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0 pointsbusyant1y ago0 comments

> especially if leadership are sensitive to embarrassment.

Funny thing is that I cleared my prank with Peter Sachs because he was a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, but he told me to go for it and he thought it was hilarious.

I didn't clear it with Jim Collinsworth because he was a bit of a jokester himself so I (incorrectly) assumed he'd have no problem with it.

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LinuxBender1y ago

Having approval from one of them would be quite the saving grace.

I had a CTO tell me to fill a cubicle with quick drying cement after a prank went wrong but I stalled him long enough to cool down. I knew the building management company would have been furious had I followed orders. The CSO had pranked the CTO with a dongle that opens excel and slowly types "I know what you were doing..."

em-bee1y ago

the building company would be more than furious. you could lose your lease over this and pay damages.

next time recommend using expanding insulation foam instead, but first cover everything with big sheets of plastic. the victim will still have a hell of a time getting rid of the foam. that stuff hardens...

LinuxBender1y ago

Oh trust me I know. This was CBRE and they are cantankerous and contentious on good days.

mwigdahl1y ago

Some jokesters are surprisingly picky about which side of the joke they're on.

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LinuxBender1y ago

Having approval from one of them would be quite the saving grace.

em-bee1y ago

the building company would be more than furious. you could lose your lease over this and pay damages.

LinuxBender1y ago

Oh trust me I know. This was CBRE and they are cantankerous and contentious on good days.

mwigdahl1y ago

Some jokesters are surprisingly picky about which side of the joke they're on.

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