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    Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks
    Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks
    Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks
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    Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks

    By John Austin

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    A guide to the best ways to lighten the mood at the office, from fun pranks to strategies for getting revenge on annoying coworkers

    Perfect for every cubicle drone whose eyes are beginning to glaze over from fluorescent lighting and too many burned cups of coffee, Cubicle Warfare is a guide to having fun during the daily grind. Readers will learn how to make their coworkers jump, squeal, and run for cover with hilarious office traps such as the Paper Clip Chain and the Post-it Fake Out, as well as the more advanced Freezer Bomb, Foil Office, 5 Blind Mice, and Keyboard Clover. Even if readers are not pranksters themselves, they can still use Cubicle Warfare to recognize warning signs and defend their cubicles from conniving coworkers.

    With Cubicle Warfare, dissatisfied office workers can vent their frustrations in fun and harmless ways—and then get back to work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 9, 2011
    ISBN9780062043849
    Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks
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    John Austin

    John Austin is a former toy designer for Hasbro in their Boys Research and Development Department. He spent his college years at the University of Wisconsin, Stout, terrorizing his friends with one hysterical prank after another. The author of Prank University, he lives in Wisconsin with his unsuspecting wife.

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    • 3/5
      Like most books that are a list of pranks and practical jokes, this is a really quick read. While it had a few offensive (and possibly illegal?) suggested practical jokes, most of them were good natured and harmless office stunts. I got a few good laughs from some of the suggested pranks. It is a better book than some of the other similar books on pranks, but overall I was a bit disappointed with it.
    • 3/5
      If I were ballsy enough, some of these pranks would be a hoot to carry out. But I'm not, so I'm limited to guffawing at the humor. A handful of suggested pranks are highly questionable considering the anti-harrassment atmosphere of today's workplace. Proceed with extreme caution!

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    Cubicle Warfare - John Austin

    INTRODUCTION

    Cubicle Warfare is your training guide to the top weapons and strategies for transforming yourself from a cube monkey into a corporate commando. This is your fully illustrated manual to more than 100 beautifully designed pranks and cunning traps. This book is the ammo you need in the fight against the suits and the squares.

    It’s time to fight back!

    BOTTOMLESS BOX

    DIFFICULTY LEVEL 1

    Figure 1

    Figure 2

    Figure 3

    Figure 4

    1) Remove the bottom of a random shipping box.

    Use a utility knife to create a clean cut around the bottom of the box (Figure 1).

    2) Place the box in front of your coworker’s office.

    Set down the box in the middle of your mark’s door, so he or she will be tempted to pick it up. Next, fill the box up with thousands of popcorn seeds (Figure 2). Remember not to pick up the box after this step, because you removed the bottom…remember?

    3) Seal the top of the parcel with industrial packing tape.

    Use parcel tape to seal the lid of the box. Not only does this add to its authenticity of a real parcel, but it also entices your mark to carry it to his desk to open it (Figure 3).

    4) Wait quietly for your coworker to return.

    As soon as your victim picks up the tainted box, thousands of popcorn seeds pour out onto the floor (Figure 4).

    Who deserves this? That guy who gets the most packages.

    SEE ME

    DIFFICULTY LEVEL 1

    Figure 1

    Figure 2

    Figure 3

    1) Carry out this mission late one night!

    This simple but very effective corporate antic concentrates on the pure fundamentals of psychological office warfare. The ideal time of execution is late one night when you find yourself surrounded by only custodial staff.

    2) Fill out a ton of sticky notes.

    Armed with only your penmanship and a handful of sticky notes, begin to fill duplicate notes with the saying See me when you get in. Then sign your mark’s signature (Figure 1).

    3) Walk around the office and place the See Me notes on everyone’s monitor.

    Start with everyone who knows your victim first, and then place the excess on random monitors around the office (Figure 2).

    4) Come in early the next morning to witness the interruptions.

    Unbeknownst to your victim, he or she will settle into the daily morning routine. Then it starts. Little by little, employees trickle into their individual offices, read the note, and then venture down to your mark’s office. The more notes, the bigger the payoff (Figure 3).

    Who deserves this? The VP with eyes on the corner office.

    LABEL CRAZY

    DIFFICULTY LEVEL 1

    Figure 1

    Figure 2

    Figure 3

    Figure 4

    1) Lock and load!

    It is fairly simple; just break out the label maker and hit everything in your victim’s office—from the storage boxes, cabinets, shelves, and folders to pens, pencils, keyboard, mouse, monitor, chair, paper clip, phone, phone cord, speakers, headphones, plants, pictures, people in the pictures, radio, and of course the coffee mug (Figures 1–4).

    2) Team up with a fellow coworker to increase your labeling effort!

    It is probably best to team up on this one, or be prepared for some strange carpal tunnel issues from all the micro typing!

    Who deserves this? Anyone with obsessive-compulsive behavior who could use a lavish label makeover.

    RAIN FOREST

    DIFFICULTY LEVEL 1

    Figure 1

    Figure 2

    1) Gather up all the vegetation you can get your green thumbs on.

    Notice an abundance of plants in your area? During non-work hours, gather up all the plants in the office (Figure 1). You may want to use a small presentation cart to truck the load to the plants’ new destination.

    2) Relocate the borrowed plants to your victim’s space.

    Plastic or real, fill up the space (Figure 2). I can guarantee you this overgrown mess will upset more than one person. It might be a good idea to label each plant with possible extensions or office numbers.

    Who deserves this? That VP who infested the entire floor with bugs from his exotic plants.

    (!) Another suggestion:

    You can purchase fake marijuana plants on the Internet. Place this Mary Jane in the lobby by all the other plants (Figure 3). It will be interesting to see who notices it first.

    Fake Marijuana Plant

    Figure 3

    BRING YOUR KID TO WORK DAY

    DIFFICULTY LEVEL 1

    Figure 1

    1) Nothing like escaping from your chaotic home only to come to work and find a huge mess made by kids in your office.

    Set up your associate’s office as if some random kid had been playing in it for hours during the previous night. Candy wrappers, coloring books, empty pop cans, and a few toys are a total giveaway. Place all the props on the floor in a childish disarray (Figure 1).

    2) Once she sees it, expect a few expletives.

    The first reaction will be priceless. It will start with confusion, then cursing, and then a bombardment of questions. If she asks you, reply with I think the boss had his kids in yesterday. Periodically execute this over the course of a month.

    Who deserves this? The mother who just returned from leave and won’t stop talking about her kids.

    (!) Another suggestion:

    Switch out your entire victim’s writing utensil collection with children’s crayons (Figure 2).

    Crayon Switch

    Figure 2

    5 CLUES

    DIFFICULTY LEVEL 2

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