The one that we like around here is we close or minimize all of someone's programs and do a print screen. Then move all of their desktop shortcuts and folders into a new folder somewhere off the desktop (make sure you save them to put them back). Minimize their taskbar. Set their desktop wallpaper as the screen shot you took earlier. When they try to click on the shortcuts or the start button nothing will happen.
Office Pranks
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OK, that's disturbing that someone would walk around barefoot. What's worse is that they would go into the bathroom like that. Disgusting.
Yeah, we have a woman who does that, too. She's a little... odd. She also takes her daily shower at work, rather than doing it at home.
What? You guys don't take a daily shower at work:wink:...geez you are distgusting :tongue:
Insert a sheet in the copier/printer, halfway thru the stack of blank paper, that says:
SERVICE MACHINE SOON
SERVICE MACHINE SOON
I guess it'd be OK if you have a gym and she worked out in the morning before work. I can't think of anything else that would make it OK.
There is a lady here that makes here grilled cheese sandwhiches at home by putting the plate on top of the floor vent.
It's so weird - she would come in at the start of her shift to do it. NOBODY else has ever used that shower, that I know of - even the people who go to the gym over lunch just shower there!! She used to have problems with the well on her farm, so she'd steal two gallons of water at the end of every day. I think her well is now fixed (do wells get fixed?), but she STILL steals the water.
There ISN'T any sweet spot on this woman... :no:
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At a previous job, I had a boss that nobody liked. SHOCKER, I know! He was a really cheap old guy, and it wasn't a very good place to work, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, right?
Anyway, my boss would go for a run every day. He would leave at noon every day, run a set route, and be back at 1:00. It was like clockwork. When he would get back, he would immediately take a shower. (one of the bathrooms in the office had a shower stall)
So, to extract some measure of revenge on this guy that we hated so much, one of my co-workers (let's call him Calvin) would go into the bathroom with the shower every day at 12:50, and umm "drop the duece" so to speak. No kidding! He did it every day. He used to plan for it! Let's just say he ate lunch at Taco Bell, a lot.
Then we used to watch from afar as the boss waited outside the door, sweating, while Calvin finsihed the deed. Making him wait was funny enough, but then when Calvin came out, there would be this weird, uncomfortable exchange where they would both just nod at each other. No words were exchanged, but each one knew exactly what the other was thinking. This went on for months. We used to drop everything to watch this little soap opera unfold every day.
It used to slay me, knowing that the boss had to walk into a wall of stink every time he wanted to take a shower, and yet he never did anything about it because that would be admitting that Calvin had won. I still laugh about it.
Anyway, my boss would go for a run every day. He would leave at noon every day, run a set route, and be back at 1:00. It was like clockwork. When he would get back, he would immediately take a shower. (one of the bathrooms in the office had a shower stall)
So, to extract some measure of revenge on this guy that we hated so much, one of my co-workers (let's call him Calvin) would go into the bathroom with the shower every day at 12:50, and umm "drop the duece" so to speak. No kidding! He did it every day. He used to plan for it! Let's just say he ate lunch at Taco Bell, a lot.
Then we used to watch from afar as the boss waited outside the door, sweating, while Calvin finsihed the deed. Making him wait was funny enough, but then when Calvin came out, there would be this weird, uncomfortable exchange where they would both just nod at each other. No words were exchanged, but each one knew exactly what the other was thinking. This went on for months. We used to drop everything to watch this little soap opera unfold every day.
It used to slay me, knowing that the boss had to walk into a wall of stink every time he wanted to take a shower, and yet he never did anything about it because that would be admitting that Calvin had won. I still laugh about it.
I was not at my job when this happened but I will share what I heard. I work at a place that has a couple thousand workers. On Valentine's Day all flowers sent to work go to the main lobby, needless to say the place gets overwhelmed with flowers waiting to be picked up. So some guys called another guy's phone pretending to be from the lobby and told the guy he got some flowers. So the guy made his way down to the lobby and started to look through all the flowers for his and he couldn't fine them. So he looked through all of them again with the help of the person working in the lobby. After serval searches through all the flowers he was told that he must have not gotten any flowers. A little embarassed he left the lobby about an 30 minutes after getting there. When he got backed to where he worked he was welcomed by a dozen co-workers laughing their a*** off.
My college job in Ames I worked with all college students, mostly guys. We would usually put cardboard cut outs of male private parts on the rear bumper of each others cars or signs such as "Cowboy butts drive me nuts" "Honk if your horn**" (not sure if that word needs to be edited or not). These aren't really office pranks, just job pranks.
Put the really wide pieces of "tape" (stuff you put on your carpet when you move to protect it) across the opening of someone.
Obtain massive amounts of packing peanuts.
Open desk drawers, cabinets, etc.
Dump peanuts into the cube.
I guarantee you, they'll be finding those packing peanuts for months.
Obtain massive amounts of packing peanuts.
Open desk drawers, cabinets, etc.
Dump peanuts into the cube.
I guarantee you, they'll be finding those packing peanuts for months.
The funniest/saddest prank I've seen was back in 2000. It was this gal's birthday and her boyfriend stopped by to drop off some flowers, a gift, and 10 lottery scratch tickets. She scratches the tickets and wins $10,000 on one of them. She then proceeds to run around the very large office building to tell everyone about it.
5 min later her boyfriend breaks the news to her that the ticket is a prank. She breaks down in tears and needless to say, is completely embarrassed.
I have no idea how the relationship ended up. But I have a good idea.
5 min later her boyfriend breaks the news to her that the ticket is a prank. She breaks down in tears and needless to say, is completely embarrassed.
I have no idea how the relationship ended up. But I have a good idea.
Yeah - the visitation was held two days later and the funeral a day after that:huh:
Just FYI, If they are using Windoze XP, there is a setting on the context menu to turn off showing desktop icons. Works quicker than moving all the shortcuts, folders, etc.
Windows XP: Hide All Desktop Icons - Tech-Recipes.com
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This one is kind of lame, and really has nothing to do with the workplace, but it's a good prank nonetheless. Back when I was in college (UNI) my friend Brent was one of those guys who was really anal about parking spaces, and he used to drive around the parking lots closest to the dorms for hours trying to find the best spot. It used to be so annoying to ride with him, and we used to give him crap about it all the time.
Anyway, when winter came, just to be jerks, a couple of us would go find his car in the parking lot and build a snowman on the roof. You know how it is in college, if you live on campus, sometimes you don't drive your car for days/weeks at a time. If he'd drive somewhere, he'd knock it down, and so we'd replace it when we noticed it was gone. This went on all winter... both my freshman and sophomore years... (after that I moved off campus) I always thought that he knew it was us that did it, but a couple of years ago I was chatting with him at a gathering, and I mentioned to him how funny it used to be that he had the "Snowman Car." He got really steamed and claimed that he never knew who did it.
Anyway, when winter came, just to be jerks, a couple of us would go find his car in the parking lot and build a snowman on the roof. You know how it is in college, if you live on campus, sometimes you don't drive your car for days/weeks at a time. If he'd drive somewhere, he'd knock it down, and so we'd replace it when we noticed it was gone. This went on all winter... both my freshman and sophomore years... (after that I moved off campus) I always thought that he knew it was us that did it, but a couple of years ago I was chatting with him at a gathering, and I mentioned to him how funny it used to be that he had the "Snowman Car." He got really steamed and claimed that he never knew who did it.
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i was vice pres of production for a good sized texas company and we used to have cushions on our desk chairs. it was a favorite
trick of employees to put ice water onto the cushions before you sat on the cushions.you always developed a cold rear. one time they got me good.they attached a string to my desk drawer and put the string up to the ceiling and stretched the string to a small container of eggs over my head. when you pulled out your drawer the string would trip the egg basket over your head. luckily i missed the egg bomb but it made my desk drawer a real mess.
trick of employees to put ice water onto the cushions before you sat on the cushions.you always developed a cold rear. one time they got me good.they attached a string to my desk drawer and put the string up to the ceiling and stretched the string to a small container of eggs over my head. when you pulled out your drawer the string would trip the egg basket over your head. luckily i missed the egg bomb but it made my desk drawer a real mess.
Here's a simple one that could be modified for the workplace.
When I was at ISU, I called the number for one of those old person hospital-type beds for the home and gave my roommates name, number, and address.
He got an information packet and video, followed by many calls and literature about beds for invalids. It was really fun hearing him try to explain to the rep that he was 19 and in a college dorm, thus had no use for a bed like that.
When I was at ISU, I called the number for one of those old person hospital-type beds for the home and gave my roommates name, number, and address.
He got an information packet and video, followed by many calls and literature about beds for invalids. It was really fun hearing him try to explain to the rep that he was 19 and in a college dorm, thus had no use for a bed like that.
Got my office with this one last April Fool's Day-
Sent it to our secretary to send out so she was in on it, she sent this out to the whole office. The title of the email was "Important Message from Building Manager"
"*Please forward to associates immediately*
I just recieved a call from Alan Urliss at Midamerican energy and this morning at 10:30 they will be flushing power lines. The result of this will be a highly magnetic electical dust that will be dispersed back through the electric outlets. This does not cause any health problems, but can very much effect computers and other electical appliance in your office. The most effective way to deal with this is to cover your outlets with a piece of scotch tape. They have done this many times before and never had a problem when the outlets are covered. Plugins that are being used need not be covered. The flushing should be completed by 10:45 so when it is, please immediately discard the tape in a COVERED receptacle.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter."
The response was priceless. Had guys moving furniture to find outlets, guys calling in that weren't there to have people go into their office and cover the outlets. 7 months later and it still gets talked about. May have to get the new guys with it when 4/1 comes around again.
Sent it to our secretary to send out so she was in on it, she sent this out to the whole office. The title of the email was "Important Message from Building Manager"
"*Please forward to associates immediately*
I just recieved a call from Alan Urliss at Midamerican energy and this morning at 10:30 they will be flushing power lines. The result of this will be a highly magnetic electical dust that will be dispersed back through the electric outlets. This does not cause any health problems, but can very much effect computers and other electical appliance in your office. The most effective way to deal with this is to cover your outlets with a piece of scotch tape. They have done this many times before and never had a problem when the outlets are covered. Plugins that are being used need not be covered. The flushing should be completed by 10:45 so when it is, please immediately discard the tape in a COVERED receptacle.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter."
The response was priceless. Had guys moving furniture to find outlets, guys calling in that weren't there to have people go into their office and cover the outlets. 7 months later and it still gets talked about. May have to get the new guys with it when 4/1 comes around again.
