Office grunt #1: The Internet is down. Email still works, but there’s something wrong with the Internet.
Office grunt #2: So the Internet’s running fine, right?
1 Penn Plaza
New York, New York
Overheard by: I’m gonna go with NO…
Office grunt #1: The Internet is down. Email still works, but there’s something wrong with the Internet.
Office grunt #2: So the Internet’s running fine, right?
1 Penn Plaza
New York, New York
Overheard by: I’m gonna go with NO…
Tech support person solving printing problem: First I'll put his end in her slot, then I'll try putting her end in his slot, and we'll see what happens.
Office
Oregon
Old lady to young guy cleaning fish tank: I remember when cell phones were the size of a barn.
Doctor's Waiting Room
Burbank, California
[Technicians installing a new system]Technician #1: Ok, well it looks like we need to go up to the ceiling.
Technician #2: I’m going to go up the ladder.
Technician #3: You’re going to go up the ladder?
Technician #1: You’re going to go up the ladder?
Technician #2: I’m going to go up the ladder.
[Technician #2 goes up the ladder and takes some stuff apart]Technician #2: Ok, so I think this one is the heating hose.
Technician #1: That one’s the heating hose?
Technician #2: Yeah, this one’s the heating hose.
Technician #3: Ok, I?m going to activate it. Whoosh.
Technician #2: Turn it off! Turn it off! Turn it off!
[Technician #3 turns it off]Technician #2: Ok, that’s the heating hose.
Enterprise Drive
Oak Brook, Illinois
Cube dweller: So I came in today, and my phone is blank, and my computer is disconnected from the network. And there's nobody over in it to help me.
Boss: Call the help desk.
Cube dweller: With what? My phone? It's broken.
Boss: So e-mail it!
San Carlos, California
Overheard by: The Punvert
Tired and defeated public relations director: So, yeah, I'm heading up that project. (sighs)
Equally tired and defeated public relations manager: Let me know if I can help with that.
Tired and defeated public relations director: You can help me by putting my car in neutral and pushing it off the top of the parking garage.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Manda
Techie: You know you’ve been working in a computer store for too long when you go to throw out a piece of paper in the trash and are like, “I’m gonna delete this now!”
119 West 23rd Street
New York, NY
IT professional #1: But the thing is that a lot of these people will need me forever… most of them are from 40-60 years old… Need I say more?
IT professional #2: Ugh, god! Just give them an abacus and call it a day.
Parnall Road
Jackson, Michigan
Overheard by: cubewalker
Tech guy: Our media player has its own problems… Like, it's mediocre.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: It's not alone
Boss: So see if you can find these people’s email addresses.
Intern: …You want me to find Desmond Tutu’s email address?
Boss: Try Google if you get stumped.
2130 H Street NW
Washington, DC
