When I was working at the Palo Alto Research Center Advanced Development Lab in El
Segundo, a bunch of us walled off the boss’s office, and when he arrived, there was just a
blank wall, very professionally dry-walled and painted.
He made us open it up again, and we had filled it with balloons.
I am still giggling. He was a good sport. Dr. Horace Moore, my favorite boss of all time.
We fixed everything before the day was out.
I didn’t know it, but my buddy’s toolbox was behind the wall. He had to cut the wall apart with a steak knife. We were in the backyard trying not to laugh. Yea, we got video of the whole thing.
Best coworker gag
A guy took an advanced training school. When he got back, he wouldn’t shut up about how beneficial it was.
I made up a letterhead and wrote a letter from the association President telling my friend that they found evidence of cheating on his exam and they were removing his certification. We had HR, a Director and a VP in on the gag. His reaction was insane. Videotaped that one too.
You don’t think we played that on the big screen at the national sales meeting do you? Of course we did.