Nix the Booty Pix!

Ah… the classic prank.

There are a few office pranks out there that are, for all intents and purposes, considered classic. The industry standard, if you will. However, among these old school pranks, there are a few that, considering modern rules of workplace etiquette, just aren’t such a good idea any more.

Chief among these is the photo copying of your derriere.

Yes, copying your butt and distributing Xeroxes of your happy place may seem hilarious—at first. But there are plenty of reasons not to.

First of all, there’s the safety concern. On more than one occasion, people have broken right through a copier’s glass attempting to pull this off. Broken glass in your bottom = OUCH!

Of course, that would also mean you’d have to explain what happened to the copy machine. Common sense says that a paycheck deduction and possible dismissal wouldn’t be far behind.

Now I don’t know about you, but no prank is worth my job! Talk about making the worst mistake of your life.

You could also suffer the supreme embarrassment of having a coworker walk in during the prank. Sexual harassment, anyone?

Again, grounds for a major Donald Trump moment. Not to mention that you could wind up in the pokey for indecent exposure. Definitely NOT my idea of a good time.
Of course, there are still plenty of ways to mess with the copier and still keep your company position (and dignity) intact.

For example, try setting the paper size to Poster, reset the number of copies to 140, or turn on the enlargement feature.

All of these are good for a laugh—but won’t cause serious trouble!