Cubicles full of paper....
OK, so it's not 'evil' like many of the things that'll be claimed this week, but (a) this one actually happened, and (b) it took ages to clean away afterwards, so it's evil as far as I'm concerned.

Anyway. I used to work in a typical cubicle farm, and there were always practical jokes being played. Boxes full of crumpled paper with the bottoms cut out, keyboard and mouse cables being switched (PS2 connectors obviously - not USB. That wouldn't achieve anything). Monitors being plugged into the PC next to it. Then we got a shredder.

Someone in the office mentioned that they had a hamster, and would appreciate some shredded paper. After a couple of days of finding bags and bags of the stuff, he begged us to stop. However, then we hit on the best idea.

One friday afternoon, after he'd gone home early, we taped up the entrance to his cubicle with big sheets of paper. We then removed the top part of the shredder, and suspended it over the side.

We obtained a five ream box of fanfold A4 (2500 sheets).

We put one end of the paper into the shredder, and made sure it caught. We stopped and restarted it a few times, until we had it straight. Then we went home.

On monday morning, the entire cubicle was full (and I mean full) of shredded paper.

It took him about four hours to get it out of everything.

I should say that we had tried to use a roll that we had with about two miles of 200mm wide paper on it. Unfortunately it weighed too much and the motor wouldn't pull it through.

Length? About 60 strips, each about 700m long. That's about 26 miles.

(edited to add that actually, it's about as evil as most of these. I'd expected 'so-and-so laughed at me, so I chopped his head off!! Hahahahaha!!!!eleventyone!!)
(ReAndyMator has been very bored since July, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 14:47, 4 replies)

that's amazing
I wish I could try that

fill my whole open plan office with the stuff!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 14:51, closed)

*clicks*
People can stop posting now. I think we have a winner.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 15:06, closed)

Wonderful.
I love the beautiful simplicity of it.

It's got all the hallmarks of the perfect prank - surprise, relevance to the target, experimentation in method and best of all, it's ultimately harmless.

Please accept this click as a token of my appreciation. *Click!*
(Guizmeaux, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 17:54, closed)

Oooh,
that's really going to fuck up your carbon footprint.

But totally worth it.
(LickOutTheJamsMotherfuckers!, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 19:37, closed)