Halloween "Trick"

[clairabean]

What kind of turns me is that the office pita will probably never get why he was punked. He will not 'learn a lesson' or take it as a joke, but rather be humiliated.
If I KNEW for a fact that the person could take a joke, and laugh at it, then be all means have fun! But I would never intentionally humiliate someone, even a jerk.

There is a fine line between a joke and mean bullying.

 

[darkmatter]

Office pranks pulled:

When a supervisor was out on vacation with his cubicle locked. There is a space of about 1 1/2 inch under the door, just enough to get lots of balloons and using compressed air hose, inflate them under the door, tie a knot and release it. It took hours, but we filled his cubicle full. He never did figure out how we got all those balloons in his office, he had the only key.

A supervisor's office had the A/C vent in the overhead. During the night, we filled the vent with bags of paper punch outs, closed the vent, turned on the A/C to pack them agaist the louvers. Then turned off the A/C and cleaned up the few that made it out. When the day got hot and the A/C turned on, the Supv noticed he wasn't getting any air, so he reached up and opened the louvers---dumping thousands of paper punch outs over him and his office. (he left it for nightshift to clean up, which we did, laughing the whole time)

P.S. I got lots more prank stories, many not suitable for this forum

 

[Illia]

Don't want to further crash the party, but remember, people are often a PITA for a reason, and quite often it originates to the person having some form of humiliation, abuse, etc either in the past or at some other area of their life not related to work. Humiliating them by doing that may just make things worse, mostly for the person them-self.

 

[greeneggsandham]

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So, you've never watched the show, "Punk'd" and laughed at the embarrassment or humiliation of the butt of the joke? How about the old show, Candid Camera. The original Gotcha show? There have been dozens of such shows, in between. All of them, making some innocent person look like an idiot, and most people ROFL.

Royd I see your point, but most of those shows were not done to fellow co-workers. This guy has to work with the OP and the others. How would you feel if you were humilated infront of your co-workers and then had to work with them day after day knowing that they are probably laughing behind your back?

 

[KristyHall]

we had a choir teacher who worked us to the bone but made us into a great choir group.

Well after a long grueling practice she took the whole choir out for pizza. afterwards we got together and secretly followed her home, then while she went inside we pranked her car, putting hershy's hugs and kisses candy in the car, we used that washable window paint to paint silly things on there (nothing bad) and tied toilet paper to it. Then someone called her on the cell phone to look out her window. she did but never came out. so after a while went to her door and sand " Oh Holy night" until she opened the door and invited us in with a laugh.

She then drove the car like that to school and we spent all of first period cleaning her car. She warned us not to do it again, and that if we were not done by first period she would not give us a hall pass for being late to our next class.

Oh yeah, she ate the candy.

To me that is a good natured prank. We knew she would take the prank in good humor, she was not singled out or humiliated. We stuck around to ensure she knew who did it and took responsibility for the clean up.

 

[Marcymom3]

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So, you've never watched the show, "Punk'd" and laughed at the embarrassment or humiliation of the butt of the joke? How about the old show, Candid Camera. The original Gotcha show? There have been dozens of such shows, in between. All of them, making some innocent person look like an idiot, and most people ROFL.

Hi, Royd.
Right now, I'm more angry about this whole thread than I should be, I realize that. This is not a game for me, and I am not playing devil's advocate. I have been accused of being tenderhearted person who has spent a lifetime sticking up for the underdogs. (My friends call me Sister Righteous Indignation.) And, I admit to being a person who does not see bullying as an acceptable form of humor, discipline, or occupation. I do not choose to change. Thankfully, I have reached an age and position in life that I no longer worry about speaking out on what I know is right. It's liberating.

To answer your question, I don't watch much tv and haven't heard of "Punk'd." Candid Camera is one that I saw as a kid, but do not remember it being humiliating for the people pranked. They obviously had a say in whether or not their embarrassment was broadcast. Helllloooooo, this discussion is about a prank in a real life workplace.

I'm off to a kindergarten/Grade 1 Halloween party. I'll be the one dressed up as a Wet Hen.

You all have a great day!

 

[Royd]

One of the best ones ever pulled on me, was by some plumbers, who were working under my supervision.. I had a 1977 Dodge truck with these large hub caps. On the way home, when I would take off from a stop, I'd hear this horrible grinding, rattling sound. As the truck picked up speed, it would go away. When I started slowing down, it would start again. I was perplexed, until I pulled the hubcap and a bunch of gravel fell out. I knew it had all been done in good fun.

 

[deerman]

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Prank can be fun between friend , like Royd said lot of TV shows have done so. Heck even pranks between husbands and wife happens alot.

This prank was not done in fun.......just away to pick on this guy , because nobody liked him........thats what was wrong, yes just bulling.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I thought it was funny everyone else is taking it a little to seriously. If the guy can't get over a prank then theirs something wrong with the guy. IMO

 

[TinyChickenLady]

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Well it's already been pointed out that yes, there is something wrong with the guy... He's socially awkward. For those of you who don't know, being socially awkward tends to mean that they can't take a joke. This poor guy will not go home laughing tonight. More than likely he will go home feeling humiliated and hurt. He thought his coworkers were his friends, not a pile of unprofessional jerks... He will also more than likey either 1: Look for a new job, which will make all the jerks ever happier or 2: Lodge a complaint with HR. It could possibly mean that all involved in the planning could lose their jobs for harrassment. I know this may seem a bit over the top but you must consider that what was done to this guy was considered harrassment (falls under bullying BY ADULTS) and that is punishable with jail time. I've seen it done myself. Harrassment by phone = 30 days in jail (with priors). I'm sure the OP doesn't want to go to jail but I don't think she realizes the possible damage that she and her "friends" may have inflicted by playing such a "harmless" joke. That kind of bullying and singling out for harrassment can scar a person for the rest of their lives. IMO, it's unforgivable.