Co-worker #1: I’m not sure that’s right, though. I pulled it out of my database.
Co-worker #2: Is that what you call your ass, sir, a database?
2000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Salted Fish
Co-worker #1: I’m not sure that’s right, though. I pulled it out of my database.
Co-worker #2: Is that what you call your ass, sir, a database?
2000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Salted Fish
Aggravated nurse, complaining about slave monitor malfunction: Can someone come help me with this goddamn thing again?
Helpful, tech-savvy male nurse: What's the matter?
Aggravated nurse: My slave is black!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Speechless, blinking….
Accounting: I mean, I know how to use Excel. Just not for spreadsheets and stuff.
525 Rudder Road
Fenton, Missouri
Marketing guy: I don’t want you IT guys wasting a lot of time figuring out what’s wrong before you fix it!
228 East 86th Street
New York, NY
Co-worker #1: Does she always send emails in 72 point font?
Co-worker #2: Oh, that’s “mad” typing.
Co-worker #1: How should I respond to this?
Co-worker #3: You should reply using 86 point font.
Co-worker #2: They don’t make 86 point font. I’ve tried it before. You should use 8 point font in Bernhard Fashion BT or some other font that’s hard to read.
Co-worker #1: Yeah, I’ll do that. She won’t be able to read it.
Co-worker #2: That’ll really piss her off.
620 Greison Trail
Newnan, Georgia
Boss: Can you come help me with this Excel thing? I deleted something that I needed.
Admin: Okay. Well, you should just click “undo”.
Boss: What's “clickundo”?
Dayton, Oregon
Overheard by: glad to be in a different department
Lawyer: Ben*, if I e-mail you something, can you figure out how to print it on legal-size paper?
Paralegal: Ummm, sure. [Later brings back printed text.]Lawyer: Oh, great! You know, you have a future as a printer!
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
Female nurse, about new netbook: I guess I have to take this little pink thing home and test it out.
Male office manager: Can I watch?
Twin Falls, Idaho
Overheard by: jaekar99
Presenter: So which button do I hit to get to the next slide?
Coworker: The space bar.
Presenter: Okay, and which one is that?
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: mystified
IT guy: Yeah, the UI needs to be top-notch. Like the best thing you've ever done. Uh, don't spend too much time on it.
Kirkland, Washington
Overheard by: Ralph H
