Admin #1: The new software says ” loading.”
Admin #2: Oh. What does that mean?
Admin #1: It means it's not loading.
Orlando, Florida
Admin #1: The new software says ” loading.”
Admin #2: Oh. What does that mean?
Admin #1: It means it's not loading.
Orlando, Florida
Employee, about data extract: Wow! You know, this is kinda big.
Manager: Oh? Just put it in the share drive.
Employee: I think I'll just zip it up before I give it to you.
Manager: What?
Employee yelling: I said I don't think you'll want it, because it's too big to give to you, so I'll have to zip it back up.
Walnut Creek, California
Service rep: The program was running, and it sends about one e-mail a second.
Customer: Okay, I think it was going for about five minutes, so it sent 800 e-mails.
Service rep: Um… Not really… No.
Ontario
Canadia
Yelling assistant manager, after hitting “print” and hearing printer go “beep”: Don't touch it! I'm coming!
Pekin, Illinois
Admin on phone: I got a fax in the mail…
Pocatello, Idaho
Customer: Can I touch this screen?
Employee: Well, you can touch it, but it's not a touch screen.
Verizon Store
Louisville, Kentucky
Overheard by: Jessica Vautard
IT guy: If you're going to buy a Mac at this place, why don't you just save some money and buy a sack of potatoes instead? They'll both do the same amount of computing and a sack of potatoes is a lot cheaper!
Bethesda, Maryland
Overheard by: IT Chick
Female worker: I think my computer has a virus.
Tech: Okay.
Female worker: I think it might be a worm. Or it might be a horse.
Tech: Okay.
Female worker: Or maybe a trojan.
New Jersey
Overheard by: Rob
Coworker, after three months of working on video-game web project: Are Xbox360 and Wii the same?
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Newspaper e-media manager: Okay, if there are no changes, I'm going to send this e-mail blast.
Publisher, in mock panic: Wait! Stop the keyboards!
Augusta, Georgia
