Overheard at the Office #50

Coworker: Hmm, today is Cinco de Mayo.
Other Coworker: Yes it is.
Coworker: I have to call my friend. She's Puerto Rican.  I need to wish her a happy Cinco de Mayo!

Overheard in the Barracks #1

Let me set the scene.  It was 1997 or 1998, we just got phone service in the Barracks which let us finally get on the Internet.  I was showing my roommate around the Web and then we decided to jump on IRC.  I was showing him how to use mIRC.

roommate: No, stop. I don't want to make any long distance calls.
me:  WTF?  Your ISP is local.
roommate: You're calling Phoenix!  That's long distance.
me: No, it's a server in Phoenix on the Internet.  There's no long distance on the Internet.
roommate: I don't know about that, that doesn't sound right.

I was connecting to the Phoenix Undernet server.

Overheard at the Office #49

I have no idea what the context of this exchange was, but it make me chuckle.


Coworker1: Interns?
Coworker2: No, people.

Overheard at the Office #48

Coworker: We should leave AppleTalk enabled.
me: Why? It hasn't been used in decades.
Coworker: $HIGHERUP uses a MacBook.
me: So?
Coworker: So what if he needs to print?
me: You want to leave AppleTalk enabled on 500+ printers because $HIGHERUP has a MacBook? NOBODY USES APPLETALK!
Coworker: You never know....