Service rep on phone: Yes, ma'am, I can find a salon near you. What is your zip code?
(sound of five beeps as woman keys in her zip code)
Service rep: Ma'am, could you speak your zip code, please?
(five beeps again)
Service rep: Ma'am! You are on the phone with a human being! Tell me, using your words, what you zip code is! (pause) Thank you, no, I'm not a recording!
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: Another Rep
Coworker, about his BlackBerry: Hey, that helped! That really helped my ball. Blowing on it really helps!
Asheville, North Carolina
Overheard by: Blake
Guy with monitor: You need anything else moved into your office?
Other guy: No, but you’re my IT bitch so I’ll call you when I need something.
525 W. Van Buren Street
Chicago, Illinois
IT manager: What is the plan for the internal server deployment?
IT drone: We are going to the client on Monday to stand up the server.
IT manager: You promised me a plan by 5/1. Where is it?
IT drone: The plan is that we will go to the client on Monday and do the work.
IT manager: You understand, I need a plan. When can you get it to me?
Washington, DC
Operator: See that subject line? How am I supposed to know that that means?
Perturbed developer: You can open it up and read the e-mail.
Operator: Then I'd have to open multiple e-mails.
Perturbed developer: Yes, you can do that. You can open multiple e-mails.
Campus Office
St. Louis, Missouri
Sales guy on phone with admin: Is the printer still down? Mm-hmmm. Well, if I needed something printed today, could you, like, hand-print it or something? Mm-hmmm. I see. Okay, thanks.
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Reporter: I know how to do CPR. I have the CPR ap on my iPhone.
Augusta, Georgia
Worker, about endoscope diameters: The smaller they are, the more expensive… like bikinis.
Toronto
Canadia
CSR: I just took a look at the survey and noticed that at the very beginning it says “this survey is design”. Shouldn’t that say
“designed”?
IT: Probably…I cut and pasted.
CSR: Can it be changed?
IT: No, I etched that survey directly into your screen. To change it we would have to buy you a new monitor.
1 Woodland Hill Drive
Babson Park, Massachusetts
Female owner: Are we having computer trouble this morning?
Male manager: No, why?
Female owner: Because I can't get it up! I hate when I can't get it up!
Male manager: Me too, meeee toooo…
Indianapolis, Indiana
