(Vanity) Funny Business: Readers Share Office Pranks (DON'T MISS!)

Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | March 2, 2005 | Delma J. Francis

[Big Giant Head]

Ohh, that's evil. Bump for later.

[sauropod]

read later

[Big Giant Head]

We pick on the new guy at work. We waited until he got a Pepsi , opened it and had one sip. We then sent him outside to count a few supplies. Superglued his soda to the counter where he left it.

Once, we parked so close to his car that he couldn't get in, or so we thought. He got in, moved the vehicles around (small town, we leave our keys in the car) and put my car sideways between his and the bosses car.

Someone put our older guy's pickup on blocks, but it wasn't anyone that works there, and none of the customers will fess up. He thinks we did it and we're all waiting for retaliation. I did superglue his magic marker to his table, so I guess I'm due.

[halfright]

You guys are rookies.....

Statute of limitations has expired....
Had a guy that worked in our shop that no one liked....I was always 20-30 minutes early and took the guys telephone receiver and rubbed it on black ink pad (govt phones were black). Few minutes later while waiting for victim to arrive and get first phone call of the day I heard the phone ringing. A quick glance into office provided a glimpse of the MANAGER picking up said phone and answering the call. OH SH*T. He had a BIG meeting with plant manager and should have been gone but he was early,too. Four hours later he came back for a lunch break and crossed the work room floor only to be met half way by the assistant manager. After a short discussion the manager said to the asst. "Ed, you have a dirty ear...Assistant said "YOU DO TOO!!.

Well the Sh*t hit the fan...He called all 22 of us together for a meeting and proceeded to call the prankster every vile name he could think of....He was so mad he was spittin'. One of the guys nearest to him couldn't keep a straight face and was laughing hysterically....this just mad the boss madder....Luckily no one snitched as 99% of them knew I was the only serious prankster around but was conveniently out of the office on a run during the whole 4 hours.

The Legend of Black Ear was borne....

[Kevmo]

Hey, Fierce Allegiance:

I wanted to say thanks for your post about how you bought used cars and then donated them for more than the value you bought them for, but I think that thread was pulled.

It did seem as if your approach was basically to find real good deals on the cars, not really a hole in the tax code...

Fregards,

[DM1]

I took all the belongings of one of my employee's, put them in a box, labeled it "Security Pick-Up", and left it on his chair. Very amusing reaction :)

[Fierce Allegiance]

There is nothing wrong with it as far as I know. Am I wrong?

[D Edmund Joaquin]

I had a girl friend in college who had read something about poltergeists, so one day, I took a spool of white thread and ran it along the ceiling and down into the kitchen area and attached it to stuff like a spoon, the salt, etc. When she came by that evening, I was sitting on the sofa, reading nonchalantly. When she went towards the kitchen (we had a small apartment)I moved the items with the help of the thread , even dangling the spoon in the air. She stood there dumbfounded, saying something like OMG, did you see that?

[Non-Sequitur]

For pure nastiness you still can't beat going to the fax machine and dialing the phone number of someone you don't like.

[Cate]

We had a gal who was very computer literate. We spent more than a few minutes getting our computers reprogrammed to english... geesh...

[Guvmint_Cheese]

I'm not much of a prankster, but one day when the boss was out, a few of us got into his computer, fired up Microsoft Word, and screwed around with his AutoCorrect feature. Any time he'd type common words like "and" "when" or "the," we had it change the word to something like "panties" "tampons" or "boogers."

A few hours after he got back, we heard him flipping out in his office thinking his computer was possessed. Thankfully, he was a good sport about it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

We spent more than a few minutes getting our computers reprogrammed to english... geesh...

Ooooh. That's a good one.

Multiple Language Support features....I'll have to look into that one.

[JRjr]

While working for a defense contractor in the 60's we had a guy in our section who bought one of those little foreign cars that got insane gas mileage. He'd tell us every day how good it was. Well, we started out every day, putting about 1/2 gallon of gas into his car. He'd come back with claims that he'd gotten 70 mpg on his last fillup.

Time came for him to take it in for a checkup. He told them what kind of mileage he'd been getting, and they told him it was impossible. After that we started siphoning out about the same amount. He was, of course, livid, and got all over the dealer, like ugly on an ape, and we'd hear him accusing the dealership of switching carbureators on him, and otherwise screwing with his car. We never told him.

[JRjr]

While working for a defense contractor, we had a guy who had bought a little European car. He was always bragging about the mileage he was getting.

Well, we started pouring about 1/2 gallon of gas into his car every day, and his mileage skyrocketed. Later, when it was time for the car's first checkup, he told the dealer what kind of mileage he was getting, and they told him that was impossible.

After that, we started siphoning out about the same amount every fday. Used to hear him complaining to the dealer tht they'd changed carbureators on him, and in general screwing with his car. We never told him.

[JewishRighter]

bttt

[21stCenturion]

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