Technology

IT worker: If you use it a whole bunch of times it will become intuitive.

Madison, Connecticut

Male federal employee: I loved those old Startac phones because all they were was a phone. They didn’t take pictures. They didn’t predict your ovulation cycle. They just took calls!

Independence Avenue
Washington, DC

Coworker #1: So what’s your e-mail address?
Coworker #2: [Gives it to him.]Coworker #1: Cool… How did you choose that?
Coworker #2: Oh, it means “big fart” in Chinese…

Santa Rosa, California

Boss: Who is this? You have to identify yourself — my hard drive is full!

Baltimore, Maryland

Coworker #1: I have Popular, NipTuck, and Six Feet Under in my queue, but I’m really a movie whore.
Coworker #2: That’s good. Admitting you’re a whore is the first step towards actually getting paid for it.
Coworker #1: What the hell are you talking about?

Wausau, Wisconsin

Coworker: I’m going to go draw lasers.

111 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Hear No Evil

Boss: Can you program this DVD player?
Temp: Um, maybe. I don’t know.
Boss: I thought you graduated from film school. What do they teach you there?
Temp: Obviously nothing useful for a later career.

Vienna
Austria

Overheard by: cinekat

Employee #1: How do you like your new office? Is the glare from the lights a problem? If so, I can twist the bulbs like I did in that other office.
Employee #2: That sounds kind of kinky.
Employee #1: Yeah!

Chicago, Illinois

.Net developer, finishing a presentation: … And that’s my presentation on .Net custom controls. Any questions about the toggle reader or list controls?
Java developer, bursting at the seams: So it turns out my frat brothers inadvertently stole a human corpse!

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Sales guy: Is the old copy machine face-up or face-down?
Office manager: Face… up. No, face-down. Eh, just try it both ways.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina