Office Pranks

A new manager started today, and to welcome him to the family properly, the natives decorated his office accordingly.


Yeah, I know, foiled again! It's not original, but it's always entertaining.


This reminds me of the office prank we pulled on my boss last year for his birthday. His office was snowed in...cotton balls, snowflakes hanging from the ceiling, painted snow on the windows. Along with this, I created a headline that looked like it was straight out of the Arizona Republic, complete with articles about the "freak" snowstorm.

The actual text of the articles are below:

Hell Freezes Over - Snow in the Sonoran desert Stuns Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Arizona - A freak snowstorm stuns employees of Homestore, Inc. in Scottsdale, Arizona, when a storm cell converged on an office within the warehouse style office building. “It was bizarre. I’ve never seen anything like it.” Jon Davis, Homestore Facilities Manager exclaims about the devastation. “The snow completely blanketed the office of one of our employees, Allen Cook.

Cook is Vice President of Operations for Homebuilder.com, one of the companies in Homestore, Inc.’s network of media and technology solutions for homebuyers, builders and real estate professionals was out of the office at the time of the snowstorm. There were no reported casualties aside from an i-dog that may have suffered some frostbite to his ears.

White Christmas – HomeBuilder, Inc employees snap camera phone images of the storms aftermath.
Photo AP

Today’s Quick Read
Nation & World

Landmark birthday: The oldest man to work full time celebrates his birthday this week. Allen Cook of Scottsdale, AZ was applauded by the federal government. A statement from the White House claims “More citizens should take after Mr. Cook’s example and continue to work after retirement age. This could resolve our Nation’s social security problems completely.”

Dollar Store Cotton Ball Shortage: Dollar stores across north Phoenix and Scottsdale have reported a shortage of cotton balls this weekend. “I’ve had to put in an emergency order, “ says Bell Road Dollar Store owner, Owen Lee A. Buck. “I don’t understand it. We are going through our books to see if the cotton balls were stolen or never delivered. I’d hate to have to raise our prices because of this. That would mean renaming the store and everything!”

In keeping with the theme, you see the poster on the wall of his office is this snowball.