Oct 8th 2008 By Asylum Staff

Cubicle War Is Hell -- The Greatest Office Pranks

Office pranks are a force of nature. Nothing short of divine intervention can keep the 9-to-5 shenanigans from happening.

In our continuing study of the War on Productivity, we've been analyzing "Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks," a new tactical manual with detailed diagrams that come in handy for the professional prankster.

Asylum is proud to debrief you now on a compilation of some of the most elite tactics to distract the unfortunate souls who share space with you in Cubicle Hell. In addition to "Cubicle Warfare," we've also included reader-suggested pranks, and excerpts from "Working for the Man." Our gallery of guerrilla tactics just keeps on growing. But if you feel we've missed any key campaigns, send them along, soldier.

Tags: cubicle - office - pranks

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Friday 10 October

By Donna

Neutral

These were all silly pranks that I'm sure are rarely if ever used on other lol you're all so funny getting so upset about it lol. I must admit I did used to put tape on my bosses earpiece now and then when he and his english accent got too cocky lol the funny part was he knew it was me doing it but didn't say anything about it because everyone liked me better - why?? because I was immature? no because I was fun?? no because I was friendly and didn't have a stick up my a_ _. Lol I was pretty young then and don't think I'd do that again but hey if someone is cocky enough dun dun dun lol Have a nice day everyone and check them oreos before ya bite...

Friday 10 October

By Donzer

Neutral

My very serious boss was standing at my desk just chatting with me and a salesman when someone called for him and I answered the phone. I put the person on hold. My boss said please tell him I'm not here. So I pretended to take the call off hold and said "he says he's not here". My boss looked absolutely stunned until me and the salesman started cracking up and then he started cracking up too! Lol! I think the stick in his you-know-what loosened up that day! I think some joking is great and relieves some everyday pressures because later I even heard him telling someone else what I had done and how funny it was...

Friday 10 October

By Sid R. Gurney

Neutral

Our company secretary had started to date our telephone repairman and after an intense couple of weeks, she decided to "cool it" with "Ray". It wasn't long until I decided to turn things up a bit and make it interesting. I pretended my phone was not working and asked her to schedule a service call with "Ray". I took a spare telephone cord and ran it through my desk, unplugged the "hot" wire from the wall receptacle and inserted the "cold" one. It looked like my phone was connected to the jack. She tried her best to get the phone working herself because she did not want to make the service call. She was (this close) to having to call the ex-boyfriend / telephone repairman when my phone mysteriously started working again.

Friday 10 October

By James

Neutral

Not so much a prank, but everytime we get new hires our lunches seem to get eaten / stolen from the big community fridge. Ummm Someone NAMELESS took their 2 liter bottle of Soda and dumped 2 bottles of "Syrup of Ipicak" into it - sure enough the new hires had their lunch first and then we came in 1/2 hour later - for some reason 2 of the new hires went home projectile vomitting - must have been the FLU - he he

Saturday 11 October

By Mikeee

Neutral

Lena,
Wow! I demand a full refund of my school taxes. Holy crap, learn to spell! And really, do you honestly think no one can open a package of cookies and reseal them just like the freakin' factory?

Puleeze!

Tuesday 14 October

By Sharon Tate

Neutral

Bill can fatten my lips. All 4 of them.

Thursday 25 November

By Ray Di Greco

Neutral

Back the truck up!! Chill out Bill and all of you who find no humor in this article. It's probably safe not to play a prank on Bill and make sure you know your co-workers well enough to play a prank on them. Life and work can be stressful. Relax and be thankful for what you have. We have bigger problems in this world. Lets work on 'World Peace' Happy Holidays to all and that includes you Bill.