April Fools' Day jokes you can actually use

Looking for some clever ways to inject a bit of humour into the office without going overboard this April Fools' Day?

We’ve compiled some of our favourite, easy-to-do April Fools' jokes which are office appropriate (for the most part).

If you actually manage to pull them off, please take a photo and send it to us with a little story about how it went down! rebeccal@humanresourcesonline.net

Don’t be the butt of your own joke

“Last April Fools day eve I snuck into my bosses office and put all of her office supplies in balloons. We're talking an office packed full of thousands of balloons.

“On April 1st they caught me on camera and fired me. They said money had gone missing and I was the last one in the office. HR paperwork and everything. Then when I've packed up my stuff in a box… April fool’s!”

Source: Reddit

The blue screen of death

Want to give your colleague a heart attack? (Not a real one!) Change their screen saver to this, aka the blue screen of death, and watch them panic about losing all their work.

Get rid of the boss

“When my old boss would come out of his office and look like he wanted to strike up a conversation (he would ramble on about the most inane things) I would simply call his phone using the direct dial number so my extension wouldn't show up.

“He'd go back in to answer the phone and I'd hang up. Do this a couple of times and he'll get annoyed and forget what he wanted to chat about.”

Source: Reddit 

Mouse trap

Put tape over the light on the bottom of their mouse, watch as they can’t figure out why their mouse isn’t working. If they have a roller ball mouse, take the ball out.

For added fun, pull the cord out slightly, too. When they figure out someone has trolled their mouse, they stillwon’t be able to get it to work properly.

VoiceOver™ Technology

If all else fails, post this on your office copier and watch hilarity ensue.

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