Tuesday is French for le boring

Ever had one of these days at the office?

There is a reason we call them Tuesdays. They are quite possibly the most boring day of the week. I mean, there isn't anything worthwhile on TV on Tuesday nights as well. By 2pm, everyone is ready to go home. Does anything even get done at work on Tuesdays? Want some ideas to make Tuesday a little more enjoyable? For the 2.5 years I have worked at my place of employment, a couple of co-workers and I have compiled quite the list of office pranks. Here is the complete run-down:

Flea Market
I know this won't apply to everyone's place of employment, but one way my company is cutting back on expenses (yea, because with the high oil prices, we are really struggling to make a buck) is to have an office supply swap. The swap took plce on a Wednesday, but the supplies had to be turned in by Tuesday afternoon. During lunch on Tuesday, we gathered a co-workers entire desk full of supplies, even reports, filing systems, folders, computer monitor, printers, paper, and electrical cords. We left a memo on the guy's desk informing him of the office supply swap. When he got back from lunch, he went into panic mode. He even called the lady in charge of the swap trying to get his stuff back. Little did he know, we stored them in a kitchen area across the hall from his office. Around 5:30 that evening, he finally located his stuff.

Spider-Web
Tools needed- Fishing Line
Run the fishing line all over the office. Wrap it around the chairs, desk, filing cabinets, etc. Heck, wrap it around the door handle. This also works well with packaging or duct tape.

Keyboard Switch
Most of you probably work with Dell Computers. If so, a great way to get a co-worker is to switch the keys around on the keyboard. Just grab a ruler and use the edge to pop up the keys. They have a universal fitting on them so you could put the Q key where the G key is located and so on. We arranged a guy's entire keyboard. We spelled out a few words on his keyboard, but the classic moment came when my accomplice in the prank said we should spell out 'butt'...I just stared at him because I wanted to know where he was going to get the extra 'T'. Moron.

Supplies on the Ceiling
Tools needed- Duct tape and desk full of supplies
Tape the pens, pencils, rulers, folders, paper clips...okay you get the point...to the ceiling. This is time consuming, but if you feel really ambitious, feel free to tape the computer keyboard, computer mouse, even reports sitting out on the desk. The best we put up on the ceiling was the guys lunch. He was upset finding his carrot sticks next to his ham sandwich.

Post Up
Tools needed- post it notes...and a lot of them
This is a timeless classic; just make sure your company doesn't mind you using 700 post-it notes. I greeted my new boss (transfered from another group) with an office full of post-its. It wasn't as extreme in the picture below, but nonetheless, a great 'welcome to the club' message.

Here's my favorite electronic-based office pranks:

Microsoft Office Delegates
Ever wonder how someone's secretary can respond and read emails sent to his/her boss? Well, there is an option in Microsoft Office called delegates. If you go under Tools -> Options and look for delegates, you can assign people to read/edit emails, appointments, address books, etc. My co-worker never locks his computer when he leaves his desk so one day, while he was in another office, I assigned myself as a delegate. Low and behold, my co-worker was concerned when at 2:00pm, he had an alert from his calendar that he was 15 minutes away from a meeting in the men's restroom. He thought it was funny until he got another meeting alert at 3pm noting it was quiting time in 2 hours. He thought he had a computer virus and called IT. Five minutes later, IT called me and congratulated me on a great prank.

Some other miscellaneous office pranks:

• Every night, take all but one staple out of a co-worker's stapler. The next day when they go to use the stapler, they will get frustrated having to always refill the staples.
• Replace all the pens and pencils with crayons.
• Forward all calls to his/her boss (most new network phones have this feature)

I know this sounds a bit evil, but if you found yourself in an accounting department, you would do anything you could to keep sane.

Numerical Summary for the week:

2- days until the start of college football. I know my wife is so thrilled...but it is a good thing that I am a Baylor fan, because it's hard to get excited for college football...especially in August and September

16- potential number of rounds of golf I could play between Labor Day weekend and the end of October. Oh trust me...this could get interesting here on the home front.

4- months til Christmas...that means I still have 15 weeks until I have to buy my wife something for Christmas. Nah, I'll procrastinate.