It is absolutely amazing how paranoid April Fool's Day makes everyone. When I got off work at 5 p.m. on that day so did most of the people I work with. Well everyone was walking to their car and everyone did a walk around of their car. They were looking for any sign that a prank had been pulled on their car. Rightfully so, there were several pranks pulled on people. I managed to sneak through the day unscathed. I played the role of assistant to the prankster. I managed to help people arrange keys on keyboards, change mouse button configurations, fill peoples lockers with shredded documents. One person was even fired, complete with his access badge losing its privileges. I also helped in a failed attempt at a scavenger hunt for the bulbs for the desk lamps. The scavenger hunt was for the night crew who like to use the desk lamps. They weren't in the mood to go hunting for the light bulbs. Which means people are going to be finding random clues around the office for the next week or so.
Back to the paranoia caused by this day. It's a given that what you read on the Internet on 4/1 is 98% a lie. It was carrying over into the work place, at least where I work. When a manager would call and ask one of us to do a job, we would question whether it was a real task or a prank. Unfortunately, they were asking us to do work. Oh well, there's always next year.
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