May 5th, 2011
Its J’s inaugural Overheard moment!
J set up a Facebook group and was posting articles for the members to read, I went to inform him that every time he posted an article I received a notification email and that it was a bit spammy.
I suggested he look in the FB help menu to see if there was a way to turn off the notifications from the group side.
Me: Scroll down to the bottom and click through to the help page.
J: There is no help link.
J (scrolling down and reading the links): About, advertising, create a page, developers, careers, privacy, terms, help, oh, help.
Me (laughing): That is so worthy of going on the site!
March 30th, 2011
This is a statement that is all too familiar in my office O_o
B: The government promotes hijacking and motor theft, cause they gain from the VAT that is paid when you replace the car that got stolen.
I really just have no words…
March 16th, 2011
Two of my colleagues bumped into each other at the shops…
KM: Hi! How are you? How old is your little one now?
E: Hi. She will be 2 in a months time.
KM: Wonderful. Time to start thinking about number 2.
E: Well actually, I am pregnant.
KM: Thats fantastic, when are you due.
E: September.
KM: This September or next September?
February 28th, 2011
R is sending an email to her family overseas.
R: W, I need to send this email out but I dont want it to disturb them if they are sleeping, I need to figure out the time differences.
W: Its ok, just send it, it wont wake them up…
January 19th, 2011
The Konica Minolta tech was at the office to fix the touch screen. He is a hardware tech, not a software tech. He does what he needs to do then leaves.
S: W, I think the Konica guy removed the darkness (density) option.
W: He didnt touch any of those options, he just fixed the screen.
S: Well I cant find the option so he must have removed it!
W: I promise he didnt remove it, go look again.
S never came back so he either found the option or gave up. *sigh*
December 1st, 2010
We have a water cooler in our office. The lady from the water company called and asked if we need more bottles. I asked her to call back next week. One of the other ladies reminded me that we are away for two weeks in Dec and I should take this into account when I order. Then R came up with this gem.
R: Does water have an expiry date?
Need I say more?
October 28th, 2010
K: If my battery, my cell phone battery is dead, does that mean no one else can call me on it?
Me: No.
K: Ok.
At this point I lost all concentration on what I was doing and had to go for a walk down the passage…
October 21st, 2010
D walks into the office, I stop her to give her a document and instructions on what to do with the document.
Me: D, here is the document, please give it to Mr A and ask him to fill out what he can.
D: OK, should I make a copy of it.
Me: Why?
D: So we have a copy for us.
Me: But I have it on my computer, thats where I printed it from…
D: Oh, so I shouldn’t copy it?
October 14th, 2010
The ladies are chatting about not receiving emails today…
D: I still cant get emails.
KH: I am also not getting emails today, maybe there is something wrong with the emails.
R: I have been getting emails today, I dont think there is a problem.
KH: But I usually get emails from P and and I haven’t had any today.
R: But P isn’t here today!
KH: But don’t the emails get sent automatically?
October 11th, 2010
I’m standing in the kitchen at work making tea. The tea and coffee stuff has not been set out yet and the milk is still in the fridge. KM comes in to make coffee and goes to the fridge to get milk.
Me: KM, dont use the milk on the shelf, use the milk in the door.
KM: The door?
Me: Yes, the milk in the door is fresh.
KM: What door?
