Tech People

Computer guy: I wonder what it is that makes it feel so damn cold in this building sometimes?
Graphics dude: Maybe it’s the temperature.

Dyess Air Force Base
Texas

Overheard by: Michael Philippus

IT guy: You know why sardines are so good? Because their bones are young and soft.

Mesquite, Nevada

Male IT worker: Body glitter is not that hard to wash off.

Richmond, Virginia

Techie, answering phone: Hello, this is Brenda*…No, I wasn’t just speaking to someone on the phone… I’m positive; I work in IT so I rarely talk to anyone.

100 Sylvan Road
Woburn, Massachusetts

Overheard by: June Bug

Technical support worker on phone: I am not a robot!

Auckland
New Zealand

Overheard by: RockJonny

Assistant: I'm going to Starbucks; can I get you anything?
IT tech: What's Starbucks?

Lawrence, Kansas

Overheard by: a girl who HASN'T been living under a rock

Boss: Do we have Google installed on our internet?
IT guy: We put it on your machine yesterday.

700 W. Van Buren Street
Chicago, Illinois

Tech support: Can you tell if it’s an Ethernet cable or a phone cable?
Customer: How do I tell?
Tech support: Well, if you hold it up to the cable attached to your phone and you look at the plug, if it looks the same, you’ve got a phone cable. If it’s bigger, it’s probably Ethernet.
Customer: Oh cool. Let me look.
Tech support: WAIT! [dial tone]

711 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Boss to IT guy, looking at server cabinet: I noticed you cleaned it up when you put the new server in–it looks a lot better. Wait, where's the new server?
IT guy, pointing at small-form tower: Oh, it's there, tiny little thing, but it does the job.
Boss: Are you sure that's a server? It looks like a UPS to me.
IT guy: Uhhhh…

Caboolture
Australia

Lasik tech to another: Can I borrow your eyes for a sec?

Lasik Vision Institute, California

Overheard by: blind betty