY
Overheard by: KaotiXX
IT manager: I wish I worked in HR, they're always either eating cake or firing people.
New York City, New York
Analyst on phone: It's his equipment. I'll shove it in there if it's his equipment. (pause) What do you mean, “that's what they heard about me?”
Skokie, Illinois
Woman on phone with tech support: Yes, ma'am, I am in front of my computer. That's how I know it's frozen.
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
IT guy #1, looking at coworker's computer: Yep… We got porn!
IT guy #2: Are you surprised?
IT guy #1: No, not really.
Receptionist, passing by: Oh my god! That's not a dildo, that's an act of war!
Chicago, Illinois
IT guy: I've got the 80 gig iPod, the black leather case…
Secretary, interrupting: You know, I have an iPod, but I've never been able to get it to work.
IT guy, shocked: Ummmm, Sheryl, do you really want to admit that?
48th & Main
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: that sounds about right
Tech guy: All right, yank on that long one there a few times.
Office mate, holding the extension cord: This long one? How hard?
Tech guy: Pretty hard, just give it a few good tugs… wait… Not that hard. If you tug it too much we'll have a big mess on our hands…
Denver Colorado
Manager: When you’re finished with the accessibility development for the hotels path, start on rental cars site.
Programmer: Um…accessibility…for rental cars?
Manager: Yes.
Programmer: So, we want to make it easier for the blind to rent cars?
Manager: Yeah…I know.
800 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut
Boss: Will my BlackBerry work in Thailand?
IT: Yeah, it will work anywhere in Europe.
One Allen Center
Houston, Texas
