Tech People

Developer: And so I told the client that she can add cats till…the cats come home. And then I'm done with her. Because there's no fucking way I'm adding any more cats to this printer cartridge selling website.

Mesa, Arizona

Overheard by: Chris Cardinal

Copier Technician: Sir, your software isn’t compatible with this machine. It’s outdated.
Offie Manager: Well, the sales guy promised it would work.
Copier Technician: Did you try it out before you bought it?
Office Manager: No, I trusted the sales guy that it would do what he said it would do.
Copier Technician: Well, this isn’t the first time you’ve dealt with a sales person, is it? When I make a significant purchase, I try it before I sign the contract.
Office Manager: How you ever going to get married, son?
Copier Technician: Sorry?
Office Manager: I said how you ever going to get married?
Copier Technician: I am married, sir.
Office Manager: Well, did you try out your wife before you got married?
Copier Technician: What?

310 Dorla Court
Zephyr Cove, Nevada

Peon: Hey, I can't look at our webpage without the browser crashing.
IT manager: Which browser?
Peon: Ff 4.
IT manager: What?
Peon: Firefox 4.
IT manager: What's a Firefox?
Peon: Uh, let's pretend I said IE.

South Morang
Australia

Development manager: … So then I told my wife that even if we raised our granddaughter she could still end up like her mother. I mean, she doesn’t have tattoos, but she does drugs and she’s a tramp.
IT analyst: Don’t call your daughter a tramp, that’s not nice!
Development manager: Why not? She sleeps with every Tom, Dick and Harry!
IT analyst: At least she has a social life.

1600 South 900 West
Salt Lake City, Utah

Overheard by: Jealous

Programmer to manager: It's not wrong. It may not be in the format they were expecting, but it's not wrong.

Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadia

Facilities guy, as five IT staffers walk past: What is this, it on parade?
IT guy: Yes, we ran out of pink elephants.

Seattle, Washington

Engineer: I have this weird beeping signal on my phone. Do I need to dial a 1 when calling this number?

Tech support guy takes the phone and hits redial.

Tech support guy: No. That is a busy signal.

5032 South Ash Avenue
Tempe, Arizona

IT guy, on computer settings: If it isn’t turned on, then it’s probably turned off.

California

Overheard by: The breakroom

Quiet IT guy: My dingleberries have been really slow lately.

Sparks, Maryland

Overheard by: Operator

IT manager: How can I be wrong when I don't know what I'm talking about?

College Campus
Huntsville, Texas

Overheard by: Knows what she's talking about