Fools Errands?

pmy.murphy · 30-10-2013 12:57PM #1

After pulling an age old prank on an apprentice co worker the other day. I sent him off to a shop with a list and estimated prices beside it to buy a battery powered electric plug, replacement bubble for a spirit level and a glass hammer. As gullible as he was, he actually went off and did it and came back raging cos he made such a fool of himself in the shop. A perfect time to reminisce on what other useless inventions. I can only think of 3 myself at the moment, a tin of tartan paint, rubber nails and a can of amniotic fluid

jem · 30-10-2013 05:48PM

stripy paint,
Skirting board ladder.
long stand

pmy.murphy · 30-10-2013 10:48PM

jem wrote: »

stripy paint,
Skirting board ladder.
long stand

Ah the skirting board ladder, I forgot about that one. Another one is the Inflatable Dartboard, 10 ft of Fallopian tubing, Manually operated Airbag and the left handed bowling ball. The list is endless, Its a brilliant prank to pull on idiots though

One shot on kill · 31-10-2013 12:42AM

Bucket of steam.

pmy.murphy · 31-10-2013 01:37AM

Reversible Drill is another one

Yawns · 31-10-2013 01:45AM

Sent a lounge boy out to mop the puddles in the beer garden when it was raining one night. Didn't want customers slipping I told him. He was out there a good few minutes before a lounge girl heard and felt sorry for him.

pauldla · 31-10-2013 05:39AM

Two young recruits sent out for the keys of the square on the last day of FCA summer camp. They were sent from billy to jack for a good hour ("No, I don't have it, go ask the QMS," etc).

tommyombomb · 31-10-2013 02:31PM

Glass hammer is always good

DundalkDuffman · 31-10-2013 08:37PM

The 2 I remember were ask for a long stand and get some elbow grease. Not that I fell for either of them or anything! Also remember vaguely someone asking for a leg of fish in a butchers many moons ago.

dobman88 · 31-10-2013 08:57PM

Sky hooks,
Guinness whitener (if working in a bar)
Keg polish,

Once told a guy at the end of a shift in a nightclub we had to keep all the bottle caps and send them back with the bottles, he started apologising for throwing them away and off he went to get the caps out of the dirty smelly skips. We forgot bout him until we were all leaving after clean up at about 5.30am. Went to get him and the poor fcuker had 100's of bottles capped. It's the only prank I ever felt bad about.

We ended up sending the same guy for screw in light bulbs, he flat out refused to go, even when the manager asked him. Would not budge, just went about his work laughing at us saying "screw in light bulbs, haha, ye wont catch me again!". We actually needed them and the guy went bright red when the manager came back with them

We also asked him to buy a Monday Millions ticket for everyone cos he was heading to the shop anyway and again, he refused. Just shows some people wont trust anything after being caught once.

Worked on a site a few years ago with a guy who either enjoyed being the joke or he genuinely didn't get it. We caught him for the long stand, level bubble, glass hammer, elbow grease, skirting board ladder, the lot. So one day at the bosses house the boss asked him to put water in the car for the windscreen, it was an old car and didn't have windscreen water. He came into the house 3 or 4 times to fill the jug back up, so we just assumed he was throwing the water away cos he didn't want to get caught.

I suppose he was sick of getting caught because he actually filled up the oil tank with water!! We still don't know if it was intentional but it was pretty funny at the time. And the boss paid for the damage himself and it put a stop to u pranking this guy.

ZENER · 31-10-2013 09:13PM

I can totally relate to this ! ^^

When I was a first year apprentice the job sparks sent me to the stores for a "Fish Tape". Thinking I was well clued in I point blank refused asking did he need a "long stand" and a "left handed hammer" as well all the while winking at him.

The sparks reported me to my supervisor who took me aside and showed me a fish tape, or fish wire as it's more commonly known. Lucky for me he had a sense of humour !!

Ken

Enright · 02-11-2013 02:51PM

Underwater hair dryer
Chocolate fire guard

Radio for a motor bike

Enright · 02-11-2013 02:54PM

Reminded me of Kevin Bloody Wilson

Worth a watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxtFd-P57BA

pmy.murphy · 02-11-2013 09:44PM

Lead Balloon
A Solar Powered Pacemaker
Waterproof Teabags
Inflatable Anchor
Pedal Powered Wheelchair
Hand Powered Chainsaw
Powdered Water
A Nintendo Printer
Transparent Curtains

jem · 03-11-2013 12:42PM

dehydrated water tablets

Ted_YNWA · 03-11-2013 12:49PM

Was working in the packaging department in a factory a few years ago making them frozen ready meals.

One day we were making 5 - bean chilli, I shouted in called one of the girls on the line over & told her to stop production as they were putting more than 5 beans into each one.

fobster · 04-11-2013 12:07PM

Worked in a butcher's was sent to get our pudding bender from the other butcher's down the road.

uch · 04-11-2013 04:43PM

A Leg of Mince

petrolcan · 10-11-2013 11:15PM

pmy.murphy wrote: »

replacement bubble for a spirit level and a glass hammer.

I work in a shop that could sell you these!

petrolcan · 10-11-2013 11:16PM

Enright wrote: »

Radio for a motor bike

BMW & Honda do these

Dr Bob · 10-11-2013 11:20PM

pmy.murphy wrote: »

...A Nintendo Printer

..seems legit..

minidazzler · 18-11-2013 04:39PM

Yawns wrote: »

Sent a lounge boy out to mop the puddles in the beer garden when it was raining one night. Didn't want customers slipping I told him. He was out there a good few minutes before a lounge girl heard and felt sorry for him.

I actually squeegee our smoking area when there are puddles even if it's raining...

Kovu · 18-11-2013 04:43PM

Sen my ex out for Diet Water one day. He came back looking very pee-d off

Yawns · 18-11-2013 06:25PM

minidazzler wrote: »

I actually squeegee our smoking area when there are puddles even if it's raining...

In this case he mopped the entire concrete ground in the extremely large unsheltered part. But carry on, it's only a funny story to tell let's add more ....................

Kilgore__Trout · 21-11-2013 06:56PM

This is how you do it : )

Funkfield · 21-11-2013 07:00PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Sen my ex out for Diet Water one day. He came back looking very pee-d off

This stuff?

The Glass Key · 21-11-2013 07:25PM

Used to work in landscaping and garden maintenance and every 2nd Friday during the grass cutting season we'd service all the lawn mowers.

Everyone did the servicing on "their" machine including changing the oil, new lads were always asked to change the oil in the Flymo (a 2 Stroke engine) and if you left them long enough and came back and asked if they'd changed the oil they would always swear that they had done.

A really brilliant one happened with the Time Sheets always signed and sent off on a Friday. So this one Friday we had this particularly gullible new lad and one of the older hands told him that he's have to sign his Time Sheet with two crosses because the office might get mixed up with his signature which was one cross.

Come Monday morning the office rings and wants to know what sort of idiot signs his time sheet with two crosses?

Shivers26 · 22-11-2013 01:11PM

One guy I know started working in a hotel bar when he was about 17. On his first day the bar manager told him he was really stuck for something for the bar and would he go to the next pub down the road and give a note to the barman to borrow whatever. He gets to the pub, the barman looks at the note and says 'sorry, can't help you but try X pub down the road', same thing happens again in the next pub.
On about the 5th pub he looks at the note:
'It's his first day, send him on to the next pub'

The Glass Key · 22-11-2013 01:36PM

Shivers26 wrote: »

One guy I know started working in a hotel bar when he was about 17. On his first day the bar manager told him he was really stuck for something for the bar and would he go to the next pub down the road and give a note to the barman to borrow whatever. He gets to the pub, the barman looks at the note and says 'sorry, can't help you but try X pub down the road', same thing happens again in the next pub.
On about the 5th pub he looks at the note:
'It's his first day, send him on to the next pub'

Similar story I have from a bar manager is that he started to pull a pint and then suddenly stopped exclaiming that this was disastrous and they might have to close be cause the Fallopian Tube was broken. New lad who had heard this was sent off to the next pub up the road to ask for a Fallopian Tube.

Xenophile · 24-11-2013 01:11AM

Many an apprentice in the motor industry was sent with an official written order made out to the local hardware store for a bucket of sparks for the welder.

893bet · 26-11-2013 07:55PM

Shivers26 wrote: »

One guy I know started working in a hotel bar when he was about 17. On his first day the bar manager told him he was really stuck for something for the bar and would he go to the next pub down the road and give a note to the barman to borrow whatever. He gets to the pub, the barman looks at the note and says 'sorry, can't help you but try X pub down the road', same thing happens again in the next pub.
On about the 5th pub he looks at the note:
'It's his first day, send him on to the next pub'

I doubt you know him rather this is an urban myth tale you heard from someone. Who gets a note and doesnt have a look at it? :P

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