According to careerbuilder.com, 29 percent of workers say “they have either initiated or been on the receiving end of an April Fool’s Day prank at work.” (More than 6,800 workers participated in the survey.)
It’s not as much fun when April Fool’s Day falls on a Sunday. My daughter, like most kids, goes totally overboard with the pranks. It usually starts early with me doing something rotten to her, then she spends the rest of the day attempting revenge. Sure, I could avoid getting one over on her, but what fun is that? Plus she’s now at the age (9 2/3) that she’s starting to come up with some good ones.
Below are CareerBuilder.com’s top ten most memorable capers from the survey.
- Sent a letter signed by the president of the company that informed employees they would have to take potty breaks in alphabetical order.
- Decreased the size of boss’s lab coat. Joke continued after April 1 with boss perplexed by his coats getting tighter each week while he was dieting so diligently.
- Made for a very foggy day with dry ice in the urinal.
- Changed all of boss’s reading glasses to clear glass.
- Sent a note to co-worker’s pager that said to contact “George.” The number was to the White House.
- Employee went to the restroom and when he came out, he ran into a wall of tape draped across the doorway, courtesy of his team. (I like this one.)
- Put “random burping” program on boss’s computer that would loudly burp every few seconds - it went on for days.
- Brought in jelly doughnuts filled with ketchup. (Might try this on Celeste.)
- Had someone with a “questionable” profession call the office and ask for directions.
- CEO placed a very large and official-looking “For Sale” sign in front of the building.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:11 am
Meesages to coworkers:
I left a message for someone to call a “Myra Mains” and the number was for Keller Funeral Home. Not only did Kim call, she called BACK once we explained the joke to her. First call: “May I please speak to Myra?” THis was met with laughter. “Is Myra Mains there?” reply, “Ma’am, this is Keller FUneral Home.” “Oh, I must have the wrong number,” and she quickly hung up.
Then Kim started asking those of us in the office who took the message and did we write the number incorrectly.
We had the BEST time with that one.
ANother time, I gave someone a VERY detailed message about a disgruntled student (this was when I was a graduate assistant) who had stopped by for a meeting. If you read the first letter in each line going vertically, you saw the message “April Fools”
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:42 am
Good one! I’m going to have to try the Myra one next year!
All I did this year was Saran Wrap the door frame where Celeste and her friend Bre were sleeping.