Target Pranks.

[happygoth]

I pull pranks......well I used to until I found that very realistic cobra snake at a yard sale and put it in the garden center during remodel. I also put a small fake snake in the bananas. My ETL was doing interview and I put fake roaches in his desk. When he opened the drawer they moved and very realistic.

OMG I would've screamed like a banshee at all of those!

My Mom once pulled a prank like that on me. She loved horror movies, and I'm not a fan. One day when I was still living at home, I got home from work, walked into my bedroom and promptly ran out screaming - Mom had put a rubber Freddy Krueger head on my desk.

She was gasping for breath from laughing so hard, but managed to choke out "you reacted just like I'd hoped you would!"

 

[Bufferine]

What do you mean used to? Did you get caught?

I never told anyone I was going to do it And never admitted anything.
I also put one of those rats from the dollar tree in the compactor. A very prissy TL saw it. She was traumatize. She made a huge deal so I figured I’d lay low.
The bad part was I didn’t get to see all the reactions and only heard pieces of the story because I was playing dumb and uninterested.

 

[redeye58]

One of our baristas was filling shelves in the walk-in while wearing her headphones so she was unaware of the FATM who was organizing the freezer until he came busting out.
The freezer may be sound-proof but the fridge is NOT; we heard her scream from the front counter.

 

[commiecorvus]

Sometimes it can be a small thing done consistently to the right person.
One of my counselors has some issues with things being out of place, not OCD but just likes things organized.
So I'd turn one of the chairs in the lobby into the walk way.
She'd come out and fix it.
An hour or so later I'd move it again.
She come out, put it back.
I'd have to be careful so that nobody else would notice I'm moving it or they would rat me out.

Managed to keep that going for almost week.
She was going a bit nuts and I had to stop.

 

[Tessa120]

I don't have OCD either, but if someone messes with my desk I go bonkers. And it's things like moving my keyboard a little or moving a pen or my pen cup. Hell day was the day that the cleaning lady wiped down all the desks. While I hated needing a standing desk, it was nice because no one touched my desk, not even the cleaning lady.

Edit: I actually think it's my ADHD, an external framework to keep my brain focused on tasks.

 

[happygoth]

I just hate clutter. I'm not Monk-level OCD, but I like things where they belong, lol. My work areas need to be organized. At the fitting room I can't stand having fixtures, sign holders, random items of clothing just strewn on the counter.

When I worked as a cashier at my former job, the first thing I would do when I reached my assigned station for the day was organize everything, because they were always a mess. No, the credit apps don't go over there, they go here. Stapler goes here, pens there, tape dispenser here, etc. When I was the manager of the Footwear department, the back room was immaculate. Fixtures, signs, ticketing supplies, everything organized and easy to reach. After I went to a different department, I covered breaks over in shoes occasionally and going into the back room would make want to cry, it was so trashed.

 

[RealFuckingName]

I'm a mess at home, but need work to be organized for improved efficiency at finding things. After you use it, fucking put it back. Thank you.

 

[buliSBI]

I worked one store that TMs call into the operator or Guest Service asking if ridiculous items or adult novelties were in stock.

As for me, I have done

• Glitter bombs
• Tape phone or walkie buttons down
• Glue headset to the phone base
• Blocked in cars with carts
• I placed a pyramid of TJ Maxx carts in front of the next door TJ store since they never get their carts. Or I would take the carts around the shopping center building to their dock (their only back door were steps).

At non-Target, IT jobs,

• I knew a guy that would place magnetic Adult bumperstickers on co-worker cars.
• If someone walked away from their computer without locking it, my group would change the computer backgrounds to a pic of a naked David Hasselloff with Puppies or My Little Pony, set their NEW EMAIL sound to "Look Everyone...I am looking at Porn!!!", or install a computer mouse jiggler.

 

[Tessa120]

At non-Target, IT jobs,

• I knew a guy that would place magnetic Adult bumperstickers on co-worker cars.
• If someone walked away from their computer without locking it, my group would change the computer backgrounds to a pic of a naked David Hasselloff with Puppies or My Little Pony, set their NEW EMAIL sound to "Look Everyone...I am looking at Porn!!!", or install a computer mouse jiggler.

Another job I had, someone didn't lock her computer during break. A sales manager switched her background to a very closeup picture of a cow sticking its tongue out (almost licking the lens, I kid you not). Another time the same manager taped a small piece of paper over the laser on her mouse.

 

[MrGSTLman]

Long time ago but we had this softlines signing that was a life-size cutout of a person. The cutout made the rounds but the best was when our signing TM at the time stuck it down one of the valleys in the fixture room that was conveniently located behind the Sign and Label PC so when people turned around they'd see it -- heard some really good shrieks too!!

 

[oath2order]

Glad I found this thread. A TM threw a plastic spider at me today! OMG, I almost jumped over the GS counter! Why did Halloween start so early?

 

[happygoth]

Long time ago but we had this softlines signing that was a life-size cutout of a person. The cutout made the rounds but the best was when our signing TM at the time stuck it down one of the valleys in the fixture room that was conveniently located behind the Sign and Label PC so when people turned around they'd see it -- heard some really good shrieks too!!

Who was it?

 

[MrGSTLman]

Who was it?

it wasn’t a celebrity it was just a rando person.