Tech People

Tech Lead: Our requirements are in terms of bells and whistles at this point, not actual business functionality.

1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway
Chesterfield, Missouri

Overheard by: Jonathan Willis

Girl tech: We are blocking emails to our customers with the word disbursement in it because of “semen”.
Head tech dude: Semen?
Guy tech #1: Are you sure semen isn’t somewhere else?
Guy tech #2: Semen? Like the nasty stuff?
Head tech dude: We’ll have to adjust the filter, we are blocking reimbursement too.
Girl tech: Jeez, this blocking could cause all sorts of problems.

9001 Shelbyville Road
Louisville, Kentucky

Overheard by: Andy Goss

Server admin: He’s Catholic, isn’t he?
Developer: Nah, he’s just gay.

State and Water Street
Peoria, Illinois

Overheard by: only girl in an office of men…

Software Engineer: I’ll like, you know, just pseudocode out this part in the design.

8614 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, Virginia

Tech #1: I have to stop using the f-word!
Tech #2: You need something else to say. Like…”butt breath.”
Tech #1: That's nasty.
Tech #3: Not if it's a baby's butt.

St. Charles, Missouri

IT worker : They’re great for smuggling midgets across the border.

Richmond, Virginia

Tech guy: It will take Zeus and all his pissed off gods going in and throwing all sorts of thunderbolts to straighten this out.

1 Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas

Customer: Hey, the spell checker is broken. When I type in complete
gobbledygook, it doesn’t mark that as wrong. Can you fix that?
Tech: When you learn how to type real words and they are misspelled, then you are allowed to ask me questions.

9598 Cortana Place
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Tech #1: You're going to need to help Ann*.
Tech #2: What's wrong with Ann*?
Tech #1: Well, that's a subject for long, intense discussion… But I think she needs help with her computer.

Storrs, Connecticut

Overheard by: J.McC

IT worker in bathroom: Out of all the people I could impersonate electronically, you would be my favorite!

Columbus, Ohio