Technology

Customer #1: He was whacking it, and when I say whacking, I mean he was really going at it!
Customer #2: So you saw him do it?
Customer #1: Yeah, he was really embarrassed afterwards, but at least he was enjoying himself.
Customer #2: So what happened?
Customer #1: He was hitting it too hard and it snapped!
Customer #2: Oh… So you need a new PlayStation controller then?
Customer #1: Yeah.

K-Mart
Australia

Tech: Sometimes I think George* has never been on the Internet.

9155 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, California

Office guy: Hey [Scott]! My laptop screen is off.
Tech: It helps if you push this button.

As the tech walks past my desk I hear him saying: Great, another fucking genius!

440 Wheelers Farm Road
Milford, Connecticut

Coworker: But what if these Nigerian e-mails are real and people are making a lot of money off them? What about me? I bet that I could get rich.

249 W 17th Street
New York, New York

Developer: They took the Gubernator off the forklift to see how fast they could drive it.
Sys admin, in Austrian accent: Slow down if you want to live!

Manchester, New Hampshire

Coworker #1: The new shredder shreds CDs… Cool.
Coworker #2: Yeah! And it shreds DVDs, too!

Columbia, Maryland

Overheard by: it says moops

Sock Puppets, in Particular

Middle-aged copywriter to young techno weenie: PowerPoint is nice, but don’t ever underestimate the power of puppets.

West Lexington Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Here4theLaughs

Distressed older coworker: I don't get it. I unplugged my computer last night and I'm still getting e-mails. I don't know what I have to do to stop them.

Pensacola, Florida

Attorney #1: Does anyone know why I can’t access my computer’s S drive?
Attorney #2: Oh, I know the problem. It’s an operator error!
Attorney #1: What does that mean?

Madera, California

Overheard by: Shawn

Coworker viewing a Myspace page: Jeff Buckley’s online! He’s dead, how is he doing this?

Frances Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania