Boss (giving papers to peon) Would you please fax these for me ASAP?
Peon (taking papers) Sure thing.
Peon (faxes, brings back papers) Here you go.
Boss: I thought I told you to fax these!
San Diego, California
Boss (giving papers to peon) Would you please fax these for me ASAP?
Peon (taking papers) Sure thing.
Peon (faxes, brings back papers) Here you go.
Boss: I thought I told you to fax these!
San Diego, California
Hosting rep: Alright sir, I reset your password so you can log in.
Pause
Hosting rep: Are you ready for it now?
Pause
Hosting rep: Ok sir, it’s all capital letters… It is I-D-1-0-T.
4800 Concentric Boulevard
Saginaw, Michigan
Engineer on phone: I could try to sell you a penis enlarging pump instead, if you’d like… No, of course it’s not used!
Edmonton, Alberta
Canadia
Employee: Why can’t you just install that for me?
Supervisor: Because I’m not going to spend an hour out of my day installing this on your crappy computer only to find out that it still doesn’t work and end up spending even more of my precious time trying to fix something that isn’t fixable and wind up making my life hell by hearing you bitch about this all the time. Only to make you happy.
Employee: So, is that a no?
Supervisor: You’re damn right it is.
Employee: Well, then can I just get a new computer so I won’t have this problem?
Supervisor: Fine. Anything to get you off my back.
Employee: Can I get a raise?
Supervisor: Don’t push it.
Employee: I think you need to take a nap.
1801 E. 9th Street
Cleveland, Ohio
PhD-level analyst: Oh, the copier is printing the whole five hundred pages of that report! I only want the first page! Stop, stop, stop! Why wont it stop?!
Temp: You have to actually press a button. It doesn’t work on voice command…
75 Washington Avenue
Portland, Maine
Overheard by: brian brinegar
Guy: Dude, that’s stupid. That attachment went out to like the whole office, you totally can’t do that…Yeah, the girl was pretty hot, though.
915 Broadway
New York, NY
Tech: You need to do a reboot for the changes to take effect.
Employee: Can I do a restart?
Tech: No, you must shut the computer down completely.
Employee: Can I turn it back on again?
140 Research Boulevard
Madison, Alabama
Male coworker to female coworker: Naw! You should just put out for the iPhone.
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Overheard by: Corporate America Ate My Young Adulthood
Office worker to colleague: Hey, is it okay to put tinfoil in the microwave?
Office manager, from the kitchen: Fire!
Northern Canadia
Male worker: Sorry I'm late, I had two copiers go down on me. (coworkers laugh) I mean it broke!
Boston, Massachusetts
