Programmer #1: Oh, man, the PHP meet-up is at a TV shop.
Programmer #3: Yeah, Walt's TV.
Programmer #2: Do you think they have food there?
Programmer #1: I think they have TVs there.
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
Programmer #1: Oh, man, the PHP meet-up is at a TV shop.
Programmer #3: Yeah, Walt's TV.
Programmer #2: Do you think they have food there?
Programmer #1: I think they have TVs there.
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
IT manager, asking about IT ticketing system: So, do either of you use heat often?
IT lady: I'm in heat a lot.
Kansas City, Missouri
Repair tech: Did you happen to get any details about that equipment not working?
CSR: Why would I? Look, if the client tells me the flux capacitor is broken, I'm not going to know what that means.
Olathe, Kansas
Word processor: Your buddy Jonah* changed all the bullet points to smiley faces.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: sara n.
IT engineer, about large file to upload: It was big, that's why it took so long to get it up.
IT desktop deck: Hahahaha.
IT manager: I'll leave you two alone.
The Pentagon
Arlington, Virginia
Tech looking for stylus: Have you seen my pokey thing?
Boss: Not even in prison did I see the pokey thing.
Midwest
Boss on phone with tech support: Wait… What is a colon? (pause) The dot and the squiggle line or the dot and the dot? (pause) Hello? Are you listening to me? (pause) No, I'm not stupid, I'm German.
Ocala, Florida
Overheard by: Mystique
Tech guy #1: You don't see a problem using a URL shortener to shorten a URL that is shorter than the shortened URL?
Tech guy #2: No!
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: really short URL
Tech guy: I do have an example dump, if you want to look at it.
Des Plaines, Illinois
Office worker: The only way you can print is from the report?
System support person, on speakerphone: Yeah, we're trying to fix that.
Office worker: Wait! You can print from the report?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Why do I work here?
