IT guy: This is brand new. It's pre-owned.
Coworker: So is it brand new? Or pre-owned?
IT guy: It's brand new pre-owned.
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Overheard by: God help us.
IT guy: This is brand new. It's pre-owned.
Coworker: So is it brand new? Or pre-owned?
IT guy: It's brand new pre-owned.
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Overheard by: God help us.
Angry old engineer: Goddammit! This company couldn’t engineer its way out of a paper bag with a fucking uzi and a blowtorch! What the fuck is it that we do around here?!
5634 University Avenue
Denver, Colorado
Dev #1: Why would we ever deny the faculty access to Moodle?
Dev #2: We might have always cut the ends off a ham because our mom taught us to.
Dev #1: …
1600 Clarkson Road
Chesterfield, Missouri
IT girl on phone: … So when she sent that e-mail saying ‘ASAP,’ I waited ’til five PM, just to be hateful.
4801 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
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Team Overheard
IT manager: Sometimes when I’m down and nothing makes any sense, I just pretend I work for Emeril Lagasse.
West Village
New York, New York
IT slave: I returned the config to default, but the site still doesn’t work. Must be something else.
Developer: Nuke the site from orbit?
IT slave: Did that, too, but it turns out the queen alien was still clinging to the belly of the drop ship.
411 1st Avenue South
Seattle, Washington
IT guy: So you don’t want everyone to have access?
Boss: I just don’t want anyone to be able to type slash, back colon, or whatever, and the system goes for a shite.
IT guy: Ya.
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Define Back Colon
Tech guy #1: Can I ask you for a favor?
Tech guy #2: No! The last time you asked, my ass hurt!
Calgary
Alberta
Canadia
IT guy: If I harnessed the power of my ass, I'd be invincible.
Waltham, Massachusetts
