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prljmngrlprljmngrl Posts: 320
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Ok, I'm in the midst of an office "one up" with a coworker. I'm running out of harmless prank ideas to pull. Any suggestions? Nothing too outrageous please.....be realistic.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    If you can log into their computer....change their font color to white.
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  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    It's been way too long, but we used to have lots of fun with that. I remember quite a few used to involve just plain old scotch tape. Taping the phone or other things down or using double sided tape on things. Switching around calendars, or tapes of calculators, ( I worked in an accounting office ). Moving hole punch settings, files, trash cans, etc. Good luck and have fun. :)
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  • thatgirlthatgirl Posts: 3,671
    a bunch of girls in my office saranwrapped another co-workers car last week. it was funny bc hes a big crybaby.

    oh yea theyll unplug the phone or speakers or something, then when the person is on the way to IT to get it fixed, theyll plug them back in and when IT gets to the desk to take a look everything works normally. its pretty funny, but as always, guess you have/had to be there...
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  • BrezBrez Posts: 570
    I'm sure its been done in your office already, but I'll throw it out there.

    Put something of theirs in jello.
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • PaperPlatesPaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    prljmngrl wrote:
    Ok, I'm in the midst of an office "one up" with a coworker. I'm running out of harmless prank ideas to pull. Any suggestions? Nothing too outrageous please.....be realistic.


    Take a screenshot of their desktop with the icons and shortcuts enabled, then set that screenshot as their desktop. Right click and undo "show desktop items", itll drive em crazy if they can't figure it out.


    only "harmless" prank I can think of. For now.
    Did it to my boss. Had him ready to reinstall windows till I told him what I did.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Take a screenshot of their desktop with the icons and shortcuts enabled, then set that screenshot as their desktop. Right click and undo "show desktop items", itll drive em crazy if they can't figure it out.


    only "harmless" prank I can think of. For now.
    Did it to my boss. Had him ready to reinstall windows till I told him what I did.

    That one is always a good one :)

    If they have a mouse with the trackball, there's all kinds of stuff you can do to that as well.
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    put chilli powder/sauce on their coffee cup rim?
    Stick post-its absolutely EVERYWHERE!!!

    Im not much good, have never worked in an office!
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  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    if s/he has a cloth seat, pour water on it slowly to let it seep in. when s/he sits down....wet pants.
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    put glue or something else sticky on the inside of their handset so when they answer the phone it goes all over their ear???
    Maybe you could watch Home Alone and get some ideas??
    Though some of those pranks are pretty full on!
    "....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
  • justjoshingujustjoshingu Posts: 538
    used to work in a hotel. these are some i did.

    got a coworkers bank drawer open. taped the actual money holder( the black thing) like wrapped the entire thing. over. and over. and over. you almost couldnt see the money through all the tape. then i hid all the scissors and anything sharp.

    i taped someone to a chair when they fell asleep. with duct tape.

    when i worked the switchboard, i would call 1800 numbers. like 1800 555 ****. if the last four digits spell a dirty word, then its a dirty number. they direct you to thier 900 number so the dirty 800 numbers arent blocked. when the person was helping a guest, i would foward it to the front and wait for them to pick up the dirty line. especially since most of those lines are like mmmm... ooooh.. mmm for like 30 seconds so it takes a while before the person picking up the phone knows whats going on.

    when i worked the switch board i found a secret that would overload the system with calls. and then i would foward like 12 to the front desk. so all the phones are ringing on all extensions.

    i once got a small wooden board and hung it from the cieling. then glued the entire contents of the managers desk to it, in the exact same way it was on the desk. it was funny cause he was only like 5'2 so had to get maintenance for a ladder.

    i made a spring loader in a coworkers pack of cigarettes. then had maintence shrinkwrap it. she opened it and the cigs went flying everywhere. she was kinda mad. but hell it was cigs so i was doing her a favor.

    worst one was actually one that my friend corey had me do.

    on april fools day.
    he was scheduled at 7am for a bellman shift. at 930, i called his house. left a message. "hey corey, its josh. wondering why you didnt show up to work two hours ago." then called back at like 10. and 1030. then 1045. then 1050. then i called his girlfriends cell. she answered "hello?"
    yes, this is josh from holiday inn. is corey there? he was supposed to be at work 4 hours ago. "
    "yeah i heard you call on the house phone but i was asleep. isnt he at work?"
    "not yet"
    "he left. he kissed me goodbye. it was like 650"
    btw he lived about 5 minutes from work.
    her-"well he should be there. i ... i... hope nothing happened?"
    me "What could be wrong?"
    her-" ummm umm i dont.... i dont.... i dont know....quivering voice"
    me-"im sure everything is fine...pause....right?"
    her.."oh god.. you dont think something.. i mean... something... well,.. something happend?" sniffles... quivering.
    me feeling guilty. i turn to corey who is behind me the entire time. tell him i really need to stop, cause i think i might be going to hell. he eggs me a little further.

    me-"well, he is a bellman, so he drives for a living, so hes good at driving. i'm sure nothing happened on the five minutes it should take for him to get to work."

    her..." wha... wha... OH GAWD..... SOOOOOBBBBBB TEARS.... CRYING... "

    Corey" uh oh. this could be bad"

    me-" ummmm so here's the thing coreys girlfriend. have you seen today's calender?"

    her- "what... what do you ... are you.. you better not tell me .. fucking april fools prank??!!! fucking serious?????? he better be fucking dead cause if he is behind you i'm gonna kill him. after i go set all of his shit on fire...click"

    me-- um corey, i think you should take a break and go home.
    mean people suck!
    but nice people sw****w

  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,227
    take everything on their desk and wrap it in tin foil...including every single pen, every single little object...if something is in a big box, small box, or whatever box, take it out of the box and wrap it in tin foil and then wrap the inside stuff in tin foil

    EVERYTHING IN TIN FOIL

    pens
    pencils
    papers
    computer stuff - monitor, tower, mouse, keyboard
    pictures
    picture frames
    caldenders (every month seperate)
    every single tic tac
    every single staple
    etc etc


    they would be so pissed having to un-wrap everything
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,291
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    take everything on their desk and wrap it in tin foil...including every single pen, every single little object...if something is in a big box, small box, or whatever box, take it out of the box and wrap it in tin foil and then wrap the inside stuff in tin foil

    EVERYTHING IN TIN FOIL

    pens
    pencils
    papers
    computer stuff - monitor, tower, mouse, keyboard
    pictures
    picture frames
    caldenders (every month seperate)
    every single tic tac
    every single staple
    etc etc


    they would be so pissed having to un-wrap everything

    I did that about a year ago to a coworker. It took forever!
    We foiled up every pen, paperclip, etc. Good stuff.

    I'll have to post the pics...gotta find them first! :)
  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    justjoshingu wrote:
    used to work in a hotel. these are some i did.

    got a coworkers bank drawer open. taped the actual money holder( the black thing) like wrapped the entire thing. over. and over. and over. you almost couldnt see the money through all the tape. then i hid all the scissors and anything sharp.

    i taped someone to a chair when they fell asleep. with duct tape.

    when i worked the switchboard, i would call 1800 numbers. like 1800 555 ****. if the last four digits spell a dirty word, then its a dirty number. they direct you to thier 900 number so the dirty 800 numbers arent blocked. when the person was helping a guest, i would foward it to the front and wait for them to pick up the dirty line. especially since most of those lines are like mmmm... ooooh.. mmm for like 30 seconds so it takes a while before the person picking up the phone knows whats going on.

    when i worked the switch board i found a secret that would overload the system with calls. and then i would foward like 12 to the front desk. so all the phones are ringing on all extensions.

    i once got a small wooden board and hung it from the cieling. then glued the entire contents of the managers desk to it, in the exact same way it was on the desk. it was funny cause he was only like 5'2 so had to get maintenance for a ladder.


    this is all pretty funny...but tell me...do you manage to keep a job for very long :D:D
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  • justjoshingujustjoshingu Posts: 538
    yellowled24 wrote:


    this is all pretty funny...but tell me...do you manage to keep a job for very long :D:D


    i worked there about 8 years. and i quit to go to grad school. honestly for about 7 and a half, it was a great and enjoyable, but stressful job. i loved everyone that worked there, great enviroment, i became a manager on duty on the weekend, (i think a good one) my bosses were loyal as well as my employee's. all until one new hire came in. acted sweet but was the devil. she picked a war with me and lost. but in the end there was just too much crap and i realized i needed to either work my way up or go back to get a graduate degree.
    but we used to pull pranks on the guests too. we were pretty good at telling which ones would be ok with it.
    pulled a couple on my bellman at the airport. got him detained by airport security for like 30 min. he was shitting bricks. (before 9-11) it was really sad how we all were cracking up when he called us over the walkie talkie almost in tears "guys, i think i'm getting arrested....someone call my roomate and tell him i need bail money"
    HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA,,, "let me talk to the officer. hello officer. thanks. you can let him go now and tell him he has a guest at the airport thats ready for pick up. what? oh the guest is right next to you. and he saw the bellman in handcuffs???? freaking hilarous....!!! thanks again"

    y'know i might have been a real SOB.... hmmmm. actually i got away with so much because i took a lot and was always there for my friends/coworkers.
    mean people suck!
    but nice people sw****w

  • ringoringo Posts: 504
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Take a screenshot of their desktop with the icons and shortcuts enabled, then set that screenshot as their desktop. Right click and undo "show desktop items", itll drive em crazy if they can't figure it out.

    only "harmless" prank I can think of. For now.
    Did it to my boss. Had him ready to reinstall windows till I told him what I did.

    I vote for this one.

    Or putting stuff in Jello.
    d'oh
  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    prljmngrl wrote:
    Ok, I'm in the midst of an office "one up" with a coworker. I'm running out of harmless prank ideas to pull. Any suggestions? Nothing too outrageous please.....be realistic.
    done this myself...

    the tin foil prank, wrap everything on and around their desk in tin foil.
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  • PJSerfPJSerf Posts: 637
    If they have a laser mouse, put a piece of tape over the laser. They'll think their mouse is broken.

    Some things that get done in our office include:

    - flipping everything they have hanging in their cube/office upside down (including any pictures, memos, etc.)
    - printing out pictures of David Hasselhoff and hanging them all over their cube/office (not sure how this one got started, but its funny)
    - we have a coworker who kept a Tom Brady figurine on his desk, and we took and sent ransom notes with photos of the figurine in different locations throughout the city. We kept this one up for 3 months, until the Pats lost the Super Bowl.
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  • given2fly78given2fly78 Posts: 404
    We hid some stinky ass cheese in my coworkers garbage can this April Fools. It took him about 2 hours to sniff it out. He kept coming out of his office saying "Does my office usually smell this bad" "Do I stink" etc. It was pretty funny.
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  • maccimacci Posts: 1,057
    My boss always goes to meet his friend from PSE&G for lunch. He says he see's him more than his own wife.
    One day, when he came back - one of the guys left a tube of "lube" on his chair.

    Also one of the other guys, keeps petty cash drawer in his office - when he was out on vacation, I went in & took all the 1's, 5's, 10's, 20's, 50's & 100's & shuffled them like a deck of cards.......
    My lips are shaking.......
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    jesus..you people are evil :p
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    I never worked in an office, but the only prank I got is a harmless "virus" for someones computer. Still havent gotten a chanse to use it though :( .
    But its pretty cool, you click on the icon, it opens up the command prompt and says "deleting C/: press any key to end process" , then what ever you press, it displays the computer directory, and then says "all files deleted" and closes windows explorer, so all that shows up on the computer is the wallpaper. THEN it shuts the computer down with a little text box that says something like "System lost! Computer is shutting down" or whatever I tell it to say.

    So yea, still waiting for a chance to use it :D Technically its not really a virus, its just a simple program that displays a couple of words and then turns the computer off.
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  • prljmngrlprljmngrl Posts: 320
    PJSerf wrote:
    we have a coworker who kept a Tom Brady figurine on his desk, and we took and sent ransom notes with photos of the figurine in different locations throughout the city. We kept this one up for 3 months, until the Pats lost the Super Bowl.
    This is perfect because he is a HUGE Michigan fan and the rest of us are Ohio State Buckeyes! We can kidnap his wolverine! HA
  • prljmngrlprljmngrl Posts: 320
    Thanks for all of the ideas. Keep em coming. This is going to carry on for quite some time...... :D
  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    You know those "pop its" things you can buy for cheap at fireworks booths? They look like little wads of paper and when you toss them they make a snap or pop sound?

    If you can find some of those (I know...kind of hard in April), but you tape those suckers to their chair wheels. When they roll it sounds like fireworks going off.

    Its awesome. :D
  • justjoshingujustjoshingu Posts: 538
    you can talk to the person. and while you are having this conversation. lower your voice, then raise it, then normal, low.normal low, normal..raise etc. if you can keep the same speed, and make it seem like nothing has changed the other person will think something is wrong with thier ears. it works better if you have another person on the joke. the other person talks normal but acts like your voice is normal. responds normal too (so plan a conversation in advance.) it works good because a lot of people wont ask, because they think its them.
    mean people suck!
    but nice people sw****w

  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    PJSerf wrote:
    - printing out pictures of David Hasselhoff and hanging them all over their cube/office (not sure how this one got started, but its funny)
    - we have a coworker who kept a Tom Brady figurine on his desk, and we took and sent ransom notes with photos of the figurine in different locations throughout the city. We kept this one up for 3 months, until the Pats lost the Super Bowl.
    :D the hoff one is fantastic, I'm gonna change EVERYBODY'S desktop to a pic of the hoff, I love it... one guy in particular will be very very funny, I need to know when he's out on site though :D

    The other one's an old one but a goodie :)
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    Verona??? it's all surmountable
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    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    easy stuff like switching the "M" and "N" key on their keyboard.

    Take out the ball in their mouse.

    If you can access their desktop remotely, add all sorts of icons, then delete them, re-add/delete...
  • cheeseandricecheeseandrice Posts: 206
    dissidentman wrote:
    easy stuff like switching the "M" and "N" key on their keyboard.

    Take out the ball in their mouse.

    If you can access their desktop remotely, add all sorts of icons, then delete them, re-add/delete...

    We used to know someone at the office that pecked at their keyboard because they didn't know where the keys were. This is a funny one for someone like that!

    There used to be a girl who worked at home all the time. We used to make signs around the office "Where's Bern?" and we would pile up all of our empty boxes in her office while she was out. We also snapped pictures of other co-workers sitting at her desk with their feet up on her desk. Printed the pictures and wallpapered her cubical with them. The president even got in on it.

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