Last Day Pranks
Discussion
Following on from the tesco's petrol sign thread; what's been your best/ favourite/ most memorable last day prank? Be it at school, college/uni or work?
Mine are memorable as initially they're very lame, but long-term - I think they're quite good.
A few years back, on my last day at one particular job, I was in the office on my own (night shift.) Being quite bored, I decided to cut up some sellotape into tiny strips. I then stuck these on the bottom of everybodies mice covering the optical light. This makes them inoperable and very hard to detect (tiny clear sticky tape.) Admittedly it's lame, but I can imagine everyones shock coming into work and not knowing why their mice no longer worked.
My last one a couple of years ago was more personal. Having had my contract terminated early due to a certain gutless-pie-key-see-you-next-tuesday back-stabbing me all the way whilst brown-nosing the boss.
I decided to block his internet access for one hour via active directory every tuesday and thursday at 1pm (after his lunch) and, one hour every friday morning at 8am.
Knowing what a useless cretin he is, I know he would never have figured this out. I imagine he'll have spent a while going through all the basic troubleshooting; pinging, tracing, physical checks etc only for it to start working again.
Unfortunately I have no idea what the outcome to either were, but it will certainly have annoyed the fk out of them - which was my aim.
Mine are memorable as initially they're very lame, but long-term - I think they're quite good.
A few years back, on my last day at one particular job, I was in the office on my own (night shift.) Being quite bored, I decided to cut up some sellotape into tiny strips. I then stuck these on the bottom of everybodies mice covering the optical light. This makes them inoperable and very hard to detect (tiny clear sticky tape.) Admittedly it's lame, but I can imagine everyones shock coming into work and not knowing why their mice no longer worked.
My last one a couple of years ago was more personal. Having had my contract terminated early due to a certain gutless-pie-key-see-you-next-tuesday back-stabbing me all the way whilst brown-nosing the boss.
I decided to block his internet access for one hour via active directory every tuesday and thursday at 1pm (after his lunch) and, one hour every friday morning at 8am.
Knowing what a useless cretin he is, I know he would never have figured this out. I imagine he'll have spent a while going through all the basic troubleshooting; pinging, tracing, physical checks etc only for it to start working again.
Unfortunately I have no idea what the outcome to either were, but it will certainly have annoyed the fk out of them - which was my aim.
We always had a plan for last day at school, though never actually had the kahunas to do it.
1. Buy 3 piglets from a farmer
2. number the piglets 1, 3 and 4 with a chisel tip marker or similar
3. Release piglets in the (gated) school grounds
4. Cause mass panic and hysteria.
5. Wait until all the piglets have been caught
6. Sit back and laugh as people continue searching frantically for piglet number 2.
Worked in a filthy pub years ago, which I knew never got cleaned properly.
Spent my last week telling all the junior bar staff that I'd hidden a tenner in the bar somewhere, and left a series of notes hidden around - each directing the searcher to the next clue, which would eventually lead them to the cellar and the final note with the instruction "f
k Off!" on it.
Don't really know why, or what it achieved, but I hated the land lord by the time i left and it was a welcome distraction from cleaning anything or doing any actual work during the last couple of weeks I was there. Who knows, maybe one of the brighter plebs actually followed the trail and cleaned some stuff on their way, but I doubt it.
1. Buy 3 piglets from a farmer
2. number the piglets 1, 3 and 4 with a chisel tip marker or similar
3. Release piglets in the (gated) school grounds
4. Cause mass panic and hysteria.
5. Wait until all the piglets have been caught
6. Sit back and laugh as people continue searching frantically for piglet number 2.
Worked in a filthy pub years ago, which I knew never got cleaned properly.
Spent my last week telling all the junior bar staff that I'd hidden a tenner in the bar somewhere, and left a series of notes hidden around - each directing the searcher to the next clue, which would eventually lead them to the cellar and the final note with the instruction "f
k Off!" on it. Don't really know why, or what it achieved, but I hated the land lord by the time i left and it was a welcome distraction from cleaning anything or doing any actual work during the last couple of weeks I was there. Who knows, maybe one of the brighter plebs actually followed the trail and cleaned some stuff on their way, but I doubt it.
Before i joined jessops, a worker had a reputation for being a bit of a joker.
On his last day he printed off loads of head shots in different sizes of a the assistant manager.
He was in work before the other and had time to prepare.
In jessops we have posters, mugs, tshirts, mouse pads, adverts ect on display. All usually have pictures of happy families or couples.
He proceeded to stick a face on to every single piece in the shop and in the stock room and staff area.
To top this off, the other members of staff all wore face masks all day of the assistant manager.
He wasn't happy.
We are still finding more heads nearly 3 years on.
On his last day he printed off loads of head shots in different sizes of a the assistant manager.
He was in work before the other and had time to prepare.
In jessops we have posters, mugs, tshirts, mouse pads, adverts ect on display. All usually have pictures of happy families or couples.
He proceeded to stick a face on to every single piece in the shop and in the stock room and staff area.
To top this off, the other members of staff all wore face masks all day of the assistant manager.
He wasn't happy.
We are still finding more heads nearly 3 years on.
Edited by XG332 on Sunday 20th March 21:18
Edited by XG332 on Sunday 20th March 21:20
XG332 said:
Before i joined jessops, a worker had a reputation for being a bit of a joker.
On his last day he printed off loads of head shots in different sizes of a the assistant manager.
He was in work before the other and had time to prepare.
In jessops we have posters, mugs, tshirts, mouse pads, adverts ect on display. All usually have pictures of happy families or couples.
He proceeded to stick a face on to every single piece in the shop and in the stock room and staff area.
To top this off, the other members of staff all wore face masks all day of the assistant manager.
He wasn't happy.
We are still finding more heads nearly 3 years on.
On his last day he printed off loads of head shots in different sizes of a the assistant manager.
He was in work before the other and had time to prepare.
In jessops we have posters, mugs, tshirts, mouse pads, adverts ect on display. All usually have pictures of happy families or couples.
He proceeded to stick a face on to every single piece in the shop and in the stock room and staff area.
To top this off, the other members of staff all wore face masks all day of the assistant manager.
He wasn't happy.
We are still finding more heads nearly 3 years on.
Edited by XG332 on Sunday 20th March 21:18
Edited by XG332 on Sunday 20th March 21:20
and another on the night before our last day of school (a boarding school), we took 1500 school photos (ie team photos etc)and hung them from trees in the school grounds.
not as good as a previous year who advertised free straweberries and champagne for anyone who fancied it- they paid for a page 3 advert of the local rag- 6,000 people turned up!
not as good as a previous year who advertised free straweberries and champagne for anyone who fancied it- they paid for a page 3 advert of the local rag- 6,000 people turned up!
At boarding school on our last night, we spent the night moving all the tables and benches from the dining hall into the Inner Quad, not as easy as it sounds as the Dining Hall was on the first floor. So they all had to be carried downstairs. Moved all the cutlery etc as well.
The result was when the kitchen staff came in they decided that the school should have breakfast outside as there weren't enough of them to carry all the tables back in.
The Head didnt find it quite so amusing when he came in fo find the school having breakfast outdoors. It seemed to take a lot longer for the school to move all the stuff back indoors!
The result was when the kitchen staff came in they decided that the school should have breakfast outside as there weren't enough of them to carry all the tables back in.
The Head didnt find it quite so amusing when he came in fo find the school having breakfast outdoors. It seemed to take a lot longer for the school to move all the stuff back indoors!
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