Speaking of office pranks

[motzie]

I don't have the picture anymore, but once, when the guys were arguing about who was next for a monitor upgrade, at the end of the day, one guy went down to the basement and brought up two old school, tiny, yet boxy monitors and replaced someone's large flat screens.

Another time, while a guy was on his honeymoon, they used a bunch of samples and turned his cube into a bathroom. He was project manager on a dorm renovation, so he had grab bars, shower seats, mirrors, etc. They installed everything and hung a shower curtain at the entrance. It was up for weeks.

[Chirp]

An air handler was being replaced at my office. The HVAC guys lowered the old one just in time for the end of their shift, so we expected it to sit on the floor in that spot until at least mid-morning the following day.

A few of us put a dead body outline on the carpet, under the air handler, using red electrical tape. And then we put police tape all around the area where the air handler was sitting.

People came in the next day and would take a few steps to the side to walk past it. It was obviously fake, so everyone thought it was funny. Except the facilities manager. She was not impressed.

[gbck]

I've taken screen shots of desktops, moved everything (all the icons) off the desktop (into a folder that could easily be restored), hid the windows bar...and set said screenshot as the wallpaper.
I found it HILARIOUS.
Boss found it less so.

[motzie]

Nov 30, 2012 20:29:17 GMT -5 gbck said:

I've taken screen shots of desktops, moved everything (all the icons) off the desktop (into a folder that could easily be restored), hid the windows bar...and set said screenshot as the wallpaper.
I found it HILARIOUS.
Boss found it less so.

THAT is awesome.

[moolarkey]

New employees at our company are on a 90 day probation period.At the end of the 90 days you have a review and they could terminate you at that point. When new employees went for their 90 day review we used to pack up their office in to boxes as though they'd been fired. The looks on some of their faces when they saw their office was pretty funny.

[zitiqueen]

Nov 30, 2012 20:29:17 GMT -5 gbck said:

I've taken screen shots of desktops, moved everything (all the icons) off the desktop (into a folder that could easily be restored), hid the windows bar...and set said screenshot as the wallpaper.
I found it HILARIOUS.
Boss found it less so.

Oh man, some of the people I work with would be having strokes. Of course for them, copy and paste is computer wizardry.

On of the IT managers where I am now is a germophobe. Once while he was on vacation his nerd minions sent him pictures every day of various bare feet all over his desk and keyboard. He spent his first day back cleaning everything with Clorox wipes. They should have showed him the pictures after he'd been back for a week.

[maucat]

These stories are amazing!

[jane6672]

We once moved a coworkers desk, chair, and all the accouterments into the men's bathroom.

We got in a new shipment of computers, and used all the packing materials to make an igloo around a coworker's desk.

While I was on my honeymoon, they filled the floor of my office with paper cups, all full of water.