Practical jokes in the workplace...
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I work in a complaints department... on a couple of occasions I have created complaints in such spidery writing they wouldn't get scanned onto the computer system to be worked, these then get handed to a colleague to work. The most recent was someone who got stressed out really easily having to call Dom on a telephone number to discuss his illegible complaint... the number given was for Domino's Pizza... they got really flustered, apparently the guy repeated that it was Domino's Pizza before the penny dropped.
Another good one was getting an exceptionally gullible colleague to go to the other office to see a manager, who was in on it, they sent them back saying they didn't need to see them, upon their return we let them in on it!
The mouse one and CTRL-ALT-Arrow ones have been done several times. Haven't yet come across anyone dopey enough to go for a long wait in the meeting room though.The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits0 -
I like to take a screenshot of peoples desktop, set it as the wallpaper, and move all of the icons to an undisclosed location. People get crazy when they start trying to click on something and it doesn't respond.0
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Travelar wrote:I like to take a screenshot of peoples desktop, set it as the wallpaper, and move all of the icons to an undisclosed location. People get crazy when they start trying to click on something and it doesn't respond.
I'm stealing this one!The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits0 -
When I worked for the Sixers, my first office was in the Spectrum. When people were on sales calls, we would flick and throw things at people from time to time. This developed into lighting small pieces of paper on fire and dropping it on a persons desk while they were on a call. Forunately, we didn't burn the building down before Pearl Jam got to close it out.
Not really a practical joke but when people were on calls, we would give them a piece of paper with some random obscure word on it that they would have to work into the call somehow. This was turned into a gambling exercise. Good times.
And you wonder why the Sixers play in a half full arena.0 -
81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276ilockyer wrote:Another good one was getting an exceptionally gullible colleague to go to the other office to see a manager, who was in on it, they sent them back saying they didn't need to see them, upon their return we let them in on it!
we used to do that shit all the time at my last company...except the guy we were sending people to see wasn't in on it.
that departments admin assistant knew about it and would laugh everytime somebody showed up.
also, anytime somebody bought a new car, i would ask them what happened to it...it's got a big scratch down the side...and they would always go out to check on it....including the people that knew i was doing this to every body.
now we just hid this one guys blackhawks dice...ok, they really aren't hidden...they are hanging on a cube outside of his boss's office. they have been there now for 3 weeks and he still hasn't foudn them.
81 is now off the air
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I wish i worked at a fun place.
So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me0 -
I don't think I would get away with practical jokes in my current job, the woman I work with doesn't seem to be that sort of person!
However in my last place of work, someone had switched some of my keyboard keys around, taped a dead moth to the inner ear-piece of my phone, put everything I had on my desk into my bag, the stuff out of my paper punch all over my desk and taped a picture of a Page 3 lass to the back of my car....aaaah good times!! PJ Manchester MEN - 20.06.12
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I used to torment this guy I worked with. I would find the most random pictures off of the net, print them, and replace the photos he had on his desk with them. Only thing was the pictures faced his customers not him. It was hillarious to hear a customer ask him "so why do you have a picture of.....on your desk"?
Some of my faves are below.
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DS1119 wrote:I used to torment this guy I worked with. I would find the most random pictures off of the net, print them, and replace the photos he had on his desk with them. Only thing was the pictures faced his customers not him. It was hillarious to hear a customer ask him "so why do you have a picture of.....on your desk"?
Some of my faves are below.
Quality! Just reminded me of another one we've done. A few weeks ago, bored, we found some photos taken of some of the newer guys on a night out. A head shot of one of my colleagues was duly printed out and his face added to a few promotional things in place of the original persons. A couple of weeks ago someone from middle management (about 4 levels up from us scum) was showing his superiors round. This guy has no sense of humour. They were stopped talking by this doctored poster, the people being shown round clocked my colleague and started laughing, said manager didn't see what we'd done and wondered what they were laughing at... it was all we could do to keep straight faces! A prank that also gets us a laugh at management is even better!The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits0 -
DS1119 wrote:I used to torment this guy I worked with. I would find the most random pictures off of the net, print them, and replace the photos he had on his desk with them. Only thing was the pictures faced his customers not him. It was hillarious to hear a customer ask him "so why do you have a picture of.....on your desk"?
Some of my faves are below. I love your sense of humor! WI '98, WI '99 (EV), WI '00, Chgo '00, MO '00, Champaign '03, Chgo '03, WI '03, IN '03, MI '04, Chgo '06:N1 & 2, WI '06, Chgo '07, Chgo '08 (EV:N1), Chgo '09:N1 & 2, Chgo '11 (EV:N1), WI '11:N1 & 2, Philly '12, Wrigley '13, Pitt '13, Buff '13, Detroit '14, MKE '14, Wrigley '16: N1 & N2, Seattle '18 N2, Wrigley '18: N1 & N2, Fenway '18 N1, STL '22, St Paul '23 N2, Chgo '23: N1 & N2, Wrigley '24 N1 & 20 -
Mamasan23 wrote:DS1119 wrote:I used to torment this guy I worked with. I would find the most random pictures off of the net, print them, and replace the photos he had on his desk with them. Only thing was the pictures faced his customers not him. It was hillarious to hear a customer ask him "so why do you have a picture of.....on your desk"?
Some of my faves are below. I love your sense of humor!
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I have a good friend here at work and there have been a couple of instances where I've entered the restoom and noticed his feet under the stalls.
As I leave, I always turn the lights off. 7/2/06 - Denver, CO
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dcfaithful wrote:I have a good friend here at work and there have been a couple of instances where I've entered the restoom and noticed his feet under the stalls.
As I leave, I always turn the lights off.
We do this one too!! The flashlight app on my IPhone is very handy! 0 -
I wasnt the one that did or came up with the idea but.....
my former employer told a story about jokes being played . One of which was on him as store manager. Other employess had taped raw bacon under his desk. Stunk the joint up something fierce. He then pulled out the sliding keyboard tray , this was one of the areas bacon was taped._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
Someone changed the font color on my former ass-hole boss's PC to white....wish that I had thought of it.All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.0
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This one was pulled on me and it was great. I leave work one day and I'm walking to my car (Toyota Highlander at the time). I open the door and the car was filled with packing peanuts right up to bottom of the window sill so I didn't see it until I opened the door. Front seat...back seat...cargo area just filled. So I scoop out a place to sit, open up the windows and drive home with peanuts flying out of the car the whole ride home. Now this is where it gets good. Two days later I catch shit from MY boss. He calls me into his office and proceeds to rip me a new one. Seems to be that where I had parked my car had left a complaint about a pile of styrofoam peanuts I left in the parking lot and the people that pulled the prank...had taken my company credit card out of my desk and purchased $148 worth of the packing peanuts from U-Haul. Yes, company funds. It was a brutal talking to but after it ended I could only laugh. Those fuckers. 8-) 0
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Travelar wrote:I like to take a screenshot of peoples desktop, set it as the wallpaper, and move all of the icons to an undisclosed location. People get crazy when they start trying to click on something and it doesn't respond.
Someone at work told me about this trick, we are yet to try it!Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/20140 -
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I targeted one girl at work where every time she left her desk I stole all of her pens and pencils. It was hilarious...at least to me...how pissed off she would get. 0
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