Office Prank Winner

Coffee Warlord · 06-12-2009, 09:59 AM

My new company pulled off one of the more amusing desk-decoration pranks on a vacationing co-worker. This happened well before I started. Wish I was there to see it.

JeeberD · 06-12-2009, 10:17 AM

My wife and one of her friends did that to one of their co-workers a few years back. I'm not having luck finding the pics, though...

rjolley · 06-12-2009, 12:19 PM

They did that to a vacationing co-worker's desk at my last company as well. Everything in foil. Hilarious.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 06-12-2009, 12:22 PM

Mustang · 06-12-2009, 12:24 PM

All I know is it must be nice to work in an office where you can take 3 weeks of vacation.

rowech · 06-12-2009, 01:05 PM

If I worked in a cubicle, that wouldn't be a prank...it would be one of the nices things anybody could do.

Castlerock · 06-12-2009, 01:22 PM

Back when I used to work with others (after massive layoffs, there are 5 people in our office down from over 100 a few years ago), we did some good pranks.

We did the drywall over a corner office. If you didn't know there was an office there, you would never be able to tell. Nothing like the above, though. We framed a co-worker that had nothing to do with the prank by taking photos of the construction and photoshopping in a reflection of the co-worker in the window. It was *just* recognizable enough.

My favorite, though, was breaking into a victim's computer and loading a DLL into a normal Windows service. The DLL monitored the keyboard and would ring the victim's phone 1 time every time he pressed the "Q" key. Took him forever to figure out what was happening. His phone would ring and he would run down the hall taking note of who was/wasn't in their office. Never found a pattern. He eventually looked in the phone logs and found out that the call was originating in HIS office. Still took a long time to find the DLL.

stevew · 06-12-2009, 01:29 PM

The DLL is funny, the rest of this stuff not so much.

Dr. Sak · 06-12-2009, 01:45 PM

My friend and i put scotch tape over the receiver button on everyone's phone. We started calling people in the morning and they couldn't figure out why even though they picked up the phone was still ringing.

06-12-2009, 10:17 AM	#2
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Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	All I know is it must be nice to work in an office where you can take 3 weeks of vacation. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

06-12-2009, 12:19 PM	#3
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	They did that to a vacationing co-worker's desk at my last company as well. Everything in foil. Hilarious.

06-12-2009, 01:05 PM	#6
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	If I worked in a cubicle, that wouldn't be a prank...it would be one of the nices things anybody could do.

06-12-2009, 01:22 PM	#7
Castlerock High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, Ma	Back when I used to work with others (after massive layoffs, there are 5 people in our office down from over 100 a few years ago), we did some good pranks. We did the drywall over a corner office. If you didn't know there was an office there, you would never be able to tell. Nothing like the above, though. We framed a co-worker that had nothing to do with the prank by taking photos of the construction and photoshopping in a reflection of the co-worker in the window. It was just recognizable enough. My favorite, though, was breaking into a victim's computer and loading a DLL into a normal Windows service. The DLL monitored the keyboard and would ring the victim's phone 1 time every time he pressed the "Q" key. Took him forever to figure out what was happening. His phone would ring and he would run down the hall taking note of who was/wasn't in their office. Never found a pattern. He eventually looked in the phone logs and found out that the call was originating in HIS office. Still took a long time to find the DLL.

06-12-2009, 01:29 PM	#8
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	The DLL is funny, the rest of this stuff not so much.

06-12-2009, 01:45 PM	#9
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	My friend and i put scotch tape over the receiver button on everyone's phone. We started calling people in the morning and they couldn't figure out why even though they picked up the phone was still ringing.

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