” I was wiring a press brake at work”
Hey! I used to have the same job. Practical jokes were common in the shop. I had cut the tip of my left-hand ring finger. The bandage wouldn’t fit into my Winter glove. Had to fold my finger down against my palm, which left that finger of the glove empty. I put a very dry stick up into the glove finger. I went over to the shop foreman and said, “My finger doesn’t feel right.” Then I started bending it backwards. The stick finally broke with a loud “CRACK!” The look on my foreman’s face was priceless!
I work in a shop where we build gas turbines. The parts are really expensive and the practical jokes are real good. I usually get a new guy by asking him a question while I drop a scrap part right in front of him.
I did a variation of that to a boss. The hottest part in the plant I was tasked with completing. I set it on the ground then dropped something similar on the ground and then ran to the important part. Timing was everything and I pulled it off flawlessly. He almost couldn’t finish the meeting.
Good one! Buddy of mine runs a car dealership. One of his mechanics had a wooden leg and there were several “accidents” staged for the benefit of new employees involving taping a ziplock bag of catsup under his pantleg and getting his leg trapped under a hoist.