# I stuck my coworker's shoes to the floor **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808 "2010-05-26T11:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/61 "2010-05-27T12:39:21Z")
Put tape over the mouthpiece or earpiece of her desk phone. Call her. Hilarity will ensue. Don’t let her get to the point of calling maintenance, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/62 "2010-05-27T13:31:39Z")
So this problem \*hasn’t \*been solved with fire? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/63 "2010-05-27T13:43:32Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > So this problem \*hasn’t \*been solved with fire? Sounds like it might be resolved by candlelight and roses, actually. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/64 "2010-05-27T15:54:39Z")
The best thing to do with roaches is to attach them to fishing line, the attach to an object. I find donuts are ideal! This way, the donut is grabbed and the roach appears to scurry. For a brief second, it’s the most disgusting thing! Also, a roach at the bottom of a coffee mug is great, but can often make a huge mess. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/65 "2010-05-27T16:02:32Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Have her step on dirt which will stick to the residue. and stop the noise. Give her money for new shoes. Even though this is probably now moot, I have to agree that fire is certainly the first and best answer, but in the event your religion precludes fire-based solutions on this date, then even better than dirt would be baby powder, flour, chalk dust, or other fine powder. You might need to repeat occaisionally, but it should keep the shoes from sticking. And I also think that honor compels you to clean and return the shoes. With something extra special inside. You don’t want to establish a precedent of having to clean up all your pranks on her while she doesn’t have to fix the problems she causes. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/66 "2010-05-27T16:23:08Z")
For your next prank you should dip her pigtails in the inkwell on her desk! _giggle_ [sub]Og, that’s an old reference, inkwells were even before my time.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/67 "2010-05-27T17:13:39Z")
For ten bucks, you could do [this](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/)… ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/68 "2010-05-27T17:19:37Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Also available at your local mini-grocery will probably be lighter fluid, which will work. If you have a choice, get Ronson’s rather than Zippo fluid. The Zippo stuff is pretty stinky. We use doublesided tape at work all the time, and the Zippo lighter fluid is what we use to remove residue. Don’t get Ronson’s, it smells really bad. Really bad. We have Goo Gone, but it is not as effective, and it leaves a residue. The lighter fluid just evaporates. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/69 "2010-05-27T18:02:02Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Use another piece of tape to get the sticky off. Or you might be able to just rub it enough to get the adhesive to ball up. If you go with alcohol, there might be wipes in a first aid kit if your office has one. Do this. I found this out by accident after ripping off the umpteeth sticker off a DVD case cover and the sticky residue remained. I hate those and you can’t wipe it off, it’ll just smudge it. So I took a piece of tape and just stuck it on the residue and pulled off a bunch of it. Just keep repeating that and it should take whatever it is off the shoe ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/70 "2010-05-27T18:25:18Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Sounds like it might be resolved by candlelight and roses, actually. Does that count? Pfft, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/71 "2010-05-27T22:55:47Z")
I actually found Goo Gone quite easy to obtain on eBay UK, at a reasonable price. It works very well, too. But of course it doesn’t claim to resolve simmering sexual tension of the sort that is so obviously indicated by the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/72 "2010-05-29T19:41:52Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > snip … But of course it doesn’t claim to resolve simmering sexual tension of the sort that is so obviously indicated by the OP. Sigh, I’ve been doing it wrong then. _slinks off to source inflatable shark_ ---
**Author:** ![Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picard_Kills_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/73 "2010-05-29T19:51:05Z")
We’ve found at our office that hand sanitizer is an all-purpose cleaner/sanitizer/goo gone alternative. Just be careful when using it that you don’t get it all over everything. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/74 "2010-05-30T01:54:56Z")
Just tell her your ass makes terribly embarassing ripping noises when you stand up. This will not only make you more than even, but make her feel bad. And its a fart joke. Kinda. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808/75 "2010-05-30T02:00:11Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > For ten bucks, you could do [this](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/)… Oh my god, after reading the letter.. It should be a crime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stuck-my-coworkers-shoes-to-the-floor/540808.md?page=3)