It seems like hes taking it too seriously OP. If theres a microwave there it should'nt be a problem. In the warehouse I use to work in a couple of the lads wrapped me in industrial length bubble wrap and selotaped me tight minutes before we were closing up. I had to roll up to the top of the warehouse so my superviser could cut me out. It was embarassing sure but it was all in good fun.
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Office pranking. Did I go too far?
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It looks like food is his line that you crossed.
Just offer to buy him lunch, hopefully he accepts.
I once had a co-worker/friend write "I love you daddy" on the back of a birthday card I was going to send my dad. I thought that crossed the line and I was pretty pissed. I'm all for good pranks, but I thought that one was just a bit personal.
Just offer to buy him lunch, hopefully he accepts.
I once had a co-worker/friend write "I love you daddy" on the back of a birthday card I was going to send my dad. I thought that crossed the line and I was pretty pissed. I'm all for good pranks, but I thought that one was just a bit personal.
Yup.
Rockandrollclown
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Guessing OP has never worked in food service before? People can be downright psychotic when it comes to food. I once saw an old lady throw a cup of hot coffee at someone because she apparently asked for iced coffee and the server misheard and brought her hot coffee.
popsicle_sundays
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Where I work we make fun of each other all day long (pretty brutally) and do everything short of attacking each other and I'm a very laid back guy but once my lunch was hidden from me (for about 5 mins) as I was heating it, you cannot contemplate the rage especially considering I took my lunch a bit later, I'd never do that to someone.
Also, it was asked but are you two into each other?
Also, it was asked but are you two into each other?
Betta Lines
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That's pretty damn funny! LOL
ThatGuyAgain
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OP - have you taken any of the advice in this thread, and if so, what are the results?
Best advice so far.
ndawgdrake
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Are you guys in kindergarten? The fuck?
You guys both went too far
phillipgessert
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I bet you guys are as delightful as David Brent and Finchy.
This stuff took a combined five minutes of our time!
I see what you're saying but I really don't think I ruined his lunch.
Nah.
Two consenting adults of the same sex can get marred here in Vermont but neither of us are gay.
Before he left for the day I tried to talk to him a couple times but he wasn't ready to talk yet.
But you did say the word "sorry" at some point, right?
Byakuya769
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You made his wrap a soggy mess (if he warms it), and froze his carrots which he likely prefers chilled and microwaving will make taste nasty.
I was going to, but I didn't have a chance yet. I will, though. I'm big on saying sorry.
Yes. But, it's only $1-2 worth of food, there are plenty of cheap food options around, and if he microwaved it for 15 secs or so it would defrost without getting soggy.
ThatGuyAgain
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I am Korean.
Why can't you eat? Freezing doesn't render food inedible.
manueldelalas
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You screwed his food OP, that is a capital offence in my book. Also his food were baby carrots, was he in a diet? Because if you screw a man's food, and if his food has already been cut to a minimum, then... damn!
We had an office prankster once. Tape on the mouse's laser, backwards monitor, that sort of thing. He "got" me one time with some snack food (crackers?) on my chair.
I mashed the food into tiny bits and put it in an inconspicuous loosely wadded paper on his chair. When he picked it up, it fell open and made an annoying mess of particles all over. Nothing clever or cute. Just quick and mean. I told him if he kept going, I would continue to do what he did, only worse, implying I wasn't interested in this stuff. That pretty much put a stop to it and he continued bugging other people with his childish nonsense. Who has time for this shit?
edit: This same prankster also got really upset when a coworker hid his sandwich and sent him anonymous inter-office mail saying something like "where's your food?" Dude went on a mini rampage trying to find out who was behind that. So much for having a sense of humor.
I mashed the food into tiny bits and put it in an inconspicuous loosely wadded paper on his chair. When he picked it up, it fell open and made an annoying mess of particles all over. Nothing clever or cute. Just quick and mean. I told him if he kept going, I would continue to do what he did, only worse, implying I wasn't interested in this stuff. That pretty much put a stop to it and he continued bugging other people with his childish nonsense. Who has time for this shit?
edit: This same prankster also got really upset when a coworker hid his sandwich and sent him anonymous inter-office mail saying something like "where's your food?" Dude went on a mini rampage trying to find out who was behind that. So much for having a sense of humor.
Jeez he really took that shit to heart. Damn dude.
Take him out for an "Im sorry bro" beer tomorrow after work
How would you feel if I sent you some baby carrots to France, though, maybe in some dry ice?
demosthenes
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I would be pretty angry if someone essentially ruined my lunch. I'd get over it pretty quickly if I was friends with the person though.
If my buddy did that to me, Id be pissed for like 5 seconds and then say "Alright well now you're buying me lunch. Lets go."
Haha well I'm not gonna lie: I think I would eat them. I would be like "why did he send me that? These must super tasty".
Although, is that supposed to be a joke? Because then I could also send you some frogs' legs and snails, don't try me
Although, is that supposed to be a joke? Because then I could also send you some frogs' legs and snails, don't try me
Yo send those to me dude. I love frog legs and snail.
Sapiens
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That reminds me of the time my old roommates and I used to pull pranks on each other. It started out innocently enough, but eventually devolved into my roomate Fred placeing the entirety of his genetalia in my mouth while I was asleep and sending a picture of it to my elderly mother, using my own email account.
Pranks are never a good idea.
Pranks are never a good idea.
Messofanego
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Haha well I'm not gonna lie: I think I would eat them. I would be like "why did he send me that? These must super tasty".
Although, is that supposed to be a joke? Because then I could also send you some frogs' legs and snails, don't try me
Yummy.
Oh man, if this happened where I worked, you would both be out of a job so fast. Especially trying to impersonate a police officer and scare you. Here is the issue though, what he did caused no harm to your property aside from being irritated or scared etc. You actually ruined his lunch. There's a difference. Of course it's not necessarily fair because he escalated it, but unplugging your USB, taping your receiver and sharing you as a cop, is not the same as freezing his lunch for the day no?
If I were you, and you guys are good friends, I'd approach him in person, apologize, ask him to lunch one day as a way of saying sorry, and then also tell him he went over the line with what he did too. And then end this prank Vs. prank stuff, you're not children and it's escalating to where you both don't appreciate it.
If I were you, and you guys are good friends, I'd approach him in person, apologize, ask him to lunch one day as a way of saying sorry, and then also tell him he went over the line with what he did too. And then end this prank Vs. prank stuff, you're not children and it's escalating to where you both don't appreciate it.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
That was actually pretty amusing to read. Buy him lunch and lay some pranking ground rule about food and money being off limits.
I would like this information as well.
I would like this information as well.
George Oscar Bluth II
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flaxknuckles
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Yummy.
This is why vegetarians exist
Idk about that offices can get pretty crazy sometimes.
andthebeatgoeson
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Just be bigger about it and offer to buy him lunch and a couple of beers.
Then when you get to the restaurant, buy him a large glass of milk and pour it over him and the table. Then say, 'Go ahead, cry more!' Then leave and stick him with the bill. Make sure you are the one driving. That will give you time before he gets back to work. Then clean out your desk.....
Then when you get to the restaurant, buy him a large glass of milk and pour it over him and the table. Then say, 'Go ahead, cry more!' Then leave and stick him with the bill. Make sure you are the one driving. That will give you time before he gets back to work. Then clean out your desk.....
Blood Red Sky
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You know what you're gonna find tomorrow...
Eh, thats not so bad. In general, office pranks end up getting a bit too out of hand.
Once, I put two toothpicks in someones chair. In my mind, I imagined them getting poked and the toothpicks breaking.
In reality, the person sat down very hard, one went in one ass cheek, as he shifted his weight to the other buttock, the other toothpick went in. He almost had to use a pliers to get them out. That was a bad day.
Once, I put two toothpicks in someones chair. In my mind, I imagined them getting poked and the toothpicks breaking.
In reality, the person sat down very hard, one went in one ass cheek, as he shifted his weight to the other buttock, the other toothpick went in. He almost had to use a pliers to get them out. That was a bad day.
Haha well I'm not gonna lie: I think I would eat them. I would be like "why did he send me that? These must super tasty".
Although, is that supposed to be a joke? Because then I could also send you some frogs' legs and snails, don't try me
I can get those here!
PlayALLtheGames
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