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I have several office pranks on my website but no of them are any good if you don’t know how to use them. In the art of pranking there are countless ways the prank can go wrong and only one way it can go right. When doing a prank follow this helpful list to avoid all the mistakes I’ve made.

Remember these are office pranks, not pranking your buddies and not pranking your family. There are certain rules you should adhere to, so you don’t lose your job or worse.

1. Know your audience

When pulling off a office prank at work you need to know who you are pranking. If this is the type of person who will go running to HR, you might want to rethink this prank. Also keep in mind there red zones. These are areas that the person will not tolerate.

For example if you have a Muslim friend you might not want to make a giant piñata with the likeness of Mohamed

2. Know their schedule

Its not much of a prank if you get caught in the act of doing it. Make sure you have enough time to complete your prank and eliminate any evidence that you were there. This means you might have to come in after office hours, or schedule them in an all day meeting, but you never want to get caught in the middle of the prank, then you are the one being pranked (happened to me way to many times).

Example: Tommy is a early morning employee. He goes to lunch at 11:00am. While he is at lunch put your prank into motion. This increases your chance of visibility in the office and decreases your chances of being caught by Tommy.

3. Lie

Never admit you are the one doing the prank. I know it is fun to gloat but trust me its even more fun watching the person run around trying to accuse every one in the department.

Example: If they ask you simply say ” It wasn’t me”…. If they have pictures of you doing the prank you say “It wasn’t me”… if they have your boss and hr at your desk you say… “It was bob from accounting”

4. Decoy prank

If some one knows you are about to prank them, it is key to keep them off your trail. Do a lame prank, something your mother would find funny is a good gauge. Like tape the laser on the bottom of the mouse, or take the wheels off their chair. They will chastise you for your lame prank but you will have the last laugh because they will think that was your attempt and drop their guard. This is when you drop a bomb of prank on them, they’ll never see it coming.

Example: You are planning on removing some ones entire desk and gluing it upside down to the celling. Instead of doing that first, switch their mouse and key board connections. Simple prank that will last for about 10 seconds and throw them off your trail.

5. Ration

If you prank some one to often it just stops being funny. Save your good pranks throughout the year. If you start doing it daily it just ends up being malicious and only you are laughing. The only time this doesn’t count, is during a prank war. Until the prank war is over, prank often and prank hard.

Example: You pranked Jon yesterday and made him cry. If you were to prank Jon again the next day, chances are no one will laugh. Whats the point of a prank if no one likes it

6. Be creative

Going to sites like mine is a great way to find new ideas, but you should make pranks tailored to your office.

If you are in an IT department, think of something that will require multiple people who think they know everything to fix it (prank their egos).

If you are in a department of secretaries, oh I’m sorry administrative assistants, get their boss in on the prank, after all their job is dedicated to serving that person.

If the person you’re pranking thinks they are going to get fired, set up a fake meeting with HR telling them they are going to get fired ( I have see this done and it was hilarious)…

The key here is not pull a prank off the shelf. Adapt the prank to your needs and the person being pranked.

7. Never fix your prank

I have been guilty of this before but, NO MORE! If you prank some one don’t fix it for them, unless you are forced to. If I fill your desk full of packing peanuts and you get me to clean it up, I just pranked myself. If I make your cd-rom drive open non stop and I make it stop, I pranked my self. The goal is not to prank your self, stand vigilant, especially against woman. They are masters of getting you to fix your own prank.

Example: You encased all your friends computer tools in jello, keyboard, mouse speakers. If they throw a shit fit asking you to clean it off, DON’T.

8. Make sure everyone sees

The best pranks are ones that every one knows it happened. If you prank your roommate and you don’t record it, did it happen (deep I know). If you are pranking your co worker make sure it is something public, the embarrassment is half the prank.

Example: Not to long ago my last job staged a fake wedding for me and another male employee. They had every one from the owners down to my personal boss on video as if it was a real wedding. They put signs up around the company while we were at lunch. This prank by itself was cute, but adding in every in the company made it great.

9. Stay calm

This is the most important of all the rules. People tend to get too excited about the idea of the prank that they tend to throw all the rules out the door. They just want to do it. Make sure to plan properly, after all doing the prank isn’t fun if you get caught.

Example; You come up with a prank at lunch, you run back to the office and start doing it right away and you get caught in the act. Controlling your emotions is key

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Understanding these basic rules will increase your chances of successful office pranks 10 fold. I know because I’ve botched way to many pranks before I realized what I was doing wrong. Controlling your excitement will take you a long way.

Happy Pranking

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