Boss to secretary: We're out of paper? Hold on, I'll call Julie and have her fax me a sheet and we can photo copy it.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Overheard by: can't say … I'm laughing to hard
Boss to secretary: We're out of paper? Hold on, I'll call Julie and have her fax me a sheet and we can photo copy it.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Overheard by: can't say … I'm laughing to hard
Boss: Why can't I open this file?
Secretary: Because you did not click on the file.
Boss: I swear this computer lies to me all the time!
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: telling lies to the computer
Salesperson: You need to get the tri-band phone so you'll have service in all 63 states wherever you go.
Hargray Wireless
Ridgeland, Mississippi
Employee: On this new printer I just installed, we can print double sided.
Crazy-haired boss lady: I don't think I can.
Employee: No, we all can now.
Crazy-haired boss lady: Well, are things double sided on your screen? I don't have anything that is double sided on my screen, so I can't print double sided.
Merrillville, Indiana
Overheard by: CJ
Office girl: My computer just crashed.
Coworker: You can use mine.
Office girl: Thanks.
Coworker: No, you better not touch it. You might break it. (laughs, then pauses) On the other hand, I'd like you to touch it. Touch it as much as you want.
High Point, North Carolina
Young, gay, male PR coordinator: Wow! Nice office camera! I might have to take that with me when I get fired.
Advertising Agency
Salt Lake City, Utah
Worker: So last night I got the '08 Altima I was telling you about. It's got the continuously variable transmission, so when you accelerate it doesn't have to downshift for power.
Coworker: Cool! What color is it?
Worker: Black on black.
Coworker: Just like inner city crime!
Omaha, Nebraska
Male creepy marketing director, asking how to change copier's toner: So you just pull it out and shove it in?
Female office manager: (sigh)
Royal Oak, Michigan
Business user: So you're telling me that it will take six weeks to roll out this new bit of code to the stores?
Project manager: Yes.
Business user: This is ridiculous. Why can't we just have a set of rules that tells the systems what we want to do instead of inserting all this coding crap?
Project manager: Well, yes, we could do that.
Business user: Perfect! How long will it take to do that?
Project manager: About six weeks.
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Overheard by: Firebabe
CFO: What are they going to use video equipment for?
Budget services director: Making porn.
River Forest, Illinois
