How to prank your colleagues on April 1st

April 1 has not yet become an official holiday, and it is unlikely that this will ever happen.

Therefore, we will all spend most of the day at work, unless it is Saturday or Sunday.

Therefore, the most popular jokes after April Fools' pranks for students will be for work colleagues, and those who are bolder can prank their boss, director and other managers.

What April 1st pranks can you come up with for office employees to have fun on this day?

The main thing is not to harm anyone or damage someone else’s property!

Draw No. 2

For the draw you need a large square box. On one side, in large, bright letters, write something like: “Donate money to the fund for victims of the War of 1812.” Make a slot on top so that money can be thrown into it. Next, take this box with the label on you so that no one sees it on the way to the office.

For the draw, it is better to choose a place in a crowded corridor near the office door.

Approaching the office, you suddenly notice that the box does not fit into the door. Then ask someone to hold the box while you go into the office for a minute.

As a result, the inscription on the box will become visible to others, but invisible to the victim.

All that remains is to observe.

Coming to us...

The secretary's retaliatory revenge. If the company owner's workplace is not in your branch, then this draw is ideal for your case.

The office manager literally runs into the room and, with a very serious look, warns everyone that the boss will be here in half an hour. It’s also worth hinting that the owner is very out of sorts. Then the author of the joke is left to watch how everyone is fussing around: someone is rushing to finish the report, someone is starting to feverishly tidy up their desk, the girls are straightening their hair, and everyone is creating a real work environment together. Just after about thirty minutes, admit that this is a joke. Believe me, your colleagues will not be offended by you; they will only breathe a sigh of relief that they will not have to report to management. And workplaces will become noticeably cleaner.

Draw No. 3

This draw is suitable not only for April 1, but also for initiating new recruits into the ranks of the workforce

In front of the public, strong, steaming acid is poured into a large saucepan, a wide variety of chemicals are poured into it, a white mouse and a frog (alive!), parts of anatomical preparations, etc. are also sent there.

Then the presenter scoops up the resulting slurry with a ladle, sniffs it with satisfaction and brings it to the newcomer. Naturally, the victim, especially if it is a girl, almost faints, squeaks: “I won’t!” The presenter growls in a whisper in response: “Drink!” And she, closing her eyes, takes a sip.

The public will be shocked, as will the victim of the prank.

The secret is simple: put many small dishes in a large saucepan. Each substance (or creature) goes into its own compartment, and then the leader scoops up lemonade and brings it to the victim.

Let's play the director

A completely harmless prank, even for the most serious director. Agree with your colleagues the day before to bring several sets of clothes for April 1st. Change your clothes and during the day go into your boss’s office on work matters, always in different outfits. Maybe he wouldn't have noticed it if only one subordinate had done such a thing, but it's hard not to notice when several employees are dressed differently every time.

Anyone in the boss’s position would ask what was going on, but the director would most likely remain silent in bewilderment, afraid to admit to a temporary “cloudness of mind.”

Draw No. 5

The presenter (also a hypnotist) and any number of volunteers participate in the drawing.

The presenter stands in the center of the room and invites everyone to “be hypnotized.”

Volunteers line up or sit on chairs placed in a row. The leader faces them. After this the light goes out. (You can turn off the light completely, but it is better if the light illuminates only the hypnotist.)

After this, the presenter gives everyone an ordinary dinner plate and begins the hypnosis session. At the same time, he asks to do any simple actions - close your eyes, shrug your shoulders, etc., but he must from time to time ask you to rub the bottom of the plate, and then scratch your nose or chin, rub your forehead or cheek.

The secret is that each plate is heavily smoked from below with matches or any available method. Only the presenter knows about this. Therefore, when the session ends and the lights are turned on, the faces of all those hypnotized will be heavily stained with soot. When everyone understands what really happened, wild fun will ensue. Even victims of hypnosis will have fun.

Don't forget to take a photo.

The mouse is broken

Among office pranks, one of the most harmless is considered to be gluing the mouse sensor. However, in order to prank a colleague, you need to be the first to arrive at the workplace.

Alternatively, you can be the last one to leave on the eve of the planned draw. Moreover, here it is necessary to completely avoid even the slightest suspicion. Colleagues, as soon as they arrive at work and have not yet really woken up, will not immediately understand what is going on.

It is important that at least someone knows that this is just a joke, otherwise colleagues will soon start calling technical support. So tell us about the joke before the office employees start terrorizing tech support with calls.

Draw No. 6

You need to call, for example, the next department (the main thing is that they don’t recognize you by your voice) and say:

- Hello. Hello. You are being disturbed from a telephone exchange. We are currently checking telephone lines. Please pick up a pencil.

Usually the unsuspecting victim asks:

- Can I have a pen?

You, of course, graciously allow it.

Further:

- Please knock on the phone. (The victim knocks.) And now on the wall next to the telephone. Thank you. And now to the head!

At this point, it is best to hang up the phone so as not to hear what they say to you.

How to prank a work colleague on April 1, 2021 via SMS

Now it has become fashionable to play tricks not only in real life, but also over the phone: by call, SMS or record a voice message. It is convenient and does not require additional expenses, and it turns out very funny. Sometimes we get such comical situations that everyone will remember for many years. By the way, this method is suitable for those who react sharply to jokes, since it is quite harmless.

Here are some cool ideas for creating a funny SMS:

I got there fine, don't worry. Kiss you. Your roof;
stop wagging your hips like that, I'm getting seasick! Your smartphone;
Dear subscriber! We inform you that as of today you are disabled for wasting secrets on our network;
Dear subscriber! 150 rubles have been debited from your personal account for landscaping the Moon. Thank you for your prompt assistance. Sincerely, Luntiki;
Dear subscriber! Your debt for using hot water in the morning has exceeded the allowable limit. We inform you that from tomorrow you will only wash in cold water;
You don't need to chew gum as much. I cannot withstand such pressure and need treatment. Your tooth;
I was taken to the police. Reason for detention: “Too beautiful.” All the evidence is clear. Help out;
Dear subscriber! You will be charged 100 rubles for charging your smartphone at night. Energy sales company;
We invite you to take part in a win-win lottery. Send an SMS “NELOKH” to the short number 1111. The more messages you send, the more you are not a sucker;
After you went to the toilet, the toilet became clogged. Clean the sewer pipes or compensate for the damage caused;
We couldn’t reach you by phone to place your order. We left your wasp hive near the entrance to the apartment. Delivery service;
Moroccan cockroaches are on the verge of extinction. Please send 100 rubles to the charity fund for saving rare insect species for research work. Thank you.

It is better to send SMS from an unfamiliar number to a colleague, then he will be completely confused. Use your imagination and come up with a few more interesting options, but just don’t go too far – jokes shouldn’t be offensive or too witty, otherwise you might offend a person.

Do not write humorous text messages of this nature to your colleagues: “Honey, I’m pregnant!”, “Honey, you need to get tested,” this is inappropriate and unethical.

Draw No. 7

This draw is suitable if many of your colleagues come to work in their own cars and you have a shared parking lot near your office.

Take two identical car alarm key fobs (they are usually included in the kit). Put one in your pocket and announce to everyone that you have a special alarm system - a new development. It responds to speech, and with a built-in intelligent recognizer.

In front of an astonished audience, you command the key fob: “Set it on the alarm.”

The machine reacts and beeps once.

Then you command: “Disarm the alarm.”

And, lo and behold, the car reacts again.

Then you invite anyone to try, and the teams can be very different.

It is clear that at this time you yourself quietly press the necessary buttons of the second key fob in your pocket.

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Draw No. 12

This prank can be brought to life at a corporate party.

Bring a blindfolded person into a separate room and begin moving his hands over the lying “pharaoh” from bottom to top. The role of “Pharaoh” must be played by one of the initiated participants. The remaining victims are waiting outside the door.

To the mournful music you say loudly:

“This is the pharaoh, here are his legs, this is the pharaoh, here are his hips, this is the pharaoh, here is his stomach, this is the pharaoh, here is his head, this is the pharaoh, here is his BRAINS!”

With these words, the victim’s hands are immersed in a pan with boiled cold pasta (horns, shells, etc.) mixed with ketchup. The reaction is clear.

Please speak louder!

Before playing a prank on colleagues, the prankster often has to prepare something. For example, print out a sign with approximately the following content: “Starting today, a new service starts working in the office - voice control of electrical appliances.

To turn on the kettle, just say the phrase “Make tea!”
The coffee maker is started with the command: “I want a cup of coffee!”
Before starting the microwave oven, you need to give the command: “Pot, cook!”
To turn on the lighting in the room, you should say: “Let there be light!” Commands should be given, pronouncing them clearly and as loudly as possible.”

The notice should be posted on the door leading to the eating room, after turning off the lights there. It’s very funny for the joker to hear how gullible colleagues scream loudly in the eating room, giving commands to the appliances.

Draw No. 13

Raffle for a corporate outing. When preparing for departure, you need to ask the victim to buy a bottle of cognac. And you yourself need to prepare exactly the same bottle in advance, but instead of cognac, pour tea into it (the color is similar).

In the midst of a picnic, we open our “cognac”, pour it, push the toast and... drink, of course. Everyone should behave naturally, as if they had drunk real cognac, and also say: “Cool stuff! After all, they know how to make cognac.”

The victim's reaction will be very interesting.

Buzz

Having a voice recorder with an external speaker, you can record something monotonous and repetitive on it. Suitable, for example, is a tedious buzzing sound or the sound of a drop falling on the eaves. It is important that the recording time is long.

Having prepared it, turn on the sound, and hide the recorder somewhere where they won’t think of looking for it, for example, in someone else’s closet. When a colleague asks whether you can hear the sound, say that you don’t hear anything like that. It’s best to ask your other colleagues to play along with you in advance.

Draw No. 14

Ask the victim:

- Who do you think will go down the slide faster - a mouse or a little rat?

Regardless of the answer, we say that it is wrong. For example, to the answer “little rat” we say: “But no - a mouse.” Any normal person will ask: “Why?” With a smart face we answer: “And he’s on a bicycle.”

Now the stage for the joke is ready. We ask the offended victim the following question:

— How can you determine whether there is a mouse or a rat in the refrigerator?

The victim invents response options (by sound, smell, etc.). Naturally, we say that everything is wrong. To the logical question “How?” We answer: “We need to see if the bicycle is standing near the refrigerator.”

How not to joke about your work team

A joke must be appropriate, so you need to understand its boundaries.

When organizing pranks with colleagues, it is recommended to adhere to several rules:

Do not insult or undermine a person's authority. For example, you cannot hint at his religious affiliation, mental abilities, sexual orientation, etc. A friendly atmosphere should be maintained in the office.
Do not cause bodily harm. A person should not experience pain or injury.
Do not cause workflow disruptions. The joke should not lead to the stoppage of computers and servers, the spread of unpleasant odors, smoke in the room, etc.
Do not cause material damage to personal belongings of an employee or company. Any visual changes must be reversible.

Draw No. 16

Every large institution has a department with a female staff, for example, accounting. In almost every institution there is a well-known person who loves to drink, let’s call him Petrovich. First, you go to the accounting department in broad daylight under a plausible pretext and, among other things, tell the “girls”:

- Petrovich has gone completely crazy today, is he suffering from delirium tremens, or what? He runs after women with a hammer and tries to hammer a nail somewhere for each woman. They barely tied him up, thank God, he didn’t have time to hammer a nail into anyone! Life has become nervous, hasn’t it? They called him a psycho-transportation service and promised to come in about twenty minutes and pick him up...

Having told this news to the women, you quickly go to Petrovich and, handing him a hammer with three large nails, say:

- Petrovich, the women in the accounting department asked me to hammer three nails into them, they want to hang the paintings in their place, they promised three bottles, one bottle per nail. You hang it, they said, we’ll immediately issue a warrant to the cashier. They don't have men in the accounting department! I found a hammer and nails, and then the boss forced me to urgently go to the branch. Go ahead and type it in, I trust you.

Is it worth adding that one of your friends and colleagues is already waiting near the accounting department with a video camera, a camera, valerian, and ammonia.

Prank with glue and keyboard

To attach it you will need PVA glue. Pour a small amount of glue onto the paper, wait a few hours for it to dry thoroughly. Then take it, carefully tear off the finished stain and place it on the computer keyboard. When a person enters the room, he will have the impression that something was spilled on his computer. The joke was a success

Draw No. 19

In a large company, an arbitrary or specific telephone number is selected. Someone calls on it and asks for, for example, Petya Sidorov. Naturally, they answer that Petya Sidorov is not here and never has been.

After a while, the next one calls and again urgently asks for Petya Sidorov to answer the phone. Then the third, fourth, etc., as long as there are enough people.

At the same time, each participant fantasizes what and how to say to the person on the other end of the line.

And finally, the last call to this number will be like this: “Hello, this is Petya Sidorov. Nobody called me here?”

Blood in the tap

A terribly funny, but somewhat hooligan prank. The next time you go to the toilet, take a burgundy food coloring tablet with you. Unscrew the faucet divider and put the dye there. As soon as the tap opens, not water, but “blood” flows out of it. Those who wet their hands with it will frantically disinfect them with wet wipes.

When coming up with pranks for colleagues on April 1, remember the following:

Be prudent and do not cross the line into insulting another person and outright bullying.
Under no circumstances should there be any jokes that could result in damage to a colleague’s personal belongings or company property.
Although the second name of the holiday is “April Fool’s Day,” you shouldn’t devote all your working time to fooling around. First of all, focus on business issues, and not on looking for ideas on how to play a wittier prank on your neighbor. Prepare jokes in advance, and joke at those moments when the team is in the mood for it. During an emergency, there is a chance that no one will even notice your jokes.
There are people in the company who do not tolerate informal events at work, which include April Fools' jokes. You shouldn't laugh at this.

On April 1, I would like to wish you good pranks that will make absolutely everyone laugh.

Choose a gift for April 1st.

Sticker on the mouse

An office classic! This is a win-win option, especially for those who are not very familiar with the computer structure. Such jokes will not work with seasoned system administrators, so choose the object more carefully.

Take a sticky note, cut the edges to fit the mouse, and cover the bottom of the sticker right above the laser. As a result, the cursor on the screen will not move, and your colleague will unsuccessfully turn on and off the USB port, but this will not help him.

This is completely safe for a computer mouse, but it can be quite nerve-wracking, so if a person cannot cope with this problem himself, then it is better to intervene and tell him that this is a joke.

Call from telephone exchange operator

Phone pranks are the coolest. Today calls from cellular operators are common. Indeed, it is quite funny when a pleasant female voice reports that the subscriber’s debt for a call to the operator’s support service amounted to a tidy sum, for example, $50. Message options are possible, for example: “News from the operator: you have been transferred to the new tariff “Stop chatting” - per-second billing, each second is twice as expensive as the previous one!” Or: “Due to network congestion, you are transferring from Beeline to Megafon, the balance in your account is cancelled!”

"Box-matryoshka"

A wonderful prank for a colleague’s birthday – a cool gift. It can be packed in several boxes stacked one inside the other. Before the birthday person begins the procedure of unpacking the offering, he can be warned that the box can only be opened after performing a number.

Thus, the hero of the occasion will be forced to sing several songs and read a bunch of poems before he gets to the main gift.