Technology

Hippie using his pocket PC: It’s very primitive -I use it for solitaire while pooping.

Bean & Leaf Coffee Shop
New London, Connecticut

Overheard by: Overand

Geek #1: But I’m a semi-Mac user! I can’t have a beard and be a Mac user!
Geek #2: Yeah, I know what you mean…

Memorial University
Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Beardless Mac User

Grungy dude, pointing to expensive vacuum: You should get this one. It sucks up everything!
Girlfriend: Yeah, but I don’t have much carpet. I need, like, a Broom Vac or something.
Grungy dude: A Broom Vac?! Put down the crack pipe!

Target
Baltimore, Maryland

Older lady: What’s a whiffy?
Man, confused: What’s… a whiffy?
Older lady: Right there! It says, ‘Free whiffy’ — W-I-F-I.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Overheard by: Jen

Dude playing Wii: That’s gonna be my one year anniversary with my Wii. I should take it out and buy it a purse…

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Overheard by: Russ

TA: You’ll need a watch to keep track of how long your stories are.
Sorostitute: I have one!
TA: Is it analog or digital?
Sorosititute, after looking at watch for a few seconds: … It has diamonds!

Broadcasting Journalism lab, University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Overheard by: Don’t rush for HER sorority

Customer: I want to return this mouse.
CSR: Okay. May I ask why?
Customer: No, you’ll laugh at me.
CSR: I promise I won’t.
Customer: Every time I move it around it squeaks.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canadia

Guy #1: Oh, sorry, man. I forgot to tell you about it… If you were on Facebook, I would have invited you.
Guy #2, pissed: … I live two doors down from you!

http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/

Customer #1: Can you tell me about these TVs? Oh, sorry, I thought you worked here. You are dressed just like them.
Customer #2: That's okay. I don't know much about TVs.
Customer #1: What's to know? You plug it in and connect the cable, right? You probably know as much as them. Now these TVs, if they are digital, which they say they are… do I need a cable box for these or do I just put the setting on cable?
Customer #2: I don't know. I don't have a digital TV.
Customer #1: I don't have a TV either. I'm homeless. I have a radio.

Best Buy
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Scomart

Stodgy, old-fashioned professor: It's your birthday? I didn't know, you must not have put it on Facebook.

St. John's
Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Mel