April Fools is almost here

Coffee break
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For a good April Fool’s joke, you have to plan ahead. Here is one that worked well for me. It did require the boss’s approval as he had to send the memo. As soon as he read it, he was all in.

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MEMORANDUM

TO: All Directors, Managers and Team Members
FROM: XXXXXXXXXXXX, GM
RE: Too much time in the restrooms.

We have been noticing that our employees are spending far too much time in the restrooms. The I.T. department has come up with a way to use this to our advantage. Our new RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) badge technology has just arrived.

Starting next week, Maintenance will be installing new RFID Sensors in the ceiling of all restrooms. If you linger in the restroom more than 5 minutes, the tracking software will charge you .25 cents per minute. We are aware that not everyone carries money around these days and we wouldn’t want to cause you an embarrassing moment outside the restroom, so the badges and sensors won’t be tied to door locks, but will be Payroll Deductible for your convenience. You won’t have to worry about forgetting to swipe a card or anything as the system will detect your badge when you walk in the door and when you leave.

Please drop by Human Resources to have your photo taken for your new RFID Employee Badge.
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Another that worked very well. I sent out an email April 1 right after everyone got started. Must have been about 9:15.
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Attention:

Sorry for the short notice, but AT&T just showed up to work on the phone system. They said they will have to blow out the lines and it could cause a bit of dust. Please place your phone in your wastebasket to prevent having a big mess on your desk.

Sorry for any inconvenience,
Wilson
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The GM and Risk Manager grabbed their phones and headed to accounting. They sent me photos of waste baskets sitting on employees’ desks with phones in them. :rofl:

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Something that worked well here was putting out a notice to the public at large: “It has been a cold winter, and there’s still some snow and ice on the roads. We were not expecting to see icy roads at the end of March, and we did not buy enough de-icing salt to last through the winter season. Due to global warming, the entire country has not bought enough de-icing salt, and we’re running out of supplies.
We therefore ask everyone cooking pasta to empty the salt water pot on the road instead of in the drain. We need every gram of salt we can get!”

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