Office pranks should not end with the ER, vomit, or tears(slate.com)
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Office pranks should not end with the ER, vomit, or tears
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/office-pranks-work-jokes-gone-wrong.html
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If the victim doesn't laugh with you afterwards then it's not a prank, it's just being an asshole.
This is especially true if everybody but the victim thinks it is funny.
If you are not creative enough to come up with a joke that is funny for both sides, and if you don’t have the character to immidiately excuse for a joke that backfired instead of blaming it on them, you shouldn’t feel good executing any joke at all. If you do feel good or you don’t care, this means you are insecure and/or unempathic.
If you are not creative enough to come up with a joke that is funny for both sides, and if you don’t have the character to immidiately excuse for a joke that backfired instead of blaming it on them, you shouldn’t feel good executing any joke at all. If you do feel good or you don’t care, this means you are insecure and/or unempathic.
Couldn't have said it better. Make sure they share your sense of humor beforehand.
Here is a list of pranks pulled at Sun. Some are quite a bit of work.
http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/april-fool-prank...
I asked Andy about the fish tank 911 at some point .. he said “it never ran correct after”.
Damn funny prank however.
http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/april-fool-prank...
I asked Andy about the fish tank 911 at some point .. he said “it never ran correct after”.
Damn funny prank however.
Those "pranks" that went "wrong" aren't pranks, they're simply workplace abuse.
Can I make an addendum to this list? If your prank is going to make a mess, you need to have a plan to clean it up yourself. Don’t leave it for the cleaning crew/janitors (or the victim).
The whole point of a prank is to put somebody else down.
Think about that before doing it.
When you prank somebody as an adult, don't be surprised if you're victimized next.
Think about that before doing it.
When you prank somebody as an adult, don't be surprised if you're victimized next.
From the article: In a good-natured group that adheres to those rules, work pranks can sometimes become a form of team building.
Elsethread on this website: Group cohesion's hard, and a lot of the techniques for creating and maintaining it are considered distasteful (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20371253)
Damn right!
Elsethread on this website: Group cohesion's hard, and a lot of the techniques for creating and maintaining it are considered distasteful (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20371253)
Damn right!
As long as the good natured group adheres to the rules of doing the work pranks nowhere near where I am actually trying to get any work done, and preferrably not while at work at all, then it is all good with me.
We try to keep our workplace a prank-free zone. Even a simple prank of turning off lamp when someone in a bathroom is not permitted.
Not that our workplace is a strict and quiet like a library. Its pretty much alive with jokes here and there.
Pretty much the only “pranks” we got is screenshotting someone face during a call when they make funny expressions and we shared it to a Slack channel dedicated for that.
Not that our workplace is a strict and quiet like a library. Its pretty much alive with jokes here and there.
Pretty much the only “pranks” we got is screenshotting someone face during a call when they make funny expressions and we shared it to a Slack channel dedicated for that.
That's going too far.