May the Force be with You

Thinking back to my fresh out of college job earlier this week has made me a little nostalgic.

I’ve certainly crossed paths with my fair share of pranks over the years. Of course, there are some particularly flashy ones that stand out more than others. And then there’s one where “flashy” is a bit of an understatement.

It all started when I was shopping at Wal-Mart one afternoon. They were having a major sale on Aluminum foil. Serious rollbacks, if you will.

Don’t ask me why, but I just knew I had to stock up. Maybe it was just foresight, or my devious mind at work even when I wasn’t conscious of it, put something told me that I was going to need quite a few rolls.

It took me a while to figure out I was going to do with it.

But when I finally decided, I just had to smile to myself. It was going to be a good one.

I have a friend and co worker who’s a self proclaimed Sci-Fi geek. Why not create his own little spacecraft?

I waited until everyone had left the office the next night before starting his cubicle renovation. I was meticulous—covering every square inch of his office in foil—right down to his picture frames and Star Wars figurines.

As an aside, this was much easier said than done. I was at it for close to three hours before I was finally able to step back and admire my creation.

And it couldn’t be more perfect. Really… his cubicle looked like nothing less than the inside of a space ship, straight out of a cheesy 20’s alien flick. In fact, it was so shiny that it almost hurt to look at it.

Before unwrapping his cube the next day, Trekkie friend even took a picture of my creation.

Today, it sits in a shiny silver frame, right between his Wookie figurine and C3PO pen holder.