There's no better way to welcome back your coworkers from the holidays, vacation, or that long sales trip than with an office prank. There is no need for pranks to be relegated to April Fool's Day; any day of the year is good for a small joke. A prescription for safe office pranks if often perfect for some fun lighthearted fun and/or well deserved payback.

In this day and age, Technology and the Internet rule, and most people spend their time online browsing, emailing or shopping. Why not try and play a joke on your friends where they spend most of their time…their computers and offices.

Remember, any prank you can easily play on someone could just as easily be used against you as well.

How to Become a Master Prankster

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Anyone can be a prankster, and there are plenty of different jokes and pranks one could play on others. It's tough to become a master office prankster, however, unless you spend time developing your pranks, get other people involved and gain experience from practice. Furthermore it is critical you know what is and isn't appropriate for your workplace.  To ensure your evil deeds go off without a hitch you will need to put time and effort into both planning and executing them.
  1. Practice. You won't become a master prankster the first time you pull one off. Master pranksters have been developing and executing pranks for a long time. Just keep at it and eventually you'll get the hang of even the most challenging pranks.
  2. Inspire new ideas by reading about other pranks people have pulled off.  Websites devoted to office pranks and April Fool's Day are terrific for learning about what pranks people have already pulled.
  3. Start small. Try pranks that don't involve a lot of people, or rely on few to no resources. Replacing your coworkers pens with pens that have the lids glued on requires little planning and execution and is a good start.
  4. Graduate to more complex pranks. For example, you might want to try a prank involving everyone at your office, or everyone in your department. You could move everyone's things from one cubicle to another, you could put fake "pink slips" on their desks or you could just unplug everyone's computersso they think there's a blackout.
  5. Rehearse your pranks in advance of execution. This is especially important for those pranks that involve multiple steps or need the assistance of multiple people. Rehearsing ahead of time can help identify problems with the plan and can ensure that you've worked out the kinks.

How to Develop an Office Prank

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When you're trapped in an office all day long, one of the best ways to relievestress and tension is to play pranks on your co-workers and have them played on you. When you are working with a bunch of pranksters it's even more important to be on your guard: anyone can be plotting to pull pranks on the rest of the office. There's no reason why you can't return the favor on your own.  Before pulling a prank you will want to keep the following in mind: