IT coordinator, during meeting: I've worked here long enough to know that nothing I say matters.
Webmaster: Nobody listen to him, just keep pushing forward.
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: c8h10n4o2
IT coordinator, during meeting: I've worked here long enough to know that nothing I say matters.
Webmaster: Nobody listen to him, just keep pushing forward.
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: c8h10n4o2
Developer: They took the Gubernator off the forklift to see how fast they could drive it.
Sys admin, in Austrian accent: Slow down if you want to live!
Manchester, New Hampshire
IT guy on phone: Be ready when I get home.
(clicks it to speakerphone)
IT guy’s wife: Well, that is fine but I did not put the butt plug in the freezer yet.
IT guy: (clicks speaker phone off) Hey! Sorry, I know you hate the speakerphone…
Naval Base
Pensacola, Florida
Tech: I don't need a list. I am very rememberful.
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Training instructor: You should not upgrade the software right when a patch comes out. Sometimes it may have bugs.
Student: So, it’s like when you take a drug, sometimes it can have side effects like—
Training instructor: Yeah, but let’s keep the discussion focused on software.
Student: —Throwing up, vomiting…
Training instructor: Uh, yeah.
Madison, Alabama
Programmer #1: I don’t think my brother has been out of jail for Christmas or his birthday for the last six years.
Programmer #2: Maybe you should get him a subscription to Playboy?
Programmer #1: I was thinking cigarettes.
Tech center
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: so glad I’m not related
Old Chinese tech: Hey, you know a' Tiger Woods?
Male phone tech: Yes! We dated! He said he loved me!
Old Chinese tech: You a'mysterious numbah fourteen!
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Computer guy #1: I can’t see the hard drive on this network.
Computer guy #2: Well, the problem is that the disk isn’t mounted. First you have to mount Claire*.
Claire: Hey!
Computer guy #2: Claire is the name of the office hard drive.
701 South Mount Vernon Avenue
San Bernardino, California
Overheard by: Amused
Finance manager: Every time an e-mail outage occurs I'm working on something, and I have to start over. I need you to let me know an hour or so ahead of time next time the system is going to crash.
IT guy: Ummmmm…
Auburn, Indiana
Overheard by: dru
Boss: From now on, people, we’re going to make Perfection our baseline.
The development team laughs.
Developer: Dude, whatever the fuck you’ve been reading, stop it.
1 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Mad William Flint
