Office Pranks

[calf]

A little while ago I got pranked pretty good at the office, and it's payback time. Basically, I got to my desk one morning and absolutely everything was taped down, or hidden, in opposite drawers, etc...was a really annoying thing to come to. I'm looking for an idea that's creative (but not crossing the line), that will take this up a few notches...I'm willing to put in the time/go in on weekends to get it done.

Anyone played good pranks/been pranked with something memorable??

[Kybosh]

1) Take the stuff out of one of their drawers.
2) Line with a garbage bag or some other plastic wrap.
3) Fill with water.
4) Add goldfish.
5) Observe hilarity.

[StoneCole]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

1) Take the stuff out of one of their drawers.
2) Line with a garbage bag or some other plastic wrap.
3) Fill with water.
4) Add goldfish.
5) Observe hilarity.

hey, that's not bad! I was thinking more like flaming poo on their doorstep, but go with the goldfish. Of course you should make sure it's a drawer you actually use, because otherwise the it will leak and the fish will eventually die.

Put fish in all the drawers.

[gottabekd]

I like these printer pranks, especially the Do Not Discard sheet.

http://www.zug.com/pranks/printer/

[calf]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

1) Take the stuff out of one of their drawers.
2) Line with a garbage bag or some other plastic wrap.
3) Fill with water.
4) Add goldfish.
5) Observe hilarity.

that's gold! (pardon the pun)...not sure I'd be able to pull that off, but it's on the right track

[Tron_fdc]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/officepranks.html

heheheheheh

I love office pranks. Especially the ones that involve computers and people that can't figure out what you've done. I spent weeks using the "netsend" feature on our network, sending pop ups all over the place that said stuff like "porn overload press OK to reboot" etc etc.

[Buff]

Sometimes subtlety works well.

There are little plastic cows (the kind that restaurants use to indicate how a steak was cooked) all over my office. Everytime my boss and I turn around one of us has stuck a cow in a cleverly hidden place in each other's office. Sometimes it can take longer than a week to find one. I didn't notice the 6 cows stuck into the ceiling tile above my desk for about 4 days. He still hasn't seen the cow sitting in the driver's seat of the model vehicle on his desk.

I got that idea from a time when I worked at Canadian Tire. My boss always had a garden gnome mysteriously show up in the area where he was working. For months that same gnome would show up in his office, the aisle he was merchandising, the garden center that he was setting up, in his locked locker, on the bathroom sink after he came out of the stall... and on and on and on. Even when he was going away, at his going away bash at the bar, a present 'mysteriously' showed up on the table and low and behold, it was that same garden gnome.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by calf

A little while ago I got pranked pretty good at the office, and it's payback time. Basically, I got to my desk one morning and absolutely everything was taped down, or hidden, in opposite drawers, etc...was a really annoying thing to come to. I'm looking for an idea that's creative (but not crossing the line), that will take this up a few notches...I'm willing to put in the time/go in on weekends to get it done.

Anyone played good pranks/been pranked with something memorable??

Do you remember what our good friend Ben pulled off a couple of summers back?

[calf]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Do you remember what our good friend Ben pulled off a couple of summers back?

I do - we talked about it tonight actually.

took everything from one guy's desk and put it EXACTLY on another's and vice versa...that one crossed my mind...and while at it, was going to turn the desks 180 degrees

[StoneCole]

Originally Posted by Buff

Sometimes subtlety works well.

There are little plastic cows (the kind that restaurants use to indicate how a steak was cooked)

ah, so that's what those cows are for.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by calf

I do - we talked about it tonight actually.

took everything from one guy's desk and put it EXACTLY on another's and vice versa...that one crossed my mind...and while at it, was going to turn the desks 180 degrees

No not that one. I was talking about the one with the "your fired" letter.

[calf]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

No not that one. I was talking about the one with the "your fired" letter.

that's true...that's good...but these guys will see it as a payback right away...it's a good 'originating' prank though

[Delthefunky]

Steal the dudes stapler or something and put it into Jello

[pekka]

We pulled the old autocorrect spelling prank on a guy at the office so everytime he would spell "the" it would be replaced with the anatomically correct term for a trouser snake.
Well he was on holidays and our boss's cpu died and they replaced it with the altered machine. Needless to say there was a little concern over this type of prank in the office but all in all he was pretty good about it.

[evman150]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

No not that one. I was talking about the one with the "your fired" letter.

I'd recommend learning the english language before pulling a prank like that.

Just a thought.

[Resolute 14]

I havent done it yet, but at some point, I am going to put a second hard drive in my co-worker's PC, load windows 3.1 or 95 on it, unplug his old drive and watch his reaction.

We had a problem for a while where if you left your PC unlocked when you stepped away from your desk, someone else would come in and write a love letter to your boss.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

I havent done it yet, but at some point, I am going to put a second hard drive in my co-worker's PC, load windows 3.1 or 95 on it, unplug his old drive and watch his reaction.

We had a problem for a while where if you left your PC unlocked when you stepped away from your desk, someone else would come in and write a love letter to your boss.

Yeah we have something like that here. We have ePOP and whenever somebody steps away and doesn't lock their computer, their user name gets changed to something embarassing and an embarassing IM gets sent to the floor. Childish, but funny.

[notoepik]

We have a similar thing to Buffs Gnome gag. We have some really scarey/ugly porcelin clowns that are about 4-5 inches tall. Those clowns show up everywhere in the office. They have even been snuck into luggage when co-workers have gone on vacation. Those clowns just send a shiver through you when you suddenly find one staring at you.

Another fun thing to do is take a picture of the desktop on his puter. upload that and then use it as his background. Move the real icons all into one folder and hide it off in a corner. Then that leaves the picture of the icons there. He turns on the puter and clicks till his finger breaks but nothing will open. IT is not fond of this prank, but everyone else thinks it is hilarious.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by notoepik

Another fun thing to do is take a picture of the desktop on his puter. upload that and then use it as his background. Move the real icons all into one folder and hide it off in a corner. Then that leaves the picture of the icons there. He turns on the puter and clicks till his finger breaks but nothing will open. IT is not fond of this prank, but everyone else thinks it is hilarious.

I'm going to have to try that one.

[JD]

In '04 we photocopied about 100 of those Go Flames Go signs you get in the newspaper and absolutely wallpapered every square inch of the Oilerfan co-worker's office, desk, etc, you name it. He was supremely unimpressed...

Then again...

That might have worked better in '04 than it would these days. Got a Canuckfan co-worker?