Good Excel Practical Jokes, Pranks, Mean Tricks, etc.

[Jonmo1]

I would think the difference between "Prank" and "Criminal" is

A prank is when you do it to a friend, with the full intention of fixing it yourself in a reasonable time (before IT get's involved). And with some SafeGuard measure so Data isn't really lost..

It's Criminal when:
If you do it to The whole or significat part of the network
If data is actually lost
If someone else has to spend time fixing it.

 

[spcalan]

Ok, good.
Thank you for clarifying the difference.
For a second I thought I did something criminal.

I did what they asked for, delete the program and use the more "standard" programming already put in place.

But my replacement ( complete ahole), used my program as a crutch for his shortcomings, which was a no-no with the company.

So i took it away little by little.

Forcing him to adhere to the company policy.

 

[Jonmo1]

Ok, good.
Thank you for clarifying the difference.
For a second I thought I did something criminal.

Don't take my word for it, that was just an opinion.

Ultimately, anyone can sue anyone for any reason. And it's ultimately up to a judge and/or jury to decide if it's criminal or not.

 

[Joe4]

I think charging anyone $500 to fix a program you deliberately screwed up qualifies as criminal.

 

[spcalan]

I said they offered me 500 to fix.

I fixed it, but did not take the cash.

I just downloaded the original copy to the computer via flashdrive.

no work at all.

 

[Joe4]

I said they offered me 500 to fix.

I fixed it, but did not take the cash.

I would like to believe that, but that doesn't seem to be what you were implying in your first post.

Well here is my confession.

I once worked for a company for 10 years.
I have a A+ spreadsheets that compared orders with all the raw materials needed for production.

It was only 800 rows in Excel.
I wrote a nasty little code that everytime it was opened, a row was deleted ( very subtle ).

After I left I got a call to come back and fix it, for a flat fee of $500.
Which I did ( hehe ).

 

[spcalan]

Well I only meant I did come back and fix it, not the cash part.

Now I see where you could read it a different way.

 

[Lewiy]

It looks like this thread has gone off topic a little…..I think we should just agree that (whether anyone here has done it or not) it’s probably not a good idea to mess with a company’s important data and keep the practical jokes to simple, harmless fun with people who you know well and who will not lose time or money from your antics.
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Along those lines, here’s another harmless one, the beauty of which is that it tells you exactly what you should be doing!!
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        xlEqual, Formula1:="value"<o:p></o:p>
        .IgnoreBlank = False<o:p></o:p>
        .InCellDropdown = False<o:p></o:p>
        .ErrorTitle = "Halt there"<o:p></o:p>
        .ErrorMessage = "Please enter value in this cell"<o:p></o:p>
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        .ShowError = True<o:p></o:p>
End With<o:p></o:p>
End Sub

 

[Oorang]

There is always this, but it's kind of obvious so would probably only work in certain office layouts.

 

[goldfish]

There is always this, but it's kind of obvious so would probably only work in certain office layouts.

One of my coworkers did something similar. They got a really long usb cord and wired it under the cube wall and into the back of another coworkers computer. He then messed with him for 6 months before revealing the prank. It was pretty funny to watch for all of us that were in on the joke. And in the end we all had a good laugh, among other things, at the logevity of this prank (including the victom).

It was revealed at a big office meeting, first the victom was presented an award for longest reciever of a prank, and he was a bit confused, until the prankster was given an award for longest prank executed and he started to piece it together and kept saying "No Way!". Good times.

Gold Fish