I had an idea this afternoon for a good, humorous speech. Now, I am wondering if I can fit it into one the manuals I am working on now, or if I need to go back into the CC manual for a good fit.
The idea? Sharing some of the practical jokes that I've used around the office. Simple things that leave people more confused then wondering why they couldn't figure it out sooner.
Some of these things I've done. Taping the paper in their printer together so that an unclearable paper jam occurs (no paper actually goes into the printer). Removing the cartridge from the laser printer and stashing it in one of their drawers. Being in cahoots with the office keeper of keys, gaining access to locked cabinets and cleaning them out in their absence. Moving a co-workers workstation while they were in a meeting. Wrapping a colleagues cubicle in plastic wrap while they are on travel. Filling the bosses desk with packing peanuts while he is on vacation.
None of these were significantly time consuming or difficult to pull off; the most difficult being the plastic wrapped cubicle. The cruelest, though, was taking a vacationing friends half-finished Sprite bottles and pouring and spreading out a small amount each day he was on vacation and adding a fresh piece of paper each time. Only a week of vacation, and it took most of the day for him to clean when he came back.
I think that I can pull these things together into a coherent and humorous structure and present it as one of the assignments in my manuals.