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In addition to a mountain of awaiting e-mail, employees returning from vacation often have to deal with pranks executed by (envious perhaps?) co-workers who feel a little inconvenience is the perfect way to show someone just how much they care. Here is a gallery of creative “acts of appreciation” shared between co-workers.

(This one receives high marks for skillful execution!)

(OUCH!)

(Perfect for the co-worker obsessed with Post-It notes.)

(Tip of the hat to the person willing to make the financial investment necessary in order to pull this off.)

(There’s always room…)

Outgoing students from Sutton Grammar School went to new lengths to pull off a rude, but imaginative joke. The joke, which was unspotted for years, proved to be an amusing exercise in engineering and spelling, but unfortunately, it was for dubious purposes. It was recently discovered by Google Earth.

TransWorldNews reports:

Several students used bricks to spell out the word “C**K” on the school’s roof. The prank went unnoticed for years until it was spotted on Google Earth. The head of the Surrey school, Gordon Ironside, is having the bricks removed.

“It was a light-hearted act. But I’d prefer it wasn’t there - or if it wasn’t rude,” Ironside says.

 

On a personal note, my son graduated from high school this week, and of course, his class couldn’t resist its own parting prank. Apparently, members of the Ocean Township High School Class of 2009 thought it would be amusing to rearrange the library…not the furniture, but the books. Fiction was swapped with non-fiction, and Dewey Decimal organizational systems were tossed aside. Fingers crossed that my offspring took no part in this prank. Innocent until proven guilty, right? Note to facility managers in education: make sure you have CCTV in your libraries! When compared to the Sutton Grammar School, this sounds tame (but it will probably take much more time to undo).

This Friday Funny was provided by Mike Christian.

I just couldn’t resist posting a “How To” video of this classic office prank (and I know how you guys love “How To” stuff…). Happy April Fool’s Day, FacilityBlog fans!