Are things a little stressful around your office? Maybe you should try one of these pranks on your co-workers to lighten up the mood.
Castrating the Mouse
This is a classic. There is nothing more frustrating than having your mouse jump all over the screen or simply not work at all. Most people can't function with the keyboard alone. Simply remove the mouse ball from the bottom of the mouse and then put the mouse back together like normal. If your co-worker has a mouse with a laser, then you can place a piece of masking tape over the laser to get the same effect. I actually got suspended from my high school for doing this
Where is That Sound Coming From?
Did you know that you can setup a rule in Outlook to play a sound every time they receive an email? Download a really annoying sound clip and then access their Outlook Rules and Alerts. Create a new blank rule. Apply this rule after the message arrives, on this machine only, play a sound (select the sound clip from earlier), and then click Finish. If you want to drive them nuts, just turn their speakers down so they don't know where the sound is coming from. To go over the top, turn their speakers way up so everyone else will get a chance to hear.
My Chair Just Isn't Right
It's always fun to mess with someone's office chair. We used to make the height of the chair really low, and then put Vaseline or lotion on the handle used to raise it back up. That way when they go to adjust their chair, they get a nice little surprise.
My Desktop Broke
Get a screenshot of your co-workers screen while they are gone. Hide their taskbar, minimize all their applications, and remove their desktop icons to a folder on their hard drive. Now put that earlier screenshot as their background. They will go nuts trying to figure out why nothing happens when they click on things. Even a reboot doesn't solve the problem!
What's Wrong with My Phone?
If you work in a call center, then placing a small piece of transparent tape over the microphone can really cause some hilarity.
My Computer Is Possessed
Using remote assistance software can really lead to some funny pranks. VCN works great and it's free. Just remote into someone computer while they are gone, then when they come back start controlling the mouse and keyboard on their screen! They will think it's possessed.
My Computer Is Possessed Part II
If two co-workers computer are in close proximity, switch the mouse or keyboard plugs on the back of the computers. That way they will each have some control of what's happening on the other's computer, but without knowing it.
