Caption says he was gone for nine days, and he complains about probably having 800 emails - so right then and there, he's in return from holiday mode. The next day he'd be in a very different mood probably, not sure if it'd be funny then.
my gut feeling is that the boss hated it right there and then but after a little he would treshure this memory, plus I would keep the wall wraping up as long as posible as the walls are probebly the most dullest office grey(almost white) you can find.
A surprise like this, without adequate preparation, would cause anyone to have an attack of neurotic Christmas vomiting. That man has a psyche of steel.
Really depends on the job and the person. I've had a boss who always came in at least an hour before the first appointment, he'd have been fine. My current boss has a gazillion of meetings and zoom appointments and would be genuinely impeded by this, but also would probably love the idea. If we kept it out of her background and left the PC, she'd probably be fine (and be at most annoyed).
I can genuinely say I wouldn't care at all. But also I don't give one single fuck if my work gets done, so it's really just an excuse to spend some time doing anything but my actual job.
In my country, everyone knows that the week after returning from vacation is acclimatization time anyway. Nobody here expects a returned vacationee to be caught up fast.
Imagine if your fun didn't include wasting single-use wrapping paper. I am sure the trees that this came from really appreciated having their ecological role cut short for 30 seconds of amusement.
Paper comes from an infinitely replaceable, recyclable source. It literally isn't waste to use paper. lol. What the fuck are you going on about? Go plant a tree if you feel so bad about it instead of crying on the internet.
We did this to a work friend's cubicle when he left on vacation one time. It was fun. We didn't go quite as far as they did in this video, though (like wrapping individual drinks).
If I were this guy, I'd be both amused and annoyed. Having to unwrap to get back to work would be the pain point. I can unwrap a little at a time and just enjoy the holiday decorations for the stuff I'm not actively using. If some paper rips on something, that's the next thing to unwrap. NBD. Take lots of pictures.
"I can't believe you guys remembered my birthday! The Christmas theme is weird, but it's fine.
Ok, I'm gonna open this one first.
A USED keyboard? And it's the one I like? Nice.
Okay, what's this next one? An entire WALL? On your salary? I'm speechless. This means so much.
Alright, what are these? COMPUTER MONITORS? And you already set them up with all my logins and favorites which is literally the worst thing about setting up a new computer?? Fk ye.
Personally I would have embraced it and only unwrap the bare minimum needed to do my job. Then stubbornly continue to work in a gift-wrapped office for several months until co-workers get tired of looking at it and decide to take it all down themselves.
I couldn't. My ADD would have forced me to unwrap the entire thing before I did anything else meaningful. That, and the preponderance of the color red. I'd have had a terrible red-headache almost instantly.
My very first exposure/experience with ADHD was a young boy that lived in the same apartment building with my family. He was so hyperactive it was unreal. He eventually went on the Feingold diet and was just the sweetest kid. I've since had a problem with calling my issue "the same" as I could largely live normally, whereas he surely couldn't. Just feels weird.
FYI, you don't get paid to work your ass off on the clock 24/7. You get paid to perform a job. If you can perform said job and have time to spare, that time belongs to YOU, not your employer. But if you want to be someone's paycheck bitch, that's on you, lol. I feel sorry for people like you that believe that work exists only to perform work. We also have to live during that 30% of our live's we're on the clock.
I think the line between would be defined by what you wrap everything in. Christmas wrapping paper feels like it'd be what you use for someone you like. Just pure tape covering everything would be for someone you hate
My favorite teacher in high school was himself a prankster who taught shop. I got him with help one day by opening a utility door in the classroom to the lockers in the hallway. I got a friend to call him out, then started banging on the back of the lockers and calling for help. Despite our tiny lockers I managed to convince him to go for help. And as he started to run off for help we all ran out in the hall and yelled at him to help us. At first he was shocked, but then he started loling too.
Depends. Is it a prank or is it abuse? This video is abuse imo. If they had just bought him a 12 pack of his favorite drink and wrapped them all individually: that would be a good prank. Causing someone actually grief isn't a prank.
I hope it's the former. My team did this to me my first xmas at a big agency. Even several individual staples were wrapped lol. I walked in, turned around, closed door, walked out and got a coffee (I was already holding one).
Young me and old me would be annoyed, but impressed and can appreciate the humor. The waste doesn't bother me, so long as you're not wasting my shit. On the grand scale of things, this kinda shit doesn't break the bank, and it's the kinda thing that makes life interesting.
True. And I'd be grinning from the meticulous care and obvious love was put into doing it this neatly. I'd gently stroke the walls to admire the craftsmanship.
Cost $100 maybe, a few hours of employee time, in return for morale, memories, and, let's face it, if you're careful never having to buy xmas paper for your family again!
Wrapping paper is often dyed, laminated and/or contains non-paper additives such as gold and silver coloured shapes, glitter, plastics and so on, which cannot be recycled sadly.
We started using those big roll of paper you see in schools several years ago and got a couple stamps to decorate. Fully recyclable and SUPER cheap compared to wrapping paper.
Yes, you are absolutely right. But the tree could have been planted for that purpose. Decorating the office with plastic stuff that gets thrown away after one or two uses is probably much more environmentally unfriendly. These days, I try to find the lesser evils. Today, I read about a woman decorating a forest for Christmas. To me, that's much more wasteful. I myself got 3 new things for Christmas. Part of me finds that wasteful. I don't have much, but I have enough to decorate 2 small trees.1
All of those “this kinda stuff isn’t the problem” add up when there are 8 billion people in the world. Me riding a bike to work instead of driving isn’t going to impact climate change.
I'm not saying go roll coal in your car, i.e. be intentionally or negligently wasteful as a matter of habit throughout your life. I'm just saying, be mindful, but don't sweat a thing that happens to be a little wasteful. Just don't make a habit of it.
CJwhoIsKindToAllKinds
Reminds me of the punishment of Joe gatto on impossible Jokers. They did this to his entire house
SecondSince
The first few seconds my eyes thought this was a Minecraft house made with redstone blocks...
JesusofMethlehem
Use a COASTER! I just wrapped that desk.
Bugdaze
This is the absolute best.
wannabecarol
Well that was expensive.
LucilleWhoKnowsNot
Should have wrapped the inside doorknob.
PaulTomblin
“Ok, everybody in the office, we’re having an unwrapping party!”
sf111
PeacefullyDejected
Bladedrummer
Imagine this is the one day you showed up hungover XD
gropnorb
They've forgotten to do the ceiling panels
PowerPedant
Slackers.
Rogahar
That first "oh goddamnit" sounds a lot like this is not the first time his employees have pranked him lol
RevRagnarok
#1 "OH GOD DAMMIT" lololol perfect.
tinydog
I would've just been happy they thought of me. But then, I've never been a boss.
TheCarpe
Sylviastout
The way he was gently rubbing his ulcer.
DeeplyBroken
It's nice that you can have a relationship like this with your boss.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
I wanna see the reaction when they do it two days in a row.
dasklaus
Caption says he was gone for nine days, and he complains about probably having 800 emails - so right then and there, he's in return from holiday mode. The next day he'd be in a very different mood probably, not sure if it'd be funny then.
wherearemytesticles
ZackWester
my gut feeling is that the boss hated it right there and then but after a little he would treshure this memory, plus I would keep the wall wraping up as long as posible as the walls are probebly the most dullest office grey(almost white) you can find.
ThisGostakIsHereForTheDoshes
I like how it looks, I might keep it that way. Reminds me of arabic tents.
Gippo53
A surprise like this, without adequate preparation, would cause anyone to have an attack of neurotic Christmas vomiting. That man has a psyche of steel.
dasklaus
Really depends on the job and the person. I've had a boss who always came in at least an hour before the first appointment, he'd have been fine. My current boss has a gazillion of meetings and zoom appointments and would be genuinely impeded by this, but also would probably love the idea. If we kept it out of her background and left the PC, she'd probably be fine (and be at most annoyed).
mthrndr01
I can genuinely say I wouldn't care at all. But also I don't give one single fuck if my work gets done, so it's really just an excuse to spend some time doing anything but my actual job.
SilentScreamsX
I'd laugh about it while privately having a panic attack about how behind I'm going to get on my work because I now need to unwrap my freaking office.
ReaperCDN
You only need to unwrap the keyboard, mouse and monitor. The rest isn't required to do your job. You can unwrap that when you have time.
Eidodk
In my country, everyone knows that the week after returning from vacation is acclimatization time anyway. Nobody here expects a returned vacationee to be caught up fast.
GlacialFlour
What a waste of time and material.
BloodGoreJuicesGalore
Yeah, who needs fun? They need to get their asses back to work, those fucking robot employees. /s
GlacialFlour
Imagine if your fun didn't include wasting single-use wrapping paper. I am sure the trees that this came from really appreciated having their ecological role cut short for 30 seconds of amusement.
BloodGoreJuicesGalore
Paper comes from an infinitely replaceable, recyclable source. It literally isn't waste to use paper. lol. What the fuck are you going on about? Go plant a tree if you feel so bad about it instead of crying on the internet.
Jayboots
I would be laughing my ass off if that was my office. I'd get a kick out of it, as it fits my sense of humour.
amoeba15
My friends and I would wrap each others lockers in high school lol
Akurei00
We did this to a work friend's cubicle when he left on vacation one time. It was fun. We didn't go quite as far as they did in this video, though (like wrapping individual drinks).
If I were this guy, I'd be both amused and annoyed. Having to unwrap to get back to work would be the pain point. I can unwrap a little at a time and just enjoy the holiday decorations for the stuff I'm not actively using. If some paper rips on something, that's the next thing to unwrap. NBD. Take lots of pictures.
Jmarie453
"I can't believe you guys remembered my birthday!
The Christmas theme is weird, but it's fine.
Ok, I'm gonna open this one first.
A USED keyboard? And it's the one I like? Nice.
Okay, what's this next one? An entire WALL? On your salary? I'm speechless. This means so much.
Alright, what are these? COMPUTER MONITORS?
And you already set them up with all my logins and favorites which is literally the worst thing about setting up a new computer?? Fk ye.
Bonuses for everyone!"
NotSinceTheAccidend
“An entire WALL” I’m dying
ICannotStressThisEnoughBut
"A keyboard - just what I wanted" :'D I love that despite his obvious frustration, there's still a good sense of humour there...
anonymous
Personally I would have embraced it and only unwrap the bare minimum needed to do my job. Then stubbornly continue to work in a gift-wrapped office for several months until co-workers get tired of looking at it and decide to take it all down themselves.
Slickdoodle
I couldn't. My ADD would have forced me to unwrap the entire thing before I did anything else meaningful. That, and the preponderance of the color red. I'd have had a terrible red-headache almost instantly.
anonymous
The irony is that I would be this stubborn BECAUSE of my ADHD.
(BTW, we don't distinguish between ADD and ADHD anymore. It's the same disorder)
Slickdoodle
My very first exposure/experience with ADHD was a young boy that lived in the same apartment building with my family. He was so hyperactive it was unreal. He eventually went on the Feingold diet and was just the sweetest kid. I've since had a problem with calling my issue "the same" as I could largely live normally, whereas he surely couldn't. Just feels weird.
DarkfireDragon
Would that be a red-ache?
0ldGregg
My last boss would've instantly bitched about us wasting company time.
Magpiebones
Bosses like that dont get loving pranks.
jammer909
"if you have time to do this shit, you have time to work"
BloodGoreJuicesGalore
"I'm a very hard worker, I have time to do both, boss!"
Syxcfaq
As long as fucking around is on your own time, fine.
BloodGoreJuicesGalore
FYI, you don't get paid to work your ass off on the clock 24/7. You get paid to perform a job. If you can perform said job and have time to spare, that time belongs to YOU, not your employer. But if you want to be someone's paycheck bitch, that's on you, lol. I feel sorry for people like you that believe that work exists only to perform work. We also have to live during that 30% of our live's we're on the clock.
jammer909
I was quoting what bosses say. Was not saying I whole-heartedly agree with the sentiment.
Flareside
Honestly this looks like what you do to a boss you really like or really hate.
earthtokelly127001
Probably put all the wrapping paper and tape on the office charge account.
OnlyByMoonlight
Maahn
I think the line between would be defined by what you wrap everything in. Christmas wrapping paper feels like it'd be what you use for someone you like. Just pure tape covering everything would be for someone you hate
sunyudai
Tin foil for the hated one. Yeah.
Not me, but seen it done to a coworker, and that was pretty bad.
distraingotnobrakes
Never pranked anyone I didn’t like.
distraingotnobrakes
My favorite teacher in high school was himself a prankster who taught shop. I got him with help one day by opening a utility door in the classroom to the lockers in the hallway. I got a friend to call him out, then started banging on the back of the lockers and calling for help. Despite our tiny lockers I managed to convince him to go for help. And as he started to run off for help we all ran out in the hall and yelled at him to help us. At first he was shocked, but then he started loling too.
edwardhead
Oh I have.
Neomechavoltron
EVIL SHENANIGANS!
BananaForScaIe
RUN @distraingotnobrakes RUN!!!
distraingotnobrakes
But you’re a terrible asshole
GUESWHO2
Nah.
JaceTiger
Depends. Is it a prank or is it abuse? This video is abuse imo. If they had just bought him a 12 pack of his favorite drink and wrapped them all individually: that would be a good prank. Causing someone actually grief isn't a prank.
BananaForScaIe
I hope it's the former. My team did this to me my first xmas at a big agency. Even several individual staples were wrapped lol. I walked in, turned around, closed door, walked out and got a coffee (I was already holding one).
annielalala
"several individual staples were wrapped" I'm both in awe and slightly frightened by such commitment 😂
BananaForScaIe
I was impressed. I was also tempted to wrap everyone's staples later that evening, but held off as I really didn't feel like starting a prank war!
Betterbecauseofthem
Younger me would've found it amusing. Old me would've been annoyed and found it wasteful
Daroshioclock
and what about the current you?
youreathing
Older me would just go home and remind everyone who controls payroll. Older me is current me.
Outraider
Current, modern, dead inside me would sigh, unpack the essentials and accept it.
DasBeaker
Soooo both?
aguacatedeldiablo
Young me and old me would be annoyed, but impressed and can appreciate the humor. The waste doesn't bother me, so long as you're not wasting my shit. On the grand scale of things, this kinda shit doesn't break the bank, and it's the kinda thing that makes life interesting.
FoxySpirit
True. And I'd be grinning from the meticulous care and obvious love was put into doing it this neatly. I'd gently stroke the walls to admire the craftsmanship.
BananaForScaIe
Cost $100 maybe, a few hours of employee time, in return for morale, memories, and, let's face it, if you're careful never having to buy xmas paper for your family again!
JoeT85
older me want to know who's cleaning this up
ManByTechnicality
Older me would leave it. The power move is to embrace it. Keep it there until next year.
BananaForScaIe
Interns.
paynoattentiontousernames
Today me would probably find it tedious and only unwrap as little as needed to do my chores and just leave the rest indefinitely
joshuasplinth
You guys do this on the clock? Where’d the paper money come from? Petty cash?!?
InfOracle
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RickyTheDragonSteamboat
Is there another you that is not hypothetical?
Magpiebones
Wrapping paper is temporary by design.
VinnieJonesDiary
So is "disposable" plastic
jaramo811
Bad „design“ (purpose) is no excuse nor justification to produce waste.
ReaperCDN
*Everything* is a degree of waste. If something brings you happiness, it hasn't been wasted.
Magpiebones
Candy is a waste, alcohol is a waste. Toys and art are waste. Where do we draw the line?
NoBergine
How does current you feel about it?
SyntheticReindeer
Adult me, finds it fun, but I also cant help think of the waste
CardeasIV
Amusing, but wasteful. As boss, its easy to laugh and the tell em to put it back off
GloveFullaVaseline
A lot of it can be reused though, depending on how it was taped up.
Hemelsblauw
I get both of you. At least it's paper. And it's neatly done. :)
Kokaya
Wrapping paper is often dyed, laminated and/or contains non-paper additives such as gold and silver coloured shapes, glitter, plastics and so on, which cannot be recycled sadly.
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
*Begins wrapping bosses office in recycled brown paper bags everyone signed*
spittinfacts
We started using those big roll of paper you see in schools several years ago and got a couple stamps to decorate. Fully recyclable and SUPER cheap compared to wrapping paper.
yesmaybenot
Well, the tree wouldn't agree ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pyrowolf1
Wrapping paper is all laminated and shiny, how much "tree" is really in it?
Hemelsblauw
Yes, you are absolutely right. But the tree could have been planted for that purpose. Decorating the office with plastic stuff that gets thrown away after one or two uses is probably much more environmentally unfriendly.
These days, I try to find the lesser evils. Today, I read about a woman decorating a forest for Christmas. To me, that's much more wasteful. I myself got 3 new things for Christmas. Part of me finds that wasteful. I don't have much, but I have enough to decorate 2 small trees.1
Hemelsblauw
Living without buying new stuff is possible. But it ain't always easy.
rusrsdude
Did you have sex with the tree or something?
MrBoopyPutthole
It wasn't a redwood when I started.
aguacatedeldiablo
This kinda stuff isn't the problem.
kaarbaakimgr
All of those “this kinda stuff isn’t the problem” add up when there are 8 billion people in the world. Me riding a bike to work instead of driving isn’t going to impact climate change.
aguacatedeldiablo
I'm not saying go roll coal in your car, i.e. be intentionally or negligently wasteful as a matter of habit throughout your life. I'm just saying, be mindful, but don't sweat a thing that happens to be a little wasteful. Just don't make a habit of it.