Office Pranks

I’m a jerk.

My manager and three of my co-workers went off to the SungardHE Summit conference in Las Vegas last week…I was left to fend for myself in the office. Nope. I didn’t go. But I didn’t sit idle! I wrangled up a crew (Al, Casey, Cliff, Tim, Laurianne, and a couple others) and “decorated” their offices.

IMG_6534.JPGFirstly was my boss’ office, wrapped up nicely in Tin-Foil. See the full article here.

Tin Foil Used: 1,100 square feet
Time Spent: 3 hours
Continual Manpower: 5
Cost: $30

IMG_6531.JPGSecondly was Zach’s office, Wallpapered in Post-It Notes. See the full article here.

Post-It Notes used: 5,300 (248.45 square feet of note surface).
Time Spent: 4 hours
Continual Manpower: 3
Cost: $60.71

IMG_6578.JPGThirdly was Dan’s office, covered in cups, a number partially filled with water. See the full article here.

Cups Used: 575
Time Spent: 45 minutes
Continual Manpower: 4
Cost: $25.99

IMG_6641.JPG Lastly was Dee’s office, I stole her monitor then filled her office section with balloons See the full article here.

Balloons Used: 280
Time Spent: 1.5 hours
Continual Manpower: 3
Cost: $12

All work was done after hours or during our lunch break on Friday. No work resources were used (save for half a role of tape and a little bit of electricity). A whole lot of plotting and fun was had by all. In fact, our Administrative God, Colleen, helped formulate a plan to ensure that the 4 prankees remained away from the office until Monday morning that involved buy-in from our CIO and the Plymouth State University Facility Services office. Basically, we told them that the carpets were being steam cleaned all weekend with some serious chemicals. Fun times :)

Following the completion of the first prank, I found myself giving numerous tours of the offices throughout the week as each prank was completed. Overall, a lot of fun! When they come in on Monday, I plan to have 4 video cameras…one in each office…to get their first reactions. Thats the plan and if I succeed, the vids will be going on YouTube.


Comments

11 responses to “Office Pranks”

  1. This is great! I’d love to see the reactions of the prey. Although having been gone just recently I’m sooooooo glad you guys are at a distance. ;-)

    Prank “via truck” anyone?

  2. As one of Dee’s best and longest friends, I must tell you that you are my GOD!! I LOVE IT- I never want to work with you but – I LOVE IT!!

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    ironmule

    Having seen all these in person I have to say the pictures are good but just dont do them justice. I too can’t wait to see the reaction videos!

  4. I’ve been ballooned!!!! OMG!!! I can’t believe I fell for “the rugs are being steam cleaned this weekend so don’t come in the office” email. That should have been a clue that something was up! Why would they ever clean the rugs?

    Bork, clearly it was a mistake to leave you behind while going to Summit in Vegas. I guess we had it coming.

    Paternity leave = turn about fair play…

  5. Oh, you guys were so pwned :)

  6. Absolutely the best! Miss working with ya (especially on April Fools Day!)

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  11. Those are some great pranks, my personal favourite which is easy to do and only takes a minute is to put scotch tape over the optical sensor in an optical mouse, the mouse will still work but not very well. Will drive them insane! ;)

    If you do not understand from my description check out the photos here:

    http://www.officepranksmasters.com/Tape_mouse.html