Yeah, but would you invite me to a party? 
Bad and uncaring businesses are a quality target. But you might victimize innocent patrons or employees if these people are not included as targets.
I think what you’re referring to is collateral damage.
I just remembered one where I was the victim. Not much of a prank but they got me good. A “friend” of mine got off work just before me and happened to park close to me in the lot. He saw my car and recognized it. It was late evening, so it was dark. He also noticed a pickup truck with a bit of a lift on it parked next to my car. He crawled on his belly under the truck and hid waiting for me to unlock my car. The moment my keys went into the lock he grabbed both my ankles and growled. I jumped about 3 feet into the air… punk…
Here’s one that’s quite timely good for a few yuks . .
1 inch clear heat shrink tube encasing a grilled hot dog. Grill dog, shrink tubing around dog, back on grill for a few broiled grate marks, put on bun, dress with condiments, serve and watch the fun begin as the unsuspecting eater of said dog tries to gnaw through the shrunken and undetectable polyethylene shroud!
I had a most terrible prank pulled on me once. We were ‘down the shore’ at a party in Wildwood NJ. The Villas to be exact, where I was S-faced drunk and latter passed out on a lounge chair.
Sometime later I woke up in shock with cold water flowing heavily onto my private parts. I was soaked as I went to reach for the hose that was shoved into my pants and turned on full. It was then that I realized I was completely duct tapped to the lounge chair.
I realized that escape was going to be very difficult if not impossible so I began shouting. It was completely dark as the lights started coming on in the house of the yard that I was in. I then realized that this is not the house where the party was.I didnt recognize the people came to the back door to see who was screaming in their back yard.
Thankfully they had a sense of humor as this family cut me free from the chair. I was embarrassed and still pretty drunk as I thanked them for their help and carried my lounge chair back into the road.
Then I had to figure out where the hell I was and how to get back.
Some friends I had, right?
I got tears in my eyes from that one! ;D
Understanding the events that shaped your life really makes me understand how you became the guy we all know and love.
Wow man! WOW!!!
I’ve done a few pranks that, fortunately, escaped detection on the HR radar. Here’s one from 8 years ago:
One of the staff members at work really enjoyed pulling pranks on April Fool’s Day. So, to get the guys in the office, she decided to place Saran Wrap over the toilet bowl and then put both seats down. The idea was that the Saran Wrap would be stretched tight and looks clear as glass and the guys who used that toilet would get a lot of back splatter.
Well, it didn’t work—it wasn’t stretched tight (reflected too much overhead light). I decided to turn the tables. I pulled it off and promptly went to the employee’s restroom (used only by the females in the office) and applied the Saran Wrap properly. I figured it was a long shot.
Turns out that our 65 year old Type A++ Control Freak Office Manager who was already quite annoyed with all the dumb April Fools jokes being played on everyone that day had to answer Nature’s Call. She just charged in there, pulled up her skirt, sat down, turned it on “blast!” and treated herself to a golden bidet.
She didn’t look at or speak to me for 3 days afterwards. When she finally did, I couldn’t help myself—I burst out laughing!
A really simple, but hillarious one for the office is to go around and lower everyone’s chairs as far as they go. It’s kinda funny, becuase office chairs will go very low, and when you are used to them being a certain height it will surprise the heck out of you. We’ve even had people go to sit down, and scream because they thought they were falling. Kinda funny and harmless…
A coworker and I had some fun with a guy in the office who made the mistake of complaining that someone was stealing his Mountain Dew every afternoon. He’s a good sport so we couldn’t resist messing with him. Everyday we would do things to his soda.
He always brought in 2 cans of Dew that he taped together with his name on them. First day, we replaced the morning can with new one. Second day, we added 2. Third day, we drilled a hole in the bottom of a can and drained it, then replaced the afternoon can. This went on and on. We drained and refilled cans with Kool-aid, salt water and expanding foam.
The funniest part was that he’d run over to us everyday to tell us what the prankster had done that day and ask for ideas on who we though it might be. We gave him lots of ideas but they never seemed to work out. 
He finally figured it out when both of us were on vacation and nothing happened. Somebody then spilled the beans and everyone had a good laugh. It’s been 10 years and I still check under my desk everyday waiting for the reprisal. ;D
Paul
its all coming back to me. i really must have soaked up a lot of radiation. we used to take small capacitors from old electronics and put them into outlets controlled by light switches. people would come in to a room flip the switch and instead of a normal lighted room there would be a brief fireball and then darkness as the capacitor exploded from the 120v ac.
Classic stuff!
In some versions of Windows there’s a multi-key macro that will rotate the computer’s display by 90 degrees. We pulled that one a lot on a coworker who wasn’t very computer-savvy and didn’t know the command. For a while, we’d do it every time he left the room. He always assumed he’d done something wrong, or that his PC had a virus. That key combo doesn’t seem to work in Windows 7, though.
Sometimes when I’m in a bad mood and see someone leave their car running in a fire lane to “run in for just one thing”, I’ll turn it around so it’s pointed in the opposite direction, then discreetly watch as they come out of the store and freak out. I like to think that they never do it again, but that’s probably wishful thinking…
i think i saw you on that tv show “bait car” but officer i was just moving it for a friend… here have a homebrew.
Yeah, I think even for just that U-turn you do - it’s still Grand Theft Auto.
Oh yeah, no doubt. That’s why unless I actually see them park and walk in, I just call the cops.