Office workers are known for getting bored and pulling pranks on each other, and my co-workers and I have done tons of them! Some of them worked, and some even backfired on us.

When I was 18, I had a supervisor that was really funny but kind of oblivious to things going on around her at times, so I put a pile of rubber dog poop on her chair one time, expecting her to either shriek or scream when she saw it. My co-workers and I were all giggling in anticipation to see what she would do, and when she got to her desk she sat on it without even noticing. This really made us laugh hysterically, because she was sitting on this rubber lump and had no idea.

I was horrified that I was not going to be able to retrieve my dog poop and play the trick on anyone else (Hey - I was 18. I had different priories in life then). I had to devise a way to get her out of her chair so I could try to go get it back. I had to pretend I needed help with my work and ask her to come over to help me. After helping me with my pretend problem, she went directly back to her chair and finally saw the poop there. She cracked up and gave me what for, but enjoying it all the same.

I'm smiling as I write this, remembering her with fondness. I got to see her again many years later at a reunion, and she shared with me how much she enjoyed seeing all her "girls" all grown up.

 

I'm a First class prankster ! I cannot recount all of them . In the Marines , we had a pass out rule! First one to pass out, don't be surprise how you wake up in the morning! Fingernails and toe nails painted with M-Nu, new hair cuts, shaved eyebrows , perm marker tattoo's, pulling down PT shorts. You name it.

 

My most recent was to stand by the exterior office door across the front counter from the receptionist (who was in on it), while the owner was at the end of the counter (maybe 6 feet away). The door had been sticking, but nobody had shown up to fix it yet, so I yanked it open, but stopped it with my foot, pretending it had smacked me in the face.

At that point, I pressed down on the open ketchup packet I had stored in my mouth, so 'blood' seemed to spew out, and then I spit out a piece of licorice covered with a white candy- coating (looking like a tooth) onto the floor.

It was awesome - my boss was totally confused and bewildered.

It was flawless...

 

All kinds of shit at work. One day my foreman was asleep in the truck, it was hot as hell, I turned the A/C to heat , and then Flash taped the doors shut. Took pictures, just so that it wouldn't come back on me from higher up.
Another time when I was on cleanup duty I had everybody sweep all the dirt under the bosses chair and desk. it was about 6 inches deep. Fortunately he found it pretty funny.

Another time we threw a rubber snake through the passenger window of the Paving crew foreman while he was looking through the driver window, it was at night, so he really couldn't see it was a phony snake, his Ice tea did a triple somersault and he jumped and thrashed around in his seat until he finally got a hold of it and tossed it out the window, we didn't start laughing until it finally come out the window. We had to buy him another iced tea.

Then we distracted one of the paver rollers with one guy talking and clipped same rubber snake to his tail shirt with a string, he kept yelling and jumping around because everytime he moved the string pulled the snake toward him.

 

My best one though is one I've repeatedly used on my mom, I call her on April fools day, Hello, Hello can you hear me? hello, hello, if you can hear me I can't hear you, sometimes I can hear Dad in the background. I play it out with shit like let me adjust my headset, and let me adjust the speaker, Then when I can tell she is about to hang up, Gotcha Again. She falls for it almost every time.

 

So many.
Put a bite size Baby Ruth in the urinal.
Love the ones I can walk away, and act innocent.

The shop had air guns everywhere, with long tubes on them.
I'd catch them not looking, and fill it with grease.

Rigged the water fountain, to squirt them in the face.

Tell someone that has been to the bathroom, the boss was looking for them.

Had guys fetch buckets of steam, drill stretchers, and string locks.

Swapped everyone's uniform pants.

Spent the day alone in boot camp, due to a sprained ankle, so I short sheeted everyones bed.

I'm going to Colorado next week, with my adult family.
I have a few tricks up my sleeve for that.

I love pranks as long as it doesn't break anything, cause damage, or hurt anyone.

 

Use a ketchup packet from any fast food restaurant and pay attention here because the devil is in the details.
Fold it in half and tape it so it's nice and tight.
Rip just a little bit along the tear lines and put it underneath the toilet seat pointing inwards.
If all goes as planned... someone will get a taint full of ketchup.

 

I have yet to do it, but have been working on a Tie wrap prank or two on sleeping co-workers!

 

I saw a good one on youtube where a Freddy Krueger action figure is taped in front of a vehicle's backup camera I found funny as hell. But with my luck it would end up causing a wreck so it's something I will not try any time soon.

 

My first wife and I were traveling cross country from Chicago to Wahington State. It was maybe two in the morning. My wife was passed out. You know the drooling kind of passed out. I needed coffee and gas. I pulled into a truck stop. I noticed a line of trucks parked. One had his lights on but no one in the cab. Aha! A light bulb turned on in my head! I parked our car directly in front of the semi. My wife didn't stir. I sat there a moment gathering my nerve. All of a sudden I yell OH SHIT! I extend my arm out like I am protecting my wife. She woke up right away with headlights in her face. Then she hit me! She peed her pants. Not real bad but bad enough she had to change. She was wide awake. I asked her if she wanted to drive later. She glared at me and said You don't want me to drive. It took her a while, but she finally laughed about it.

To be fair, she did get even with me. On another road trip to California, She woke me up to a ”News Cast” that the Russians had just invaded the coasts of Washington Oregon and California and there were numerous sightings of parachutes throughout the Rocky Mountains. I tell her get off the Interstate we need to get into the forest and away from main roads. I began taking mental inventory of our food and water. She did exactly as I said. After about 5 minutes, her voice comes on. GOTCHA ASSHOLE! DON’T EVER FUCK WITH MOMMA! It was a recording that was very well done. Her friends at work helped put it together. It was very detailed, with ”this just in”. And Breaking news. Take shelter. I was always saying, ”if the Russians ever do this, this is what we are going to do.” I always had a plan. So I played right into it. She told me she knew I would buy it. Boy did I. It never occurred to me it was bogus. They went over the top to get me back. I was in my twenties and still gullible. I laughed. Her friends teased me and heckled me, every chance they got. I am just thankful we didn't have the electronics and social media like we have today. My Facebook would have blown up.

 

When I was in the Forces all sorts of pranks used to abound. When we were working nights in the Communication Centre there was a tube that took signals up to the Ops room and the guys up there used to send down big hairy spiders for some unsuspecting WRAF to open!
One guy sat me on top of a very tall filing cabinet so I couldn't get down, then pretending he was taking pity on me to lift me down, kept his hands tight on my hips so my skirt slid up over my head revealing stockings, panties and all!
We took one girl's bed apart literally and set it up again in the corridor, bed made up with sheets and all, Poor girl was devastated!
Some one who shall not be named let a firework off outside the Commcen on the metal part of the aircon so the poor girl working a teleprinter inside thought it had exploded!
The guys used to regularly rush into the WRAF block (strictly forbidden) and let off all the fire extinguishers.

 

I borrowed something from one of my bosses. He eventually wanted it back. It wasn't very big, about the size of a cell phone. I put it in a box. Then I covered the box in duct tape. Then I put the box in a bag filled with shredded paper. Then I stapled the bag. Then I put the bag in another box and wrapped the box in wire mesh. And covered it with duct tape. Then put that in another bag filled with balled up tape. And on and on and on. He told me it took him 30 minutes to open it.

 

Given the holidays are getting closer one of my favorites is to place the actual wrapped gift into several layers of gift wrapped boxes. Another one I've come up with for friends and family with kids. Is to place gifts for their kids in an empty boxes for a drum sets before wrapping them.

 

I don’t have any very elaborate ones to tell but my girl has a habit of wearing socks to bed because her feet get cold. I tease her about it a lot because it’s not a very sexy look. So one night when she was sleeping I very carefully safety pinned the heels of her socks to the bottom sheet. When she woke up and couldn’t move her feet it took her a minute to look to see what was up. I was laughing too much to get back at her when she socked me in the shoulder. lol

 

I know a guy whose busty wife partied too well and half passed out, her breasts were bare so he took some dye they had used for easter eggs and painted her breasts green. She told us the story.

 

I love pulling pranks and notorious for them. Hiding in recycle bins at work, phony phone calls to colleagues, hiding under my kids beds. Sometimes I feel bad afterwards but it's all in good fun. However, if I try to prank my wife she will fuckin kill me. On the flip side people love pranking me. I am very easily scared and known to scream. Lol

 

This is one that was done to me. And I loved it.

I came rolling into the parking lot at the office one day at my normal time. Three of my people were standing outside. I talked with them for a bit then walked inside. About 15 minutes later, I came out and hopped in my car. I looked over and all three of them were looking at me. So, like any good boss would do, I gave them the finger and stuck the key in the ignition.

Now this is the part of the story where it all goes south for me. So, after feeling very good about myself for flipping my team members the bird, I cranked the engine. This is the point where time slowed way down. I instantly wondered why my air conditioner was turned to its highest setting because A: I didn't have it on when I got out of the car and B: it was cold outside. At that exact same time, I instantly was asking myself why thousands and thousands of little paper circles from a three hole punch were shooting out of my air conditioning vents. If you ever want to know what it feels like to be in a snow globe, just ask me. For about the next month, I'd be driving down the road and a little paper circle would blow out the vent, reminding me that I worked with some pretty awesome pricks.

Well done, guys!

 

High school wo0d shop class, we had a substitute teacher, so a kid painted his hand red then used the table saw, screaming I cut my hand off! Never phased the teacher, he recognized the prank immediately.

 

I also get a big kick out of non-pranks. This one is best used about 30 minutes after the end of the work day. Bonus points if the victim is starting their vacation.

"Hey boss, you DID find that 'I Love Gay Porn' sticker I stuck on your wall, right?"