System admin pulled a prank on me today...

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fbrdphreak

Lifer
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Get on person's PC. Close all open Windows. Bring up some kind of error or confirmation box that requires you to click "OK." Hit PRINT SCREEN, paste in Paint, save as BMP. Set as background. Remove all icons on desktop. Screenshot will now look like background as well as error/confirmation box. Watch as they furiously try to click the OK button and/or icons :evil:
 

Conky

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May 9, 2001
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Kill the offending sys admin's PC. :evil:

Take an old mouse to work, cut the actual mouse portion off the cord (you only need the wire and plug) and expose the wires, then plug this mousecord/mobo-fryer into his system and boot up his computer. Then touch the exposed wires together until it goes to sleep or starts to make smoke:laugh:, turn it off and then put back on his old mouse and wait for him to enjoy a dead motherboard as much as you enjoyed that broken LCD. :D

I wouldn't recommend admitting to this if you decide to do this, hehe. I think urinating on his chair is probably a safer bet though. :laugh:
 

EyeMWing

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Jun 13, 2003
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Unless you work in IT, don't F with the sysadmins. IT is a hypocrisy. We can F with anyone we want, but only we can F with each other.

Assuming you work in IT, something to the effect of changing the keyboard map to DVORAK and changing the mouse to "left hand mode" (right click = left click and vice versa) is always cute.
 

skyking

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Nov 21, 2001
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tape over the earpiece. The phone will be really quiet, and they will not spot the tape there. (they always spot the tape over the microphone:p)
They'll call the phone guys or switch hardware. If they switch out hardware without finding the tape, Reapply FTW!
 

chuckywang

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Start putting nickels in his phone. Put one nickel in there per day and once it is full, let him get used to the weight. Then, one day, take all the nickels out and watch him smack himself with the phone the next time he answer it.
 

mchammer

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
Start putting nickels in his phone. Put one nickel in there per day and once it is full, let him get used to the weight. Then, one day, take all the nickels out and watch him smack himself with the phone the next time he answer it.

lol
 

Skunkwourk

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Dec 9, 2004
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Originally posted by: mchammer
Originally posted by: chuckywang
Start putting nickels in his phone. Put one nickel in there per day and once it is full, let him get used to the weight. Then, one day, take all the nickels out and watch him smack himself with the phone the next time he answer it.

lol

hahahahaha, will that really work?
 

Apathetic

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Dec 23, 2002
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There was as thread a few weeks ago about office pranks.

Here's some we've done here at work:

Steal his mouse ball or if it's an optical mouse, place some tape over the LED.
Superglue his mouse to his mouse pad or his desk.
Steal the ENTER key off of his keyboard (or both SHIFT keys).
Replace his PC+monitor with an etch-a-sketch.

Dave
 

Wonderful Pork

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Jul 24, 2005
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Originally posted by: Eghck
Originally posted by: mchammer
Originally posted by: chuckywang
Start putting nickels in his phone. Put one nickel in there per day and once it is full, let him get used to the weight. Then, one day, take all the nickels out and watch him smack himself with the phone the next time he answer it.

lol

hahahahaha, will that really work?

I think thats from "The Office" (US)
 

Noirish

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May 2, 2000
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when you leave for work today, take your desktop and lcd, come back on monday and tell them "very funny...now where are my sh1t?"
 

John P

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Oct 9, 1999
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More fun with phones:

Shoe Polish on the ear piece.

or

Take some drafting brush bristles and modeling clay and attach to ear piece. Watch them jump 3 feet in the air when the bristles hit their ear.



Another - spray water an their chair and let it soak in. Has to be a mist type spray so they don't notice it when they sit down, but enough to soak in to their pants and be noticeable when they get up :)