Office Pranks

Anyone who watches the Office knows that a good prank makes an otherwise boring day a little more tolerable. Whose day wouldn't be enhanced by finding their stapler in a jell-o mold? I laughed when it happened to me. Of course, that stapler is now unusable, so it sits on its side, next to my Michael and Dwight bobble heads, displaying my Assistant Regional Manager status to all who come in my office.

A certain swan candy dish has been making its way around the office here. When it went MIA for a week, it was replaced by an evil looking cabbage patch doll. I was impressed with myselph when I put a big pair of sunglasses on it and stuck it in Nicole's driver seat. Why don't people lock their doors? But alas, I have been outdone. My wife is good friends with the enemy, and they have conspired against me. I was going to grab a pillow last night, so I could lay comfortably on the couch and be bored by Sportscenter, when I noticed something was under the blanket. I put my hand on it to see what it was. I thought it was one of our animals, but it wasn't. I pulled back the blanket and found that satan doll in my bed. This was a well played move. I was impressed. That alone was a solid prank. But that wasn't the end of it. I pulled back the shower curtain to heat up the water this morning, and there sat the swan dish, right on the faucet. I had been hit with both in my own house.

These will be hard to top, but they will be. I will wait a while, but I'm coming back strong. In the meantime, if you work at New Hope, you should be keeping an eye out. One or both cherished items may be sneaking in your office soon. Aren't you glad we all have the same office key?

the office

Part of me misses working at ADT. Part of me misses working at Baymeadows. Both had their fair resemblance to The Office. I'm not 100% sure we resemble the Office crew at New Hope, but I'm pretty sure we'd be hilarious to make an episode about. I'm very excited for the return of the Office this Thursday, so it got me to thinking about who most closely resembles the characters from the show at New Hope. This is the best I can do...

• Charles has to be Michael Scott. He's the boss, and I think they both own the same "World's Best Boss" coffee mug. Plus, Michael's hair is thinning, so he should have the NH do soon.
• Jeff C must then be Dwight, because he is Assistant to the Regional Manager, Charles.
• Brian would be Ryan Howard. Why? Well, he's the new intern, and although Brian didn't start the fire, he used to be a fireman...so there's a natural tie between him and cheese pita fires. You can insert his name into the song, though: Brian started the fire!
  
• Danley Knight is none other than Stanley Hudson, because, as Dan puts it, they both have the spiritual gift of wet blanket.
• Just for the sake of not offending anyone, I'll go ahead and be Kevin Malone. After all, I'm chubby, and I make some pretty funny faces some times.
• Tammy takes Pam Beasley. Pam and Tam rhyme, and I clearly like rhyming all the timing. Oh, and she answers the majority of the phone calls.
• Since I'm already Kevin, out of the graciousness of my heart, and Angela is a woman, Jim Ford must be Oscar Martinez, but only because they're both in accounting. It should be noted, however, that Jim is not attracted to men.
• And Tim must be Andy Bernard. Tim has his own worship project going, and Andy has some musical skills of his own. I believe this is what is called a smart match.
• The Jim Halpert award goes to Kevin Rush. Congratulations. This is a prestigious award. He's the top sales guy, since he's the only one of us on the phone selling sponsorships for the Sticks. He's also young and hip.
• Default placements: Tom gets to be Creed (an age related decision...sorry, boss), and Bud is left to be Toby (also sorry on that one).
  

Unfortunately, I could not place everyone. I would be mugged if I made any of the women in our office out to be Phyllis, Angela, Kelly, or Meredith, so I'll pass on that.