::want to be annoying?::

May 25, 2007 15:23

yes i'm bored. and it's a friday. and the sound of drills, hammering and wall bursting doesn't seem to help (we're renovating our office).

101 ways to annoy your co-workers (from this site - http://www.jasonbartholme.com/2007/05/03/101-ways-to-annoy-your-coworkers/).  i didn't post all. just my favorites.

Many of us are stuck in a cube for most of the day. Why not have some fun with your co-workers. They annoy you day in and day out. Here are 101 ways for you to slowly drive them crazy.

  1. Leave a stack of old applications and a note saying, “Install these”
  2. Staple your reports in the wrong corner
  3. Put tape over the mouse optics
  4. Unplug a co-worker’s monitor
  5. Talk to sick employees while wearing a dust mask
  6. Turn your earphones up all the way
  7. Practice beat boxing
  8. Sing show tunes
  9. Hang up the phone before they say, “good bye”
  10. Slurp hot coffee during meetings
  11. Walk around the office barefooted
  12. Misplace peoples pens
  13. Glue their mouse to the desk
  14. Leave an open can of tuna in their desk
  15. Make a screenshot of their desktop and use it as their screensaver
  16. Turn up the contrast on their monitor
  17. Talk in a funny accent
  18. Use goofy event sounds for your programs
  19. Chant, “Yeay, I got mail!!” every time you get a new email
  20. Leave hole punches all over
  21. After each sip give a refreshing, “Ahhh”
  22. Put salt on someone’s mouse pad
  23. Set a password on someone’s screensaver
  24. Smirk when a co-worker walks by
  25. Listen to comedy tracks and laugh hysterically
  26. Hit all the floor buttons when you leave the elevator
  27. Make hissing sounds into the phone and insist you have a bad connection
  28. Flip the left and right mouse button defaults
  29. Take out the ball in the mouse
  30. Exclaim your co-worker didn’t wash his hands when leaving the restroom
  31. Practice drumming on your desk
  32. Use too many paper clips
  33. Set your mobile phone to an obnoxious ring tone
  34. Come to work sick
  35. Stand over someone while they are on the phone
  36. Sneak up behind someone
  37. Leave unusual print outs on the printer
  38. Juggle office supplies
  39. Read your emails aloud
  40. Wear too much cologne/perfume
  41. Type loudly
  42. Do the sneaky walk around the office
  43. Peer over the cube and wait for a co-worker to look up and notice
  44. Type emails in uppercase and excessive punctuation
  45. Refer to your garbage can as your in-box
  46. Imitate regular sounds like a disc drive opening, door slamming or a mouse click
  47. Talk to your monitor as if it was a person

DISCLAIMER: Use these annoyances at your own risk. I take no responsibility for whatever happens to you, your cube, your car or anything else.

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