Can techs take a joke?

[andy1mack]

I've had lots of fun with the Service Manager's screensaver. The possibilities are endless.

[DWise]

in the past, we've flipped the tech's screen to make it appear upside-down, then we would mess with the mouse settings and make the right-click over to the left-click and so forth... it's fun to see them try to figure out how to use the mouse and get the screen back to right-side up...

[Dalamar]

ThinkGeek :: The ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron

It really works.

[KEVIN900]

I had a great practical joke played on me. My friend Chad took out an ad in Craig's List, advertising a 7am yard sale, at my address. It even listed desirable items like antiques, and civil war memorabilia. The ad even said "Early Birds Welcome". At 9am I was making a "Death in the Family" poster, so I could get a little peace and quiet.

[oldschool]

A cable running from the positive connection of the headlight to the positive connector of the horn. When the lights com on the horn blows. Had a tech scratching his head for a while until he figured out that the horn stopped when the lights went out.
We had an old copier Canon NP7000 with very pricey drums. The tech was doing a PM in shop and went to lunch. He left a nice note to be careful of the drum he had placed on the shelf. We took an old drum and hit it with a hammer a few times replaced it with his and piled junk on top. He flipped out!!!
I worked in the parts room for a while. A tech would call and ask me to hand a part to the delivery guy to bring right over (VIP customer). I gave the delivery guy an empty box. I told him to deliver that first and then wait 5 min or so and then bring him the part. The customer was watching when the tech opened the empty box.
I switched the receivers on the loaner fax machines. It wouldn't hang up. The tech actually had to do a service call and fix the Fax already there.
I once changed the guys office key off of his key ring with a key that looked about the same.
When a tech sets his tool case down, unlatch it and watch his tools spill onto the floor when he picks it up.
Add an entry in the auto-correct section of someones word processor. Have it replace their name with any number of colorful descriptions.
Anyone remember silicon oil..Pour it all over someones tools. What a mess.

[nmfaxman]

The "Great Santa Fe Toner War", so named by the owner of the company, is officially over!
Early 80s when every machine had a waste container.
I got a little pizzed when I got hit with the second trash can full in the face.
Today I always get a laugh remembering the look on my wifes face when she picked me up that night.
I started it. You ended it.
Thanks Ran.

NUFF SAID!

[pacman]

OMG, y'all are TERRIBLE!

*takes notes*

This would be great.....except my parental units are the owners of the company....

[Lagonda]

Jeez, that smarts!

Back in the dim dark ages well before Workplace Health and Safety was thought of, one of my fellow apprentices thought it was a good idea to wire up the stainless steel urinal to a low voltage power supply!

[mikadonovan]

One of the best ones I saw was putting a whole box of punch unit chads on top of the ceiling fan in the dispatch office. The fan came on when the light switch was turned on, and our big-haired bitchy dispatch chick spent the rest of the day looking like she had a blizzard in her hair.

Others include greased door handles, a can sitting on top of the rear axle with 20 feet of string tied to the axle ( I dragged one for miles before I realized it. sumbitches), sticking the end of a screwdriver in a cooling fan while the guy is taking voltage measurements, supergluing a quarter to the service department floor(got the company owner on that one. He was pissed), and numerous cases of screwing with toolcases and such. FUN! FUN!

[Mr Spock]

Just to be obvious...

Of course we can take a joke we work on copier/mfp machines for a living... Just read the manuals!!!

[Stirton.M]

I like this one...used it a couple times.

On a computer desktop (windows).

Press the "print screen" button. This copies EVERYTHING seen on the screen to the clip board. Use MSPaint or similar graphics program and paste the info into the program. Save the file on the hard drive. Then open up the wall paper configuration and select the newly saved file as the new desktop paper.

Set the desktop icons to hide. Set the task bar to autohide.

Sit back and watch the fun.

[Morlock49]

When a tech sets his tool case down, unlatch it and watch his tools spill onto the floor when he picks it up.

Anyone remember silicon oil..Pour it all over someones tools. What a mess.

I have a good sense of humor, but anyone messing with my tool kit had better watch out, for a start I would rip your gizzard out, feed you your own spleen, and hang you from the ceiling by your genitals. they dont call me Mr Nice Guy for nothing, you know.

[BR549]

I have a good sense of humor, but anyone messing with my tool kit had better watch out, for a start I would rip your gizzard out, feed you your own spleen, and hang you from the ceiling by your genitals. they dont call me Mr Nice Guy for nothing, you know.

Hey Mr Nice Guy, are you done with my pressure washer yet? My front porch is filthy.

[Vulkor]

lol Gotta say this is some impressive stuff and think I'd like to do much of it. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't have a sense of humor. Besides I keep my tools and my car LOCKED at all times. Worst I've seen done here. Is a tech have a Gay Pride Bumper sticker put on his car once. Oh and same tech got a penis/balls drawn in the dirt on the side of his car. He went around like that for a week before we told him.

[mikadonovan]

Oh and same tech got a penis/balls drawn in the dirt on the side of his car. He went around like that for a week before we told him.

Forgot about that one.