I’ve seen a few but this one stands out in my mind..
About 8 years ago I was working for this IT/media company at the height of the dot-com boom. This was the time before flash memory was common (USB was new back then!) so small software builds of up to about 5 or 6 megs were still stored on 3.5″ disk.
Engineers would copy the software they needed for customers’ kit to these disks; if they weren’t actually being sent to customers the disks were recovered and re-used.
we had a project manager who was too lazy to return the disks to a central store, but would keep them in a pile on his desk (which eventually grew to half a metre in height).
he would also leave his office chair pulled out some distance away from the desk – and There was a false celing in the office.
He eventually got another job elsewhere, so on his leaving day one of my work colleagues decided to give him a better send off…..
everyone was down the pub, but this chap made some excuse that there was an urgent support call and returned to the office whilst it would be empty…
he got some very thin wire wrapping wire (this is like fishing line, virtually invisible) and threaded it through the write enable hole in each alternate disk in the pile; then re-assembled the pile of disks. On top of the pile he added a paper cup full with hole punch clippings, washers, and other random small stuff, also attached to the wire…
He then pushed the office chair flush against the managers desk…
the wire was then run up through the false ceiling (the metal bit acting as a pivot) – then pulled taut and securely attached to the office chair…
Of course when the manager returns the first thing he thinks is
“why is my chair pushed forward like that” and pulls it out so he can sit down..
:laugh_at::laugh_at:
