Office Pranks: Funny Office Prank Ideas

If you think your office atmosphere is getting dull and boring, then its time you did something to shake things up a bit. Office pranks are a great way to lighten up the mood at the workplace. Office pranks can be of all types, starting from the cute and funny ones to the bold, rude or the offensive ones. Although the ones that are truly OTT (over-the-top) might get you into serious trouble, some lighthearted humor never harmed anyone. Here I have put together a bunch of funny office pranks that are simple and hilarious for the pranksters and of course very annoying for the victims. Take your pick!

Computer Malfunction

This one is a classic prank, which is very annoying for the victim. First take a screen shot of the victim’s desktop. Now set this screen shot as the background and make it a point to hide all the icons and the task bar and lock them. Now if the victim tries to click anything nothing will work. They will think their computer is frozen and will try to reboot and do any and everything to get their computer to work.

Post-it Prank

You will have to stay back late after your victim leaves the office or come to the office well in advance to play this prank. All you have to do is cover your co-workers desk and the entire cubicle with post-its. In case you want to make it seem more annoying, put funny messages on each of the post-it notes.

Prank Messenger

Come in early before everyone in the office and leave fake messages on people’s desks. For example "meeting at 2:30 with Bob and Jen", "See me ASAP – John". It is hilarious to see people walk up to the conference room or confront each other about these messages left at the desk as you sit back in your cubicle and enjoy the fun.

Wet Chair Prank

This prank is very easy to pull off especially when you have synthetic fabric chairs that do not soak up water. Most of the synthetic fabric chairs used in offices are waterproof ones. Pour water over the chair and in case the color changes make sure the wet the entire chair so that the victim will not notice it. Wait until the victim walks in and sits in his chair only to find that he is at the receiving end of a very silly yet annoying office prank!

Caffeine Madness

This one is a really wicked prank to play on your colleagues. All you need to do is switch the coffee in the coffee machine from regular coffee to decaf. After a while when people have gotten over their caffeine withdrawals, switch the coffee using a brand that is very high in caffeine. Watch your co-workers freak out with the varying caffeine levels.

Telephone Mania

You will need an accomplice for this one. All you need to do is get a co-workers phone, and your own phone and dial the phone numbers of two other co-workers you wish to harass. When the phones ring, switch on the speaker phones of both the phones and hold the phones together so that the two victims can hear each other. Once they start talking, just listen to the confused conversation and have the last laugh!

The Deafening Prank

You need to have many accomplices to pull off this office prank. Pick up one unfortunate victim. Once the person steps into the office, everyone should pretend to talk to the person by lip movements only (do not utter a word or make any sound). After having pretended to talk for about a minute or two make angry and frustrated gestures and walk away. Convey messages by signaling; ask the person by gesturing whether he/she has gone deaf. As long as everyone can play along, this prank turns out to be really hilarious, (sucks for the victim though) Sounds wicked, doesn’t it?