Monday, September 17, 2007

Office Pranks

Here is a list of office pranks, that we have made.

1. Jam the chair under the desk.
Office chairs have adjustable height. If you roll the chair under the desk, you can adjust its height so it gets jammed under the desk and it's pretty hard to get it out of there. The cool thing is you cannot know if this prank is done, unless you actually try to pull the chair out of the desk, leaving you with a stupid look on your face.
Times done: A lot!
Priceless reactions: "Good morning! Now let me... hm... NOT AGAIN" (unfortunately you have to *see* the person's reaction to really appreciate it)
Rating: 5/10

2. Duct tape on the bottom of the mouse
I bet this prank has been done to the owner of the first mouse ever. It's pretty old.
Times done: 5-6 (there was a time when everybody looked the bottom of their mouses for duct tape, so it got old quickly)
Priceless reactions: "That's odd" *circles with the mouse* "I think my mouse is broken..." "Hey I need a new mouse!"
Rating: 4/10

3. Clippy
If you don't want to read the Clippy site, it's the paperclip from MS Office made as a desktop application, which gives you random ridiculous (but not obviously ridiculous) suggestions to help you.
Times done: 5-6
Priceless reactions: "Microsoft cannot have made something THAT idiotic with the new update!" "What the... I KNOW I can use my mouse to click on things!" "Have you seen this new feature with Windows Vista? The paperclip with the suggestions to help you! Vista sucks!"
Rating: 8/10 if they bite (Just watching their facial expressions the first 3-4 times that Clippy shows is worth it! Never mind what they say)

4. The art director and the word 'ass'
I don't even know how that started. It consists of somehow placing the written word "ass" in the view of our art director. It really pissed him off, so naturally, it was fun. So far we've managed to put it: on a sticky note on his PC; as his desktop wallpaper; as an icon for an internal tool of ours; as a 3D model suggestion; as a logo suggestion for the game; as a job application; in a "readme.txt" file on his desktop. This prank died lately but this blog reminded me that it could be restarted.
Times done: Too many
Priceless reactions: "He he. That's funny" "Ha. Ha. Ha." "Alright. Ass. I see." "Well it's good, but it's enough now." "Stop it guys. Seriously." "I mean, really, stop it!" "Aaaaah! *goes crazy*" ... ... "What?! No 'ass' today?"
Rating: 7/10

5. Spin and hit

That's not us, though. That's where we got the idea.
Times done: once
Priceless reactions: see video.
Rating: 9/10

6. The secret handshake
I don't remember where that came from either. Anyway, when handshaking with somebody don't grab his hand but instead keep yours spread. As if you're showing 'five'. It's fun watching the other guy/gall's reaction. Kinda mean, though. (That means extra fun points)
Times done: At least once a day
Priceless reactions: You should try it. It cannot be described...
Rating: 9/10

7. Anything with the rabbit
Ah, the rabbit. Source of constant fun. We have an office pet. A rabbit. And... there should be a separate post about him (actually it may be 'her' but we're almost sure it's 'him') with photos and videos.
Rating: 6231/10 ...

?. The singular 'while'
Find some central header file and write "#define while if". Check if it's not included in some source file that has do-while. Watch the other guy debug.
Times done: Never... I made it once at my previous job (guess why it's previous) and it was so great I had to share it here. Unfortunately I made the mistake to share it with my current colleagues. But let's hope that if a new guy comes, he won't have read this blog.
Rating: 10/10

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Another one:
1) Take a screen-shot of one's desktop
2) Remove everything from the desktop (or better move it in case there's something important there and you want to be non-destructive)
3) Place the screen-shot taken in 1) as wallpaper
4) Watch them click in vain
5) Giggle
(Yeah, I know this one is old)