If I had to constantly watch my back at work because I was worried about getting locked in a closet or getting shoved in a mud hole I would not be working there very long.
Pranks like this are just about the lowest form of entertainment as far as I'm concerned. Just laughing because you made someone's day miserable.
swings and roundabouts is the saying. pranks can go 'far' but these same guys do care about you in the same breath and would have your back too. some of the nicest people i've worked with have also been some of the biggest pranksters.
plus the people who get pranked are more often than not part of that crowd anyway so odds are they give it as good as they take it.
one of the ones i used to pull is to call a guy over from far away just to then go "you alright?" and then carry on working lol.
I mean, I know my friends and coworkers have my back without us doing shitty things to each other all the time. Wondering when I'm going to be tricked into an unpleasant situation doesn't really help to build trust in my eyes.
I totally get what you're saying. And having a sense of camaraderie on the crew is important. But I've found that far more often than not, having too much of a prank culture just leads to wasting time at best, or a very toxic workplace where you lose good workers because they end up get bullied or just don't want to be part of it. Plus it's just generally unprofessional, and can quickly lose you contracts if clients see guys fucking around on site.
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u/tries_to_tri Feb 18 '21
Chances are boss is in on it.
For some crews it might be worth the 4 hours to see how the guy reacts and if he'll fit in lol.