Survey lists top 10 office pranks for April Fool's Day

Time to dust off the whoopee cushions and hand buzzers. April Fool's Day is just around the corner and hijinks is in order at the office. Thirty-three percent of workers report they have played a practical joke on a co-worker and 17 percent say they are planning office tricks for this year's holiday. This is according to CareerBuilder.com's annual survey, which was completed in March and included more than 2,500 workers.

If you are looking to play a prank on a co-worker, consider the top 10 April Fool's Day pranks from this year's survey:

  1.  Changed the caller ID on a co-worker's phone to read Mr. Kitten every
      time he called someone.
  2.  Placed random objects from people's desks in the vending machine.
  3.  Placed a live goldfish in an IV bag in a clinic.
  4.  Snuck onto someone else's computer and sent out an "I love you" e-mail
      to the entire office.
  5.  Wall-papered someone's entire cube with headshots of his co-workers.
  6.  Pulled the shelves out of the break room refrigerator, hid inside and
      jumped out at co-workers as they opened the door.
  7.  Sat on the copier and placed the copies back in the paper bin.
      Anytime co-workers made copies, they had the image of the prankster's
      backside in the background.
  8.  Turned all the clocks in the office one hour back to make the work day
      seem longer.
  9.  Locked all the doors, shut off the lights and put a "Closed" sign in
      the window when the boss went out for lunch.
  10. Placed fake rubber chocolates in the break room and watched as co-
      workers tried to chew them.

For more information on CareerBuilder.com surveys, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/AboutUs/IndustryTrends.aspx.