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

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

[srm913]

One of my co-workers is a saver. About 15 years ago, our insurance company used a new password each week to identify company representatives. About a year ago, my co-worker found a file with all the passwords. He showed it to all of us and we all agreed there was no reason to keep it, so he threw out the file.

We have a sales convention every year and a top management person would leave company-wide e-mails to update us on information for the convention. A couple of days after my co-worker threw out the file, I called a top manager who sends e-mails updating us on the annual sales convention and asked him to send a fake company-wide e-mail to my co-worker announcing that there would be a contest at the convention and the person who could recall the most company passwords from the old days would win.

My co-worker read the e-mail and came out of his office white as a sheet. We only let him suffer for a couple of hours before we told him the truth.

Ann Mikiska, Farmington

The president of the company where I used to work had a very efficient secretary. When she put a stack of letters on his desk to be signed he didn't read them, just signed each letter and sent them back to her. The office jokester slipped in a sheet with the president's resignation on it, and of course he signed it. The jokester had a good time with it and no harm came from it.

[WIladyconservative]

[Petronski]

I like the idea of taping FAX spams together to form a continous loop and sending back to the sender...

If you use black construction paper, you can burn out a thermal fax or use up the ink in a jet fax.

[Aquinasfan]

I like the idea of taping FAX spams together to form a continous loop and sending back to the sender...

I like that one!

[pgyanke]

Qualified enlisted personnel can compete for slots at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

A couple of years before my time, there was a former F-4 mechanic in the group of cadets. As a spirit mission one night, he led a team of classmates out to disassemble the F-4 static display in the terrazzo area. They reassembled it inside the dining room (Mitchell Hall) before breakfast.

Since then, all static displayed aircraft are secured to the earth.

[Pompah]

Yeah, We did this same stunt to my Cousin Jimmy many years ago. My Grandmother was not amused. In fact it took better than a month before she would speak to either my Brothers,or
Me.
But it was Funny.

[cubreporter]

Why would he tell anyone that his wife chooses his outfits on a daily basis? Did he tell that?

[scott0347]

bookmark

[cubreporter]

Actually saw this in person one time at a wedding.

[Petronski]

LOL:

[ShadowAce]

During high school back in the '70s, the class ahead of me had a home Ec class with some druggies in it. One morning they made an omelet for class and gave it to the vice principal, who shared it with his secretary.

They neglected to mentioned the hit of acid they put in it....

[Clintons Are White Trash]

After having a prank pulled on my, I showed up at the company bowling league bowling alley to say hi and have a beer and a pizza. Before leaving, my friend and I decorated my 31 year old single bosses car "Just Married" Signs, crepe paper, tin cans, everything. To make it worse, the temps were in the teens so there wasn't a car wash open anywhere. He was so embarrassed he borrowed his moms car to drive to work the next day.

That was the last time he put a "Caution - Woman Jeep Driver" sign on the back of my jeep.

[IamConservative]

"squirted the Easy Cheese underneath the door handles"

I worked at a Naval Weapons Center a long time ago in an unbelievably hot metal building working on Saunabouys (sp) - the things they listen for subs with. At lunch one day, I smeared a big glob of pumpkin pie on my shoe. The crew chief set down, started eating. I said: "That looks like dog sh-- on my shoe!" He said: "Sure does. Get that sh-- out of here, I'm eating." I proceeded to run my finger through it capturing most of it back on my finger, gave it a whiff and said: "Sure smells like dog sh--." He made a bigger commotion about me getting out of the lunch area. I proceeded to taste it and said: "It sure is dog sh--." He ran to the trash can a blew his chow.

That was the highlight of the summer. We laughed until we wold almost get sick every time it came up - so to speak.

[tacticalogic]

We used to have a guy at work that would get into people's lunches and steal the desserts out of their lunch bags.

I got tired of it, and settled it with a package of chocolate Zingers, a hypodermic, and a bottle of gentian violet.

He quit the next day.

[tfecw]

That's why i want to get married. Pick out work clothes and remember birthdays. Why else do people get married ;)

[EUPHORIC]

What did the gentian violet do? Make 'em pee purple or something?

[FoxInSocks]

fun thread bump

[Fierce Allegiance]

The president of a top 100 construction company I used to work for would steal peoples cookies out of their lunch. Nobody ever did anything about it. He was a good boss.

[Hatteras]

OMG! Ping (I'll explain later...)

[t_skoz]

I'm wondering the same thing...

[cinnathepoet]

Stuck up prissy roommate. Switched spray detangler with hairspray and vice versa.