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