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'[We] grew chia seeds in his keyboard': 25+ Office pranks to pull on your unsuspecting coworkers

'[We] grew chia seeds in his keyboard': 25+ Office pranks to pull on your unsuspecting coworkers

A good prank can make the time fly by at the office, so check out these 25 ideas for some excellent inspo! Offices can become a little dull – after all, they're a place we spend 40 hours per week, doing the same activities with the same people. So why not liven things up with some harmless pranks? As an intern, I was once assigned to make jello in order to imprison someone's stapler inside. After trekking out to buy jello packets, my boss and I made jello and let it chill overnight. The stapler…
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'I respectfully asked them to stop': Coworkers feed birds by employee's desk, employee tries to get revenge, plan backfires

'I respectfully asked them to stop': Coworkers feed birds by employee's desk, employee tries to get revenge, plan backfires

There's nothing worse than making things worse for yourself when you're just trying to get some simple revenge.
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'I was like absolutely not': Employees share stories of mandatory group Halloween costumes at work

Office group activities are never fully embraced.
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'I can’t wait for [my boss] to come back to this': Absent boss gives vague instructions about client grievance form, coworkers drown her in paperwork

This is what happens when an absent boss gives her employees unclear instructions.
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20 Coworkers who are difficult to work with

'I caught her in a bold-faced lie': 20 Incompetent coworkers who are impossible to work with

Some disgruntled workers are spilling the secrets of their worst coworkers ever. Some folks just aren't meant for work environments. It seems like there's at least one person at your job that makes you wonder, “How did this person ever get hired?” If they're anything like the people in the stories below,
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'Our cleaner quit': Boss tries to convince employees to assume cleaning lady's duties, frames it as an 'exciting opportunity'

'Our cleaner quit': Boss tries to convince employees to assume cleaning lady's duties, frames it as an 'exciting opportunity'

This must be a particularly messy office.
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'They had their chance': Post-resignation, boss begs his employee to stay longer to train his replacement, gets denied

Managerial hubris is one of the reasons employees hate their jobs. Not only are we lacking in pay, but we are enslaved to the most incompetent group of overinflated bimbos who could easily be replaced by AI– at leas the replacement would be more charismatic. But these types of managers will deny your raise and then come begging for your help. Which is it? Do you value my hard work or not?
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'Everyone laughed... he was very angry': Employee maliciously complies with company's 'black footwear' policy by showing up to work in rubber diving flippers

Working for a company with a dress code can be exhausting. When you were hired, you had your own style, but now you have a closet full of cookie-cutter outfits that a blind librarian might wear to a funeral. Lame!
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About 5 years ago my company brought in an individual to see if my position was "no longer needed". I passed with flying colors...

'I turned off every automated task I had ever set up': Dude gets pro-level revenge against an entire company just by taking an unplanned vacation

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! It's common saying that this office place has clearly never heard of. After hiring a secret employee to find the weak parts of this business, the higher-ups made a huge mistake. The OP shared their story to r/pettyrevenge, but in my opinion, this is definitely pro-level revenge . They had the opportunity of a lifetime to show their office place exactly how important they were. Even the strategy the OP had – take 2 weeks vacation ASAP, let the pieces fall where t…
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'I wanted to do some gaming': Dude asks GF if he can use their home office for video games

'I wanted to do some gaming': Dude asks GF if he can use their home office for video games

The internet can't agree on this couple's dilemma: who has the rights to their computer room?
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Witty Work Memes for Weekday Soldiers With a Permanent Case of the Mondays (May 17, 2023)

Have you ever snoozed your alarm for the 40th time and wondered if your job is really worth getting up today? If you're -once again- willing to sacrifice your career for a few extra moments of sleep, you might have a permanent case of the Mondays.
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'You amuse yourself in little petty ways': Underappreciated office manager sabotages photocopy machine with a paperclip

Who knew that paperclips had such power? This office manager decided they were sick of being underappreciated at work. They explained how their job basically included being receptionist, payroll, office manager, assistant, etc. all in one position. Not exactly sustainable and not exactly fair. It turns out that their boss had an unruly habit of finding office issues for OP to handle, so OP developed ways to subtly get their revenge without any consequences. One way was to lower the length of th…
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Relatable Work Memes for Burnt Out Employees With a Permanent Case of the Mondays (April 10, 2023)

When are we going to get the 4 day work week situation dialed in? What will it take to wipe Mondays off the work-week map? It seems like ever since you graduated, you can help but count down the minutes until Friday at 5pm only to waste away 1/3 of your weekend on Sunday afternoons when you're stressing out about starting to work again. It's a vicious cycle. Maybe if you had 3 days to do your weekend chores (party, drink, socialize, vacuum, groceries) you'd be more rejuvenated every week. But n…
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20 Distracting Work From Home Memes for Pajamafied Employees With ADHD

When you get distracted when you work from home, managers will consider you an unproductive employee. When you work in an office, those same distractions are called “company culture”.
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'I told you to throw that chair away': Boss demands that employee's squeaky chair be taken out of the office, cue malicious compliance

Every office has that coworker with the noisy chair.
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‘The work I did wasn’t on him, it was on you’: Leadership tries to block employee from opportunities, he ends up with a more senior position than them

We love a triumphant ending in which ruthless managers at a company get exactly what they deserve. This thread was posted to Reddit’s r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/baka-tari , a new manager who was brought in to oversee a team that included Willie. Willie made a comment about the uncomfortable layout of the office that rubbed the other managers the wrong way. So, essentially, they attempted to blacklist Willie and find a way to keep him from getting other opportunities in other departments. The…
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