Workplace April Fool's Day Jokes

I have quite a few stories about "workplace" and "fools" but I don't recall any that included "April".

My general answer is "NO". Sure, I've participated in the past and that has taught me the lesson that I do not appreciate practical jokes.

1. I work in industries that don't like horseplay or even harmless jokes.
2. I don't enjoy practical jokes of any kind! Especially the ones on TV!
3. I don't understand the draw of a practical joke. Even in a truly harmless joke, someone is going to get hurt. Mostly their feelings but...........
4. My "EX" was a practical joker...... Hence the "EX" part!
5. I guess the day is aptly named "April Fools Day" Be a "FOOL" or prank a "FOOL"?
6. Go right ahead and prank your co-workers, family, friends. Please do not include me!

Your description of the cubical filled with balloons is probably one that I could get into. Maybe I have been embittered by the nasty pranks by my EX and her friends and family?

Here is a prank gone horribly wrong!

The teenaged male human isn't known for being at the height of his mental acuity, so it's hardly shocking when one does something really, really, really stupid - but that doesn't mean you can't still want to slap the ever-loving crap out of him. In August 2011, two comedic geniuses (18 and 19, both dudes) in a town near Columbus, OH, had the hot idea to wrap a stop sign with several layers of plastic wrap and petroleum jelly, effectively obscuring it from drivers.
The brilliant masterminds were so proud of their accomplishment that they bragged about it on Facebook. Many motorists made it past the hidden stop sign with no problems - after all, they drove through that intersection every day - but the uproarious laughter didn't last long. Around 4:00 in the afternoon, Jeanne Shea, 80, drove past the covered sign and into oncoming traffic. An oncoming vehicle hit Shea's car and killed her passenger - her sister Mary Spangler, 85. Shea was in critical condition for three weeks, her leg amputated above the knee, before she died in September. Nice job, fellas. The boys pleaded guilty to charges of reckless homicide.

Another!

Did you ever egg houses when you were a kid? Me neither - it seemed rude - but hey, diff'rent yolks for different folks. 14-year-old Danny Crawford and his buddies liked to throw eggs at cars late at night. A direct hit probably just tickled them pink. (Even though a splatter on a window would make the nicest mess, a hit on a car door would cause the most real damage - I don't know which of these results Crawford preferred.)
In Dec. 2006, the boys targeted the wrong car. As the driver of a grey Jeep barreled toward the boys, someone inside pulled a gun and fired multiple shots, hitting and killing Crawford. Talk about road rage.

And again.... TODAY!!!

http://fox8.com/2015/04/01/april-fools-day-prank-gone-wrong-destroys-college-apartment/

ALLENDALE, Mich. - An April Fools' Day prank ended up destroying an apartment on a college campus in Michigan Wednesday.

WXMI reports it happened Wednesday morning at Grand Valley State University, when a girl tossed a firework at a roommate. It landed in a laundry hamper, and the fire broke out.

The building was evacuated.

The fire caused heavy smoke damage to an adjacent apartment as well.

Fire Capt. David Pelton told WXMI that in all his years on the job, he's never been called to the scene of a fire that was the result of an April Fools' Day prank.

The girl who threw the firework is not expected to face charges. No one was hurt in the fire.

I have to agree with that. I just posted what happened to me. And that designer... When I left the company, that designer left after about (2) years after me. He actually invited me to his wedding, and as we reminisced, that story was brought up. He also metioned that since I had left. The atmosphere changed, and it made going to work more difficult as well as unenjoyable..

I like to add, in engineering, it was common that we watched each other's back. If something didn't turn out, we'd all pull together to correct it.

Agreed, Alan Funt was funny. I still remember the VW with the 50 gallon tank and the gas station attendant (remember those?) looking under the car to see where the gas was going.

Nowadays, what passes for TV humor is people doing stupid and dangerous stunts that endanger their lives and prospects for future progeny.

I remember that...

I erased the last line of the DOS and replaced it with a copy of the second to last, for the desktop in windows once....when the desktop loaded icons, they were only partly there, which made it look like the screen was failing,,,,in a very strange way.....He never did figure out what happened....but was totally freaked out initially....of course he was able to correct the problem, but you should have seen the look on his face.....priceless

At one place I worked, a co-worker put a pair of boots and a pair of pants laid over them in front of each toilet and closed the doors. He reached over and locked each stall. For a few hours you would see some poor fools headed for the latrine and being pretty upset that they couldn't get their business done. Somebody has been in there a long time they thought.

Awesome. I love it! Laser guided!!!!!

How about this one?

OK, in the same vein...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJyGoGPXTj4

I don't know how this will come off, it may turn out to be something you had to be there, anyways..... This is the story.

In the engineering department I managed, there was a designer who I'll call Rod, we went back and forth and teased each quite a bit. It was small trivial things, that each of us laughed at.

For April fools, he was going to get me good... Petty as it was, it usually turns out pretty funny.

Well, unbeknownst to me, he had taped my telephone receiver down, and put a light film of dark grease on my phones ear piece.

Strangely enough, they waited for me to get a phone call, but, the lines were unusually and unbelievable quiet.

The president who is also the owner of the company came into engineering, and we had an open concept layout. And we were talking, the PA system announced that the president had a call on line 3, and that it was important.

I told him he can use my phone. A small laughter came from the other 4-5 engineers and designers. But The look of horror on Rods face was unforgettable, I knew something was up. Well, the president answer it, and said "Hello,........Hello........ Hello!."

The president hung up and said, must be on double hold or something and he'd take it in his office.... Well, when he looked at me, I saw a big black grease spot on his ear, and knew the plot was foiled... It was all I could do to not bust out laughing.... I saw the designer that did it, his face was all red and looked quite scared, it also looked like he was going to crawl under his desk.

Well, my April fools joke to him all that day was, when I got a call. After I hung up, no matter who had called, I'd announce, the president wants me down in his office immediately, and he also wants to talk to you Rod and wants me to bring you with me.

For something so trivial. This was very enjoyable for most in engineering. The cherry was, later that afternoon, the president did call me, and wanted me to bring Rod with me. That was just halarious. Rod did come only after I threaten to tell the president that he refused, only then did he come with me thou hesitantly.... And John (the president) did actually have a small legitiment project for him.

Rod thought the president and myself planned it. I told him sure we did,..... And we also have a secret handshake.

I worked in a factory where they machined cast iron using lathes and other machinery. The production director was doing a walkabout with some visitors. He had on a white suit. One of the machinists hit his airline feed pipe with a spanner just before they passed. An almost invisible cloud of fine black dust slowly descended around them to which they were totally oblivious. Everyone else knew what was going on.

theres nothing wrong with a good joke. one of my clients was a huge Broncos fan, I visited his account one day, he was on vacation. when he got back he found his favorite coffee mug had been slightly altered.it took about 45 minutes and a pile of post it notes but I thought I did an excellent job at reproducing the RAIDERS logo. his office buddies got a big kick out it. a couple of weeks later I ran into him, it was all good, he knew it was my handy work if you aren't an NFL fan you wont get it.

Being on deployment on a submarine is boring, if you are lucky. The constraints of the environment and (at least for this particular prank) the lack of sunlight set the stage for some good laughs, particularly when you come into port.

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A solution of silver nitrate, readily available as it is used for chloride titration, has an unusual property when it contacts skin.... as long as the skin is not hit by sunlight nothing is noticeable, but once exposed to sunlight, the skin turns black.....and it doesn't wash off, it takes a couple days.

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There are several periscopes on most subs, one that everyone knows about, and typically a couple that allow viewing into the reactor compartment. It is really easy to coat the eyepieces with a silver nitrate solution on the sly.

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What is not really easy, as you reacquaint yourself with sunlight, is maintaining a straight face as someone you are talking to begins to resemble Petey, the dog from the Little Rascals.

A sign created with (Copier Mfgr name here) letterhead affixed to the copy machine read: "This unit has been equipped with voice recognition command module. Speak loudly into the display screen area and the copier will perform normal functions via voice command."

I can neither confirm nor deny any involvement.

During my 2nd year Engineering Studies, ( in our college, there was a system of seniors ragging the juniors who enter the first year) I have entered the class room of 1st year students and introduced my self as Teaching Staff and taken class.

Following is the class discussions conducted.

Dear Students, as a refresher class - let you all recollect some formulae.

What is Krichoff's Law - when the students say correctly, I will say NO, IT IS OHM's LAW.

What is the formula for Potassium Chloride.? Student will say KCl. I will say " NO it is KOΩ5"

What is the formula for power when Voltage and Current is known. Student will say V x I = watts. I will say " NO it is E = Emax(Sin α)

Like that I went on confusing them, on seeing the Lecturer coming to the class, I escaped saying you all have to go back to your old classes and study correctly and come back.

Now I feel guilty for having done like that.

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