Need A Few Post-Its Around The Office?

An anonymous reader writes "Like every company, we have an office prankster. So, whenever anything goes wrong -- say, your chair starts making unusual noises or your CD tray starts popping out for no reason, invariably you'll look up and see Dave, our esteemed leader, grinning foolishly at his handywork. So really, Damon shouldn't have been surprised when he came into the office one otherwise-normal Monday morning to find this. Nor should James have been surprised when he showed up early one morning to this birthday surprise. It certainly keeps us on our toes." Ah, the joys of not telecommuting ...

Hehehe

[Steamhead]

That is awesome, got to love your friends eh :) Reminds me of that friend that covered his friend's apartment in tinfoil.

Um yeah here is a mirror if the wrath of /. gets to them.
http://catsdorule.torpedobird.com/slash/dam ons_off ice/
http://catsdorule.torpedobird.com/slash/jame s_offi ce/

google caches

[beoch]

PostIts [google.com] and Balloons [google.com]

Re:Time on your hands

[sir_cello]

No one has mention that there are downsides: if someone is hurt in a workplace practical joke, then the employer is liable. So it's good to have fun, but be sensible and play it safe :-).

The two pranks listed in this article are fine, but you need to be aware of the danger.

Generally, (a) keep the pranks and humour safe and non-dangerous, watch out for anything that could be considered offensive, (b) if it's a large scale prank, make sure you have some "informal" chat with people (say, your supervisor) before hand just to get a verbal indication that it won't cause any problems. Your supervisor may tell you that the global CEO is going to be in the office that day so you might want to try your prank the next day :-).

Some pranks I have experienced that don't work well: (a) giving people supposedly "funny" birthday presents (a vibrator), taken the wrong way and employee was really quite offended, (b) publishing prank photographs on internet newsgroup that also included a couple of shots that a person considered offensive. I don't think there were any legal issues in these cases, but it quickly turned from fun into a problem.

Re:The REAL storyline:

[lennart78]

They seem to manage allright though. Approx. 45 minutes after the story got posted, and they're still up. That's some nifty advertising :)

Mirror

[earplug]

Mirror here [netfirms.com]

Re:Hehehe

[Anonymous Coward]

Mirror now with HTML goodness:

http://catsdorule.torpedobird.com/slash/damons_off ice/ [torpedobird.com]
http://catsdorule.torpedobird.com/slash/james_offi ce/ [torpedobird.com]

Re:It's easier than that.

[SEWilco]

There's margarine in soft drinks? Eeeew!

He spelled it wrong.

mar-gar-gin: from Spanish mar (ocean) + gar (a fish) + gin: Bathtub gin which includes a fish and added flavorings.

I'm sure you've heard of the tradition for the lucky person who gets the fish.

MOD PARENT DOWN!

[InfiniteWisdom]

The images are loaded from the server regardless. The google cache accomplishes exactly nothing in case of slashdotting.