Industrial Size Prank

If you have 3 co workers and an hour or two, then you’ve got what it takes to pull off a prank that will likely go down as one of the funniest moments in your office’s history.

Ready to try it? Then start by heading to your local super store or bonus buy club. (You know… the ones that you need a membership to get into, and sell everything from tractor tires to enormous bags of trail mix.) Pick up two or three “industrial size” rolls of cheap aluminum foil, and stash them in your office.

Ideally, this prank should be done to someone who will be out for a day (or more) so that they’re greeted by a shiny surprise upon their return. What better way to say “It sucks that you were gone while I was stuck at work” than with a friendly prank?

While your coworker is enjoying their Las Vegas vacation, grab those aluminum foil rolls and head on over to their office space. The real key here is to make sure that you cover every single inch of the cubicle or office in foil. I’m talking desk, chair, monitor, picture frame, mug, stapler… you get the idea. Depending on the size of the office, this could take anywhere from half an hour to almost 2 hours, so you might want to reserve pulling it off until after work hours, unless your boss is ok with a complete lack of productivity on a Friday afternoon.

Once the weary traveler returns from their time away, they’ll open up their office door and be greeted by the sight of some serious shine. Of course, the nice thing to do here is to help them unwrap the aluminum surprise so that they can actually get to work—but I suppose that depends on just how jealous you are that they got to get away…