Tech People

Tech: You need to do a reboot for the changes to take effect.
Employee: Can I do a restart?
Tech: No, you must shut the computer down completely.
Employee: Can I turn it back on again?

140 Research Boulevard
Madison, Alabama

IT guy #1: You just need to shut your mouth and cowboy up.
IT guy #2, shocked: Cowboy up!?
IT guy #1: Yeah, cowboy up.
IT guy #2, dismissively: Cowboy up, my ass…

New Jersey

Overheard by: Sully

Techie: We should close the front doors or turn off the a/c to save some power, since it's blackout season.
Bad admin: I can tell you're paid on salary.
Techie: Uh, hmm?
Bad admin: I get paid hourly, therefore I like blackouts. If there's a blackout, I get to sit at my desk and do nothing for a few hours.

Santa Barbara, California

IT guy, hurrying through lobby: There's someone downstairs that can't figure out how to use the little box.
Jaded marketing gal: God, I hate that.

Seattle, Washington

IT guy: Let me make sure everything is kosher with the server.
Brand manager: Do you need a rabbi for that?
IT guy: All the servers come with a rabbi chip now.

259 Granby Street
Norfolk, Virginia

IT guy: Hey, do you have any DVDs?
Communications manager: Like blank ones?
IT guy: No, recorded, I need to test something.
Communications manager: I don't have anything, but Bob* might have some porn.
IT guy, thrilled: All right!

Sex Toy Compan
Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: Sex Writer Goddess

Tech guy: She can superscript these nuts.

Columbus, Ohio

Tech: Sometimes I think George* has never been on the Internet.

9155 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, California

Office guy: Hey [Scott]! My laptop screen is off.
Tech: It helps if you push this button.

As the tech walks past my desk I hear him saying: Great, another fucking genius!

440 Wheelers Farm Road
Milford, Connecticut

Chatty IT guy: He's 94 years old. Who cares if he's a heroin addict?

Kansas City, Missouri