Friday, February 26, 2010

Ways to have fun at work

This is my take on those Innappropriate Behavior emails that tells people how to act strange on thier own time. I feel that most workplaces are too boring, or that people take themselves to seriously and need to lighten up.

The scary thing is that I have actually done a few of these and often it works to make me happy, but sadly piss others off.

Anyway, here is my list;

Just to drive them nuts, send a blank fax to a co-worker's telephone #.

When the person in the next cube goes on break, unplug their mouse.

Find a pad of the "While You Were Out" message pads and write "you weren't here" on them and leave them at people's desks.

Wait until everyone leaves, or come in early and pop off all the letter keys of someone's keyboard and rearrange them.

Hand out "bathroom passes" to employee's and tell them, "This is the only one you get today".

Ask co-workers or IT which channel The Food Network is on your computer.

Get a wireless doorbell button (without the actual receiver that chimes) and place it on your cubicle entry or at your desk and DEMAND that people use it before talking to you.

Before your next meeting, you and one or more co-workers pick from the following; cough, clear throat, sniff. Then pick a word that's not too common, something like "we" or "I", or if there is a meeting topic you can use that word. Then during the meeting each of you has to cough, clear your throat or sniff after anyone says the word.

Make one of your desk items, like your stapler, your pet and give it a water bowl.

Get a blank peice of paper and write "DO NOT TURN OVER" on it and place it next to the printer then watch how many people torment themselves wanting to, but not turning it over.

Write VACATION across every day of the current month on your desk calandar, when people ask why you aren't on vacation tell them you are.

Get a picture of a keyboard or adding machine open on your computer screen and whenever anyone comes by pretend you have a touch screen computer.

Create an auto-response in your email for co-workers that replies "I work in the same office as you, are you THAT lazy that you couldn't just come tell me this?!"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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