Can we all agree that an office job at an omnivorous, faceless corporation is pure evil that’s dangerous to anyone’s health? We can? Good. Then, we can probably also agree that most of the time, it isn’t the foosball table or the one-pizza-for-whole-team Fridays that make it bearable, but rather the shared moments of humorous outbursts with and from your coworkers. Even better, though, if it’s a harmless office prank they’ve pulled on you, or you’ve pulled on them! And, since you’re probably reading this instead of working, you might as well make it a productive time and choose a funny office prank to liven up the atmosphere.
Of course, the best office pranks are the ones that do not require an elaborate plan of execution and those that have been tested at least a couple of times before. Enter this gorgeous Reddit thread where people shared easy office pranks they’ve already pulled or been the ones to test. Yup, we’ve read it all, rounded up the most awesome office prank ideas, and now it’s only for you to choose which one to surprise your coworkers with! From harmless pranks involving printouts to classic ones involving Jell-O and office appliances, you’re sure to find one that tickles your fancy.
Okay, since you’re probably at work right now and time is of the essence, we should probably end this introduction and allow you to finally read the submissions. Once you do, give your vote to the best pranks, and never ever dare to share this article with any of your peers! They might get a whiff of what’s to come!
#1
"Plugged in a spare USB keyboard into my co-worker’s desktop. Would randomly hold down the shift key when he was entering his password, lock his terminal when he turned around to talk to someone, or tap the windows key while he was typing.
I’m not good at not laughing. I managed to hold it in for 4 days until he finally lost it and started smashing his keyboard and unplugging all the USB cables. He got to the one for the extra keyboard, looked around, then yanked on the cable HARD, and the spare keyboard skipped across my desk and slammed into my cube wall.
I laughed so hard I cried for almost 15 minutes."
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73points
#2
“If they have Chrome, put the ‘nCage’ extension on their browser. It changes every picture that shows up into a picture of Nicolas Cage.”
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59points
#3
heythisisbrandon said:
"Not sure if this will apply, but I was working for a telemarketing company at the time. I was the new guy and they gave me a "lead" to call that was a funeral home.
"Not sure if this will apply, but I was working for a telemarketing company at the time. I was the new guy and they gave me a "lead" to call that was a funeral home.
The name... Myra Maines... my remains... I called a funeral home and asked for my remains. They got me."
bella_morte replied:
"I'm a funeral director - I'd have loved to get a call like this."
"I'm a funeral director - I'd have loved to get a call like this."
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50points
#4
"I bought a box of 1000 googly eyes and slowly started putting them on things in my coworker's cubicles and around the office. It took a few weeks before they realized that they were being watched by their stapler."
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42points
#5
"I worked as a secretary, and there was this motivational poster of an eagle in the office with an American flag behind it that said "FREEDOM." It was really annoying to stare at all day, so I put googly eyes on it. No one noticed for months, and it brought me joy every day."
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39points
#6
"Slowly, incrementally dilute the office coffee with decaf for a few weeks until there is no caffeine left, then suddenly switch to espresso."
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39points
#7
“Put a cake in the office fridge saying ‘-person-’s birthday cake do not eat’ and watch as people from all over the building say happy birthday to an increasingly confused and irritate coworker.”
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38points
#8
"Someone took the ball out of my mouse once, late at night when I had a deadline. I just took someone else's ball, used it, then returned it. The next morning when I came in, I very loudly announced that someone castrated my mouse and I needed a new mouse."
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38points
#9
"I have a coworker who folds up a blanket and sits on it. When it gets cold, she shakes it out and puts it over her shoulders. So after she left for work, I unfolded it and filled the inside with hole punch dots. It took three weeks until she finally made it snow inside"
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37points
#10
“Any time we get a new person, we hand them a plastic bag and tell them that we need an air sample to send to corporate. We tell them to go around the store with the bag open to get air from all parts of the store. Watching the new person walk around the store while flailing a plastic bag is classic.”
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32points
#11
"I once hid $1 in pennies in my coworker's cubicle with a note letting her know they were there. I put them in every little crack, crevice, file, book, whatever I could find. I hid them, behind stuff on her corkboard, in her calendar, etc. I made a few of them really easy to find, so she basically got hooked and couldn't stop looking for them. She found 97."
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30points
#12
"Did a screenshot of my co-worker's desktop and then made it his background image and moved all of his real icons off the screen."
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30points
#13
“Change the mouse movement speed to the lowest, takes like 30 seconds to fix and it’s hilarious.”
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27points
#14
"Put a small RC car in a nearby office trashcan, under the bag so you can't see it. Just twitch the remote once in a while to make noise."
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27points
#15
“Two of my co-workers sat across from each other. One day they were both out and our boss says ‘Hey let’s switch their cubes while they’re gone’ so we did exactly that. We literally moved everything so their desks were exactly the same but on opposite sides.”
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26points
#16
KeimaKatsuragi said:
"Change the Screensaver to Blue Screen."
"Change the Screensaver to Blue Screen."
Megatron_McLargeHuge replied:
"I used that screensaver myself until my coworker helpfully rebooted my desktop for me."
"I used that screensaver myself until my coworker helpfully rebooted my desktop for me."
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25points
#17
"I work at a grocery store and I love The Office. Inspired by Jim Halpert, I got all of my coworkers to call someone by the wrong name all day. His name is Darren and everyone called him Darrell. He was so mad about it."
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25points
#18
"One of my Tech Supervisors won the leadership award for the quarter which includes a lovely headshot for the slideshow. He hated this photo, which made me contact the company photographer and get a copy.
I proceeded to make ~200 copies of various sizes to plaster around his office. No surface was safe. I took apart his fan and taped little ones on each blade. One on the phone receiver, under the chair, inside the lamp, and basically wallpapered his desk with photos of himself.
My favorite was the three-foot poster size cut out I made to take his place at meetings.
It was three years ago and he’s still finding photos."
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25points
#19
"Finally a thread I can contribute to. One of my colleagues is a very funny guy and often pranks some coworkers by changing wallpapers, etc.
Once he wrote a little note to one of his colleagues:
'Dear Ms. XY, Mr. Bear (actually a last name in Germany) called you when you were away, can you please call him back? Here is his number: 1234567890'
He gave her the number of the local zoo. She was so confused that she asked for Mr. Bear several times before she realized that it was a prank."
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24points
#20
“I had a coworker who hung a model plane by a small paperclip chain from the ceiling over his desk. I lowered it by adding a single paperclip to the chain every Friday night. It took months but eventually, the airplane was so low he hit his head on it and just stared at it confused.”
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23points