I just got a new intern this week. :FIREdevil :FIREdevil :FIREdevil
He's a guy. :(
Anyone got any ideas for some good uses for an intern? I need some maggot help to insure his head is spinning all summer long.
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I just got a new intern this week. :FIREdevil :FIREdevil :FIREdevil
He's a guy. :(
Anyone got any ideas for some good uses for an intern? I need some maggot help to insure his head is spinning all summer long.
Kramerica.
Our company just got 2 of 'em, and another one's coming next week. I plan on acting very irrational and angry for a while. I'm gonna spread rumors about the engineer in the office with a questionable sexual orientation, and how he finds the interns "intriguing," or something like that. Now, how do I make the female intern who's coming in next week unnerved?
We got a few newer guys in our lab, and I've been messing with them lately. They're all a bunch of average honkys. One guy's really into country music, but they all seem to be into nothing else but rock music. Everytime they're out of the lab, I change the radio to the Hispanic station, and kick up the volume a notch or two. I've taped several crudely hand-written messages on the radio that read things like "PLEASE NOT CHANGE THE RADIO" or "NO CHANGING THE STATION!" They have no idea who it is... It's been fun for the last several weeks.
DJ - You work in construction. Throw lots and lots of jargon at him, and when he doesn't get it, get real upset and insult his overeducated backround. Throw things around and slam your fist on your desk when you can, too.
Get a hand squeezable fart gag from Spencers. Use it while you are talking to him and keep a straight face. See if he respects your farting or just starts laughing.
We got our interns last week. Probably twice as many as we need but as a guy who has been low man on the totem pole for the last year I'm enjoying delegating rather than being delegated too.
kneepads and lip balm in their boxes or on their desks.
Send him to Home Depot for a left-handed screwdriver.
Or left-handed monkey wrenches. Better yet, some latex paint thinner for cleaning out brushes.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTV
Tell him to get you a Johnson screwdriver.
(it's the opposite of a Phillips)
Then there's the stud stretcher......
and hand him all blueprints copied backwards...a true favorite of mine, total fucking nightmare to figure out, depending upon the complexity of the design.
Order him to bring you very specific coffee drink orders ("non-fat double latte"), and no matter what he brings you, yell at him that it's wrong.
Tell him that his TPS reports need clear plastic covers.
Watch the movie "Swimming With Sharks" for more tips...
Tell him that you're going to need him to do some field work... in Iraq.
Bonus points for faked up plane tickets, rental car forms, a list of required immunizations (long,) and "bulletproof" vest.
To fake a bulletproof vest, just take an old lifevest, and replace the floaty bits with cardboard or plywood cutouts. The more obviously bogus it is, the better.
Make it a "one way" ticket, and explain that the company will provide the return flight if and when necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by joshbu
And tell him it's repair work on police stations.
If he has a computer, tell him to search for something on the internet that seems harmless, but is actually NSFW. Then get someone to pose as an IT guy and confront him about looking at porn...
A few years ago someone did this to an intern in a department that I was in. It's sort of mean, but it was hilarious.
When I interned at the local Fox station they got the "other" intern to drive around to all the traffic cameras around the Beltway, get out, and hold up a huge piece of foam core so they could white balance them. Naturally everything was taped and heads-up were given to all other stations. I think he still gets shit for it 15 years later.
DJ: More info on your field is necessary before a specific recommendation can be proffered.
Now it is accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
Drat. Foiled again by the "Quote" button. I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you nosy kids! :D:D:D
Send him out to get coffee or lunch. As soon as he shows up, place an order somewhere and then tell him that you are to busy to go pick it up yourself. He is the intern after all. If you really needed him to work, then he would be getting paid.
Also, Don't waste your time writing a letter of recomendation for him. Make him write his own. Then all you have to do is look it over and sign it.
The last intern we had here at my work, ended up in a full bird suit, standing on main street, waving a sign promoting one of our spring promotions.
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Originally Posted by crashnburn'd
That one had me rolling on the floor.
I've just been handed a staff of 15 people - I wonder how I can haze them.
some of my favorites are to sneak onto other peoples computers and email others things that are uncomfortable, ie. I'll email Josh from Matt's computer the first line being work related then the next did you see Johns hair, jesus it's just terrible, not like your hair. I've always loved your hair. Or, a long diatribe about how someone they sit by is bugging the shit out of you and how much you hate them. Take a bunch of womens magazines and tear the perfume strips out and tape them to the back of their computer, bottom their chair, wherever. Put tape over the voice part of their phone receiver, call them and then get pissed off that you can't hear them. Buy some 200ml bottles of liquor, papers and barely legal and put them in their desk drawer. Send someone flowers in the office with their name on the card reading I really like working with you. Follow them into the bathroom and talk to them alot while you poop, be very vocal. If it's a dude and you're pretty sure he's hetero, ask him if he thinks one of the guys is hot. If he's their type, etc.
Good suggestions guys, I really like the left handed tool suggestions (I'm left handed, and those things don't exist)
For those who don't know, I'm in heavy civil construction, building a busway through LA.
Then I believe that you absolutely MUST get him to believe that the FUCKING MAFIA contractor left out a key accelerant from the concrete pouring on some section of roadway and that at 3am the two of you are going to go out and dump a bunch of it (onto the already hardened concrete somewhere) before the inspectors come and hope to god it works so that you don't have to bribe them again. I think two open topped 55gal drums of water (with some iso pored in to make it smell like a chemical) will be perfect. Make him wear chemical resistant gloves, goggles and a heppa mask.
Then get somebody with a video camera to come out and surprise you guys like a newsperson doing an expose.
Sticky note under the mouse ball is a classic.
Send them to refill the hand dryers with air.
Carpenters would give the new apprentices an old fashioned fold-up tape measure, with one segment removed from the middle and have them make the cuts, when they bring the wood, you show them how far off their cuts are with your own tape, send them back to do it again and again.
Most people are pretty hip to the "left-handed tarzan wrench with a monkey grip" wild goose chases and other "snipe hunts" these days...you can do better.
I enjoy showing the un-cyber-savvy folks how I can work my cursor using only my new brain implant chip, (of course it is only when someone else is driving on my desktop during a web-ex session.) I've fooled alot that way. (I work with maintenance guys who can fix anything but can't operate a fax machine or open an e-mail attachment.)
Tell him that Friday is Hawaiian shirt and shorts day, or something like that will result in him showing up wearing a ridiculous outfit.
edit: or just butt-rape him behind the dumpster.
You don't think this is an abuse of position?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/g...od+face+on.jpg
Our dumnpsters are called Biffas in the UK.
If you're a chick and someone refers to you as a 'hideous fat biffa' whilst you're on holiday in the UK, you'll now realise that it's not meant as a compliment.
Back to the butt raping.
You're right, the dumpsters deserve better.Quote:
Originally Posted by bad_roo
put two drops of clear eyes in there drink and watch the bathroom door
:FIREdevil
Hi, I'm Zippy. Top of the Morning.
This is me eating cinnabons with a tall cup of coffee that's just one tip away from spilling all over my bosses desk. Why he has a problem with this....I don't know.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic42691.jpg
I just thought I would take this opportunity to let you all know it's not actually very cool to fuck with interns. We have a limited time to gain valuable experience within the working world before we return to our classes and mindless professors in the Fall. And we don't need any other challenges besides dragging our tired asses to the job site by 7:00 AM.
After all, I'm still a little confused by this working world - Why is it really that big of a deal if I lose the one and only key to the bosses office over a weekend, or prefer to wear thongs as footwear to a construction job site? Why is going to a gay pride parade in the City with my "girlfriend" really something everyone in the office should laugh at? Jeez guys, all's I want is to gain a little construction experience so I can spend the rest of my life building chairlifts.
I think maybe the guys are just jealous that I have a hot girlfriend that brings me coffee every morning. Or maybe because I can dust my boss on either a downhill bike or on the gnar gnar at the 'Wood (or in Argentina for that matter).....see 666's TR's for proof of my prophecy - SICK!
http://www.laketerraceapts.com/skier666/KW_b.JPG
Anywho - please be cool to us young ones.
Peace.
- Zippy
By the Way. It may not be a good idea to fuck with your bosses user profile on the TGR board...I'll let you know how that pans out.
Ha, ha! *point*Quote:
Originally Posted by Zippppppy!
But being fucked with is what the business world is all about. You fuck one guy, he fucks another guy, and that guy can fuck you, but you can fuck that asshole back so he'll back off because he doesn't want to get fucked twice, and you're the only guy with your asshole intact at the end of the day. You just need to know when you're being fucked, and what is really important. THAT is the valuable experience that you are learning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zippppppy!
So yesterday my intern was given a POS truck to drive around, which the battery died in it, leaving him to go get a jump. Once he replaced the battery (without any tools), the alarm started going off, no idea where the disarming remote was. Poor kid had his head spinning all afternoon as I kept telling him the truck didn't have any problems until he started driving it.
Any other suggestions?
You had me at d*cks f*ck assh*les.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJSapp
God I love that movie.
Let me take a moment to share that I was greatly offended by this posting by a fake zIPPY, I am the one and only and I do not appreciate when some tries to be me. This has been happening ever since I was a child. Who ever this mad man is will be found and crucified for these crimes against my name. First and formost, I do not drink Starbucks or eat Cinnabon like the picture shows, it was simply super imposed. I have never been outside of Tahoe before, so how would I know what this "San Francisco" thing is? I am always working hard and I never find it hard to get to work at 700. I am in bed by 900pm every night to ensure that i am tip top for the work world. I am not a partier or one who would simply sit and eat a Cinnabon at work. Now i am going to be the bigger person and not do anything to the one who posted this fake zIPPY thing. If there a picture that shows my innocents, let it be this one
When two (ore more) people are working a desks that are put next to each other, switch their telephone cords. With all those cables lying around it will take some time before they find that one out!
Put a peice of onion or a clove of garlic inside the mouthpiece of a phone. Give it some time for it to fester and build up a strong odor. Then call them and keep them on the phone for as long as possible.
It is allways a good habit to lock your computer before heading off for coffee or a smoke. When someone forgets and leaves a Word document or an email open, type a single word somewhere in the text. “f*ck” or so will do nicely. They’ll never notice and send it out.
Get a hold of someone's cell phone and change the greeting banner to say "NO SERVICE". Many cell phones have greeting banners on them that you can personalize to say whatever you want them to and it stays on there when you're not using your phone. Also, when there is no service where you are, most cell phone companies have a banner that pops up on your screen saying "no service".
Take a can of non gel shaving cream, and put it in a freezer. When it is frozen remove the bottom of the can and put it in co worker's drawer. When it melts it expands and explodes all over everything.
Go into MS Word or similar program on co-worker's computer, and add an entry to the AutoCorrect feature. This is a very simple prank that will send the novice user into a frenzy. Configure the AutoCorrect option to replace the word "the" with the phrase "you suck!". They will usually panick and start scanning for viruses.
Take clear tape and tape the underside of the mouse. Make sure you take the sticky end of the tape and apply it to the bottom of the mouse so it locks the ball in place. The victim will most likely check the connections in the back, reinstall drivers, reboot, etc., before they realize what has happened.
Do a "Print Screen" of the user's desktop, and then paste the image from the clipboard to a photo program, and save the image as a bitmap. Then, set the 'snapshot' of their desktop as the actual desktop wallpaper. (You'll have to hide the Windows status bar, and move all their desktop icons into a folder, which you can hide conspicuously in the corner or something.) The user will see their desktop as always, but everything on it will appear to be frozen when they try to click on it...sending them into a rebooting and virus scanning fit!
This will mostly only work with people with very little PC knowledge. Stick in a floppy in there floppy drive. They will be unable to boot up windows until the disk is out. This is fun to watch.
Try to find a very obnoxious CD laying around. Preferably a reggae or rap CD. Pop it in their CD ROM. Put up the sound full blast by double clicking on the volume control on the bottom right. On normal configurations the audio CD will autoplay when windows first starts up. The person starting up there PC in the morning will definitely be embarrassed.
This is for that special person you just cant stand in the office, the one who talks on the phone all day with their boyfriend/girlfriend and gets personal e-mail all day. Go into their e-mail and change their defaults to autmatically "blind carbon copy" their boss or supervisor. Heads will roll!
Change the coffee in the office coffe maker to decafe. Wait about three weeks(or untill you think everybody has gotten over their caffine addiction)and switch to expresso!
Try "password securing" someone's screen saver. First I suggest changing the screen saver to "scrolling marque" and inserting your own word or phrase, "Mr. Jones (president or supervisor) eats SHlT" or something to that effect.
With someone who is on the phone a lot during work - This works if you have phones that the handset comes apart. Take the handset apart and put scotch tape over the mouthpeice inside. They can still be heard, but they have to talk loud to be heard. The next day take it off, and put it in the earpeice. Usually they will be yelling to the other person on the line the next day, and won't be able to hear them. When they complain about the phone, and get a replacement, do it on the next phone. After about a week you will notice the calls to be down considerably.
Depending where you are at you may have a cafeteria in you place of work. Every week most of them put out a menu so you know what they are serving. Usually it is done on Word or Excel, and not extremely fancy. With a little work, matching fonts, and images you can make your own menus, and post them by your desk. We had one co-worker avoid the cafeteria for 2 weeks because of the selection "fish head stew" etc... before he caught on. Works great with picky eaters.
My absolutely most favorite prank I have saved for last. It is so simple to do and yields such nice results. Simply pop out the 'm' and 'n' key on someone's keyboard and reverse the two. Any flat tool will work. Just pry it with little pressure and they will easily come right off. Then just sit back and watch the confusion.