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Best pranks/stunts pulled on friends or co-workers
tooki:
When I was working at a fruity computer store years ago, one time out business sales guy was out of town for a few days, and while he was out, we shrink wrapped everything on his desk (plus plastic wrapped the chair and desk). But I mean every single thing. Every single pencil, pen, and paper clip was individually shrink wrapped. So was every scrap of paper left on the desk. The phone had the handset and cord wrapped individually, and obviously the keyboard and mouse. It was pretty epic.
Another time, we built an elaborate pulley system to which we attached a manager’s keychain that he’d forgotten to take home. It was rigged such that when he opened the door to the office, the keys dangled at chest height, but once the door was released to finish walking towards it, the keys would be pulled up to the ceiling.
Finally, another prank (which I sadly cannot take credit for) was when another manager forgot her keys, so they first scanned a picture of the keychain into the computer, then went down to Build A Bear Workshop and had them sewn into a bear’s belly. Then they photoshopped the keychain photo to look like an x-ray and printed it out so that the bear could hold the photo showing what’s hidden inside. 😂
Halcyon:
When I was working in the IT department of a very large company, pranks were a weekly occurrence.
There was one particular guy who was a frequent target, we often changed the caller ID on his desk phone to humorous things so whenever he made an internal call, the other party would see our handy work and awkward questions would be asked.
On a number of occasions, we also modified his Outlook email signature (since we all had local administrator rights to every machine). At one point, he got the shits and attempted to lock everyone out of his computer who had local administrator rights (including himself). To this day, I still don't know how he managed it, but he borked his entire machine which required a complete re-image to fix.
More recently, whenever someone leaves their computer unlocked and leaves their desk, we would bring up https://fakeupdate.net/win8/ in a web browser set to full screen. Hilarity would ensue when they return, swear and curse because of the unfortunate timing and wait for updates to complete that inevitably never do. ;-)
Sceptre:
I once worked for a company where pranks were part of the culture, tacitly allowed by management as long as they weren't destructive. When a particular VP was on vacation, his minions got together and covered his office doorway with drywall, plaster, and paint. It was a really well done job, with no seams or ripples showing around the patch. We were all anticipating the epic hilarity that would ensue when the VP discovered that his office was gone. The surprise was on all of us, however, when the CEO fired him that morning.
Mr.B:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on August 01, 2020, 03:16:57 am ---More recently, whenever someone leaves their computer unlocked and leaves their desk, we would bring up https://fakeupdate.net/win8/ in a web browser set to full screen...
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That is just gold.
I am going to use that this week...
Love that pressing enter emulates a BSoD.
daqq:
I once managed to convince a colleague that aluminum absorbs oil. He was doing some DIY molding, used an improvised milled aluminum block as a mold and used some oil as a separator, or something, to be able to get the part out better. But it either leaked out or something.
When he told me about the missing oil I nodded knowingly and said: "Yeah, understandable, aluminum absorbs oil." with a deadpan expression. He didn't believe at first, but I managed to convince him of the 'fact', thanks to my deadpan expression and matter-of-fact tone. The thing that really sold it was the "I assumed you knew." bit. He came out of that conversation convinced that aluminum absorbs oil and was weirded out by the 'fact'. A few minutes later he came back laughing "Dude, you totally got me!" and we both had a laugh about it.
--- Quote from: Benta on July 31, 2020, 06:28:33 pm ---One day a couple of us charged all the caps in one of the boxes to 300 V, carefully replaced them and waited for the unsuspecting (and unpopular) colleague to make a grab into the box to serve a customer.
The fireworks of sparks and the screaming was overwhelming. So was the telling-off from the boss... :(
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What's the problem? You sold precharged caps. It's an extra service.
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