First off, no I’m not leaving my fellow Mumpers or the Dope. I am, however, on the cusp of leaving my job.
As you know, I’ve been sharing an office with Baby Engineer (OK, his real name is Robert) for over 3 years. I’ve pranked him a couple of times, with harmless stuff like hiding plastic Easter eggs in his work area. And now that I’m leaving, he’ll be moving to my desk, which is better situated in the office and has more space.
SOOOOOOOOO - I need to prepare the desk for him. MWAHAHAHAHAHA!! I want suggestions. Do your best/worst/most creative!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. 'Tis 44 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 54 and N.O.S. for the day. I shall spiff da cave today and sup tonight shall be a break the fast with ham 'n cheese omelets, bizkits, and grits. In the mood for breakfast for sup for some reason.
Hmmm… there’s always the classic put everything in Jell-O. Other than that I got nuttin’.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day. Rah.
Spousal unit suggested packing peanuts. Maybe in one drawer. I wish I could afford enough Hershey Kisses, but I’m about to retire and I don’t have that kind of money.
Balloons, perhaps, but they’re too easy to remove, unless they’re full of glitter?? :eek:
From the things we’ve done before:
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[li]Lots of little cups, all placed one by one, next to each other. A pitcher. Use the pitcher to fill each cup up halfway with water. Take pitcher with you. This is a very simple but time consuming prank to clean up from as unless the cleanupee can find something to dump the water into they can only carry a few cups at a time to the kitchen/water fountain/bathroom to dump out.[/li]
[li]Plastic sheeting, beanbag pellets, a fan - lay the fan on the floor, facing up, tape sheeting over cube, turn on fan, pour beanbag pellets in. Viola - cubicle snow globe! :D[/li][/ul]
Got home last night w/o incident, though driving/rain was so bad in the beginning that I was only driving the speed limit.
Kicked the kid out Sat night. She made it back to skool ahead of the rain/snow/sleet. Multi-hour drive in that prolly ain’t the time to learn how to drive in that $#!+. Kicked the pups butt late yesterday moaning. Took her for a 2½ish mile walk, in the (not too) cold; she came home & passed out, hard, in my lap. Didn’t even lift her haid to beg when I was brought something to eat.
Igloo cooler is amazing! Bought a bag of ice early Wed moaning that went into cooler in back of car. Granted the car was outside until last night (when it went into the unheated-but-still-warmer-than-outside garage) & there was about 9-ish hours of driving, with comfortably set thermostat but there’s still a decent # of ice cubes left in it.
From the things we’ve done before:
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[li]Lots of little cups, all placed one by one, next to each other. <snip> [/li][/QUOTE]
This is something I can work with - I have little cups, and I can get a big bag of M&M or something similar and fill the 2 top drawers… hmmmmmmm…
I just put 2 loaves of 'nanner bread in the oven. Roxy has been slacking off - I had 4 very ripe bananas on the counter this morning. I pulled the least overripe one for her to have when she wakes, and the other 3 are now baking. Here’s the recipe if anyone is interested. It’s very yummmmmmm.
A hundred years or so ago, a co-worker got married. I filled all his desk drawers with rice. It took YEARS before he finally got rid of the last grain!
Packing tape to tape all drawers and cabinets shut is a nice touch.
~VOW
I once irked with a guy who liked to prank me every now and then. One day I made a whole mess of origami boxes (the only origami I know how to do) and filled his over the desk cabinet with them. When he opened, the door they all came spilling out.
Today I need to finish straightening up the house. The folding table needs to be put away, laundry needs to be done. I need to go through the fridge and plan meals to use up all the leftovers. My new chairs didn’t come yesterday, not surprised with all the rain, as driving was slow.
FCM…what about post it notes covering the desk top? I like the packing peanuts in a drawer too.
I’ve been awake most of the night. Dozed a couple times. This is crazy. My brain is tired. My body is sore. Did too much.
Rh6e Siamese cats are all over me. As soon as I sit down here they come. I would train them to wear swesters bit I value all my fingers and eyeballs.
Washin a bunch of sheets cats will love that.
Gotta eat.
Good mornin’ y’all
A prank idea:
I used to prank people by making fake pens. I’d get pens where you can take out the top part (the tip) and the bottom part. I’d then make a pen that had two bottom parts, one on each end, put the cap back on, and leave it around or give it to people to try to write with.
Whatever I do has to be hidden till I’m gone, so I’m pretty much limited to the drawers and maybe the knee hole, so foil and post-its won’t do it. I could put stuff on the cork board under all my notes so when he removes my stuff, he’ll find a message…
I also have a limited time in the morning to do these things - he arrives within 30 minutes of me.
I’d love to have something inflate and pop out of a drawer when he opens it, but that’s getting into *waaaay *to pricey territory. And he won’t use my chair, so there’s no sense in messing with that, either.
I don’t want to be mean - I just want to mess with him a bit. He really is a good kid.
Sorry FCM, I’ve got nothing. Albeit the packing peanuts and post-it notes are diabolical and should be used.
Need to get out to do some banking and the December grocery shopping in a little bit, it’s down to 40F and not supposed to get any warmer today, so I apparently brought the cold down South with me (sorry about that red and swampy).
If you want true diabolical-ness, I point back to the rice. Uncooked, of course. Doesn’t have to be Jasmine, Basmati, or even organic. Cheap stuff will do.
See, grains of rice are very slippery. Quite difficult to pick up on a flat surface. In a drawer, you’d have to push it to a corner, and then get individual grains trapped under your fingernails to remove them.
Cubicle drawers often have a teeny tiny gap around the inside perimeter of the drawers. evil chuckle
I got nothin’ for you Mooooooom except stuff you’ll be around to witness. Packing tape around the casters of his chair are a quick, cheap prank.
Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. After that, I’ll prep the week’s breakfasts/lunches and purtify to take a friend to the eye doctor. Tomorrow, it’s back to irk.
Sorry, Mooooooom, I’m no good at thinking up pranks. The one time a colleague pranked me, my students, who were indignant witnesses, came up with the responding prank. My brain just doesn’t work that way.
Living in a cloud this morning as fog descended last night. Today I have phone calls to make. Must find new rheumatologist as current one is awful. People warned me, but there are only two local ones on my HMO, and the other one is almost 80 years old. Not that I’m ageist, but I’d rather not start with someone with a high likelihood of retiring soon. I don’t even know if he’s taking new patients. If not, phone call to insurance to follow.
My boss is retiring in July, and I’m training to take over her position. The president of the company thinks all I do is programming, and he doesn’t think we need a programmer. The thing is, I’ve written all of the programs we’re going to use. The other part of my job is to process the data through the programs I’ve written, keep up with the businesses sending us data to ensure we get their data, getting the data to where it needs to go… In other words, data processing. A lot of our data must be run through my programs. While it’s not absolutely necessary for someone to know how to write Easytrieves, they need to know how to use them and to make adjustments when the data format changes or for other reasons. I think we’re getting him to understand that there’s more involved with my position than he thinks.
I work for a non-profit member-run company. We do get paid for data that is used, but our income comes from the products generated by the data. We’re just breaking even now, and I can’t remember the last time we got raises. We’ve been lucky to get contributions to our 401ks.
I’m not having any fun. Writing programs was fun. Processing the data through them isn’t. Being married has been an expensive venture, and I’m way in debt. It would be nice to work someplace that gives raises. And then there’s the 230-mile round-trip commute to the office twice a week. And the president doesn’t seem to be impressed by all of my hard work over the past 12-plus years. I suspect that when my boss retires and I take over her position, the president will decide I’m ‘not a good fit’ or something.
I’m wondering if I should start looking for alternative employment now, or wait to see how things pan out. I think I’d rather work the floor at Costco or Trader Joe’s, or find a data job in town (only 25 miles away). I’m getting tired.
I want suggestions. Do your best/worst/most creative!!