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When I first started a new job, I had to change an antenna on a radio tower, and my partners were acting like they were afraid of heights and didn't want to climb the tower. When I got up there they started throwing rocks at a wasp nest they had already spotted about halway up the tower. Surprisingly, I didn't find that one very funny at all.

-Jeff

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Before we moved into the new dealership location, a favorite practical joke here was to take a pair of old boots and uniform pants (over the boots, like someone was wearing them) , and put them into a bathroom stall.

Guys would come in after a big lunch, and needing to *ahem* go, would see the "feet" of someone already in the stall. Some would leave and come back, others would stand there and wait. And wait. And wait. Sometimes they would start asking "Hey you gonna be much longer?"

Finally exasperated, they would push open the stall door, to reveal.....nobody.

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I’ve also been known to get into the Network switches and shut down specific ports (to users or to servers). This helps in explaining who actually has more control over the network, the server admin, or the network admin.

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One of their other fave games was to pass gas most foul in the vehicle en-route to a pick-up or back to the shop, and then use the power door locks and windows to keep me from getting away or getting any fresh air.

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Went on a trip from Edmonton, Alberta to Helena, Montana which is over 8 hours with no stops. On the way back I was in the backseat of my buddies Ford Escort and he and my other friend had stopped at the roadside store and picked up deviled sausages and they were burping and farting while having the fans blowing into the backseat where I was and there were no windows to open up. Brings back memories.

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Before we moved into the new dealership location, a favorite practical joke here was to take a pair of old boots and uniform pants (over the boots, like someone was wearing them) , and put them into a bathroom stall.

Guys would come in after a big lunch, and needing to *ahem* go, would see the "feet" of someone already in the stall. Some would leave and come back, others would stand there and wait. And wait. And wait. Sometimes they would start asking "Hey you gonna be much longer?"

Finally exasperated, they would push open the stall door, to reveal.....nobody.

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When I started working in the plant back in 1988, a common joke was to say, "Is that your black wallet on the bathroom floor". I fell for it as did everybody after my time. When I started doing it to the new guys, when they went into the bathroom to check I would either put pallets infront of the door so they couldn't get out or I'd tie a rope to the handle and tie it off on the fork lift or a nearby pole and leave them in their for a good amount of quality breathing time. I should mention this is right after somebody had a huge bowel movement.

When working in the plant we would do all kinds of crazy things. When a guy was leaving, even the president's son, we would hold them down, soak them, shrink wrap them to a pole ... right after we ripped their shorts off them while wearing them ... and then use a marker to put a moustache on them.

New guys we'd send over to the local plumbing store or to the parts supply store and have them ask for a left handed wrench or a pipe stretcher. The businesses around us had some good laughs and started joining in. They'd tell the new guy that they'd order it if they returned something just as insane that no normal human being could believe. New guys ... they are not normal human beings.