Woman in cubicle: Does it feel good to have the mouse run down there?
Honolulu Credit Union, Hawaii
Woman in cubicle: Does it feel good to have the mouse run down there?
Honolulu Credit Union, Hawaii
Female cube dweller: See! If I click “okay”, it'll knock me up!
Dublin, Ohio
Copier guy (about malfunctioning copier): I'm going to turn this copier off for a while so it can think about itself.
San Francisco, California
Boss: You have to press the asserkist key. It's on top of the 8.
Nanaimo
BC
Canadia
Sales VP: You know, Dave* in IT has a navigation tool you can use to help you with that project.
Marketing VP: Great! (mutters note to self) Must ask Dave to show me his tool.
(CEO starts giggling uncontrollably)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Overworked admin: I typed up that document for you.
Stressed-out peon: Thanks for saving me several hours of incompetent, fat, fingering.
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Roma Tekovi
Busy mother on phone: No, I don't want some damn wizard to clean up my desktop. I said no, go away.
Satellite Boulevard
Duluth, Georgia
Sales rep: Why didn't you answer the IMs I sent you yesterday?
Designer: I was off yesterday.
Sales rep: You mean IMs don't go through if someone isn't online?
(designer stares)
Sales rep: What?
Howell, Michigan
Overheard by: Dunder MIfflin
Project manager #1: I'm taking a class, but someone stole my notebook.
Project manager #2: Learning sucks… Let me tell you what I'm going to have for dinner.
Troy, Michigan
Overheard by: Then wouldn't I be learning?
Office lady on phone to son: I don't know, I think we have it on tape… on tape. Video tape. No, not DVD, video tape. It's black and rectangular, and you put it in the VCR to watch movies. The VCR?… It's… look, just wait till I get home, okay?
Picktown, Ohio
Overheard by: trying not to laugh