Yeah browsing the internet and Alt-Tabbing it here can kill time and occasionally be fun but what do you guys do to really cut loose while at the office? Any games to speak of? See today is my Friday and I'm looking to take slacking off to a whole new level today.
Prior to becoming a lower level leader my old team used to have tons of games and pranks we'd play back and forth. This was back when I enjoyed going to work, not so much any more. I'm sure a large part of that has to do with joining the quasi-middle manager ranks, you lose all the shenanigans, pranks and camaraderie that you have as an entry level worker. Its similar to how kids lose their imagination and creativity once they start hitting the teen years (of course the analogy falls apart there; teens lose their imagination because they're too distracted by their hormones and the pursuit of one day having sex, I've lost my fun and shenanigans because of responsibilities, nagging clients and never ending excel sheets). I'm changing that today, having a throw back day of sorts, I'll be bringing back some of the activities of my younger years before I became a corporate shill, feel free to join me or put my ideas in play at your place of business:
Elastics: Pretty straight forward, four or five of us would raid the supply closet and have all out war for the work week. We had one rule, no straight on shots, didn't need anyone yelping in pain giving the whole thing away. But shots deflected off the ceiling, cube walls, computer screen etc...were encouraged.
Crosswords: Find the simplest crossword puzzle you can in one of your areas free newspapers, pick up a bunch of copies and distribute to your friends. Race to finish, googling is aloud but you'll receive the appropriate amount of shit from the purists among us. This is time killing, fun and decreases productivity for a whole group of people.
Nerf Gun Wars- You have to be careful with this one in the 0 tolerance world we live in now. But back a couple years ago my whole team of 8 or 9 people had arsenals of nerf guns that we'd break out when elastics just weren't getting the job done (I even had a nerf sniper rifle that shot up to 80 feet with a scope). This is extremely fun but hard to hide so you'd better hope your office is ok with this type of tom-foolery.
Cologne Wars- Its pretty simple, find the worst smelling cologne or perfume you can (Brut for men works well, you can buy it at Walgreens) and spray it in unsuspecting co-workers cubes (on their chair, on a napkin hidden under the desk, in a drawer, you get the idea), hope they don't tie it back to you and watch them exact pay back on an innocent team member.
