Technology

Boss: Our girl is interested in technology and will pay for it!

79 5th Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: Monkee

Young guy #1, staring at screen, to guy next to him: Fine, don't fucking chat to me then. I'm putting you on ignore.
Young guy #2, staring at screen: Facebook logged me out! (jabbing frantically at mouse button) I can't log back in!
Young guy #1, still staring at his screen: How the fuck are we going to chat then?

Ward Library
University of Western Sydney
Australia

Female drone: Would you give that to me now, please? I really need it.
Male drone: I already did it; look again.
Female drone: Oh! Oh! There it is! It went straight into my junk!

Eldersburg, Maryland

Overheard by: irrelevant

Student, while messing with professor's computer: How do you get your thing up?
Professor: What?

Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, New Jersey

Female coworker on phone: If he doesn't get that dishwasher off the deck I'm going to go out and take a sledgehammer to his truck.

Woburn, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Blazer & Blue Jeans

Tech support, ending the conversation: I'm definitely gonna come on your machine tonight.

Melville, New York

Boss: How’s your work coming along?
Employee: Umm, well 98% of the time I don’t do anything but refresh my email…but that’s going well.

1150 15th Street
Washington, DC

Dev: But I have wanted tabbed browsing for seven fucking years!

One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington

Principal: I don’t want the upgrade if it means I have to learn something new. I don’t ever want to have to learn anything new.

1123 Broadway
New York, NY

Visiting European account manager: Oh, you have a new cell! I guess it was time to get a new one?
Chinese Project Manager: Yes, this morning I come to work and I am robbed by bandits. So, I have to get a new cell phone.
Visiting European account manager: Ha ha ha ha ha! Ha…ha…Heh. Oh. Oh dear. Are you ok?
Chinese Project Manager (in Chinese): Is she drunk?

188 Dong Cheng Da Dao
Dong Guan, China

Overheard by: Adam White