Tech People

Product Manager: You know, I don’t like playing dumb.
IT: Yeah, well, I don’t either, but sometimes I just have to.

6475 SW Fallbrook Place
Beaverton, Oregon

IT guy to another: Gay Republicans are a little more weird than Gary*.

Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

PC tech: How’s your wife?
Printer tech: Pretty good. I tried to give her a massage last night, but she said that I couldn’t.
PC tech: Why? My girl loves massages.
Printer tech: She said that I’ll just end up filling up a hole, and she wasn’t in the mood.

West Palm Beach, Florida

Programmer (shouting and thrusting both arms up): Yeah!
Boss: Oh, did you get the stored procedure working?
Programmer: No, Arizona State was voted #1 for hottest women.

Hampton Avenue
Mesa, Arizona

Overheard by: Chris Cardinal

Analyst: Look, you said you broke two bones in your e-mail, but you actually just broke your arm.
Boss: Yes, I broke my bone… now I have two bones!
Analyst: No! You have two pieces of one bone now. Bones are treated as a whole. You're trying to get extra sympathy. If I break a pen in half, how many pens do I have?
Boss: Two!
Analyst: How are you my boss?

Edmonton
Alberta
Canadia

Overheard by: Marketer In Accounting

Manager: So, can we finally take his picture off the home page?
Developer: What’s the matter? Do you have something against nipples?
Manager: I don’t even like the word ‘nipples.’ ‘Butter,’ that’s another word I don’t like.
Developer: You should meet a friend of mine. She doesn’t like the word ‘goggles’.

Centre St
New York

Computer-whiz colleague: You should do program-testing while I'm here, then I can come and help you with any problems.
Serious colleague: So, you don't mind being grabbed?

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: confused but amused

Tech: You can get a manual off their website.
Supervisor: In English?
Tech: No… But it has pictures!

Charlotte, North Carolina

Overheard by: Robert

IT guy #1: So, I was using the snake.
IT guy #2: Did you get it in there?
IT guy #1: Yeah, but like I got six inches in and it just exploded.

Washington St
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Jaggie

Programmer: I can't work in these conditions… I need beer.

Manhattan, New York