How to Annoy Your Boss

There are a variety of reasons you may want to annoy your boss, and there are a variety of ways to do it. The more creative you are, the more likely you’ll be able to annoy your boss without your boss even knowing it’s you. This is important, since crossing the line can mean your job. There are a variety of products out there that can annoy your boss while providing you with hours of entertainment.

Instructions

1. Purchase a product called the "annoy-a-tron." It is a small magnetic disk you can attach to the underside of a desk or inside a file cabinet drawer. It emits a single beep randomly every two to eight minutes. It’s loud enough to hear and mimics a beeping noise a computer or phone might make. Because it happens randomly, your boss won’t be able to trace where the noise is coming from.

2. Purchase a "Ninja remote." This is a product that will be particularly affective in annoying your boss if you work in a place that regularly utilizes TVs. The "Ninja remote" is small enough to go on a key chain, and can work from inside a pocket. It is a TV remote that can control the power, channel and mute on any TV. For example, if you work in a sports bar the day of a big game and your boss has been flipping out about everything going perfectly, with 10 seconds left in the game you can flip it to the Disney Channel without anyone knowing it was you.

3. Purchase a cricket machine. This is effective if you work in a school or office where the lights are regularly shut off or dimmed for presentations. The cricket machine is light sensitive and mimics the sound of a cricket, but only when the lights are turned out. So if the lights are turned on to look for the cricket, the machine will stop making the noise.

4. Purchase a remote controlled "fart machine." This will effectively annoy your boss if you work in an office with regular meetings. You can plant the machine in a discreet location in the meeting room before everyone gets there, and then control it from a remote in your pocket during the meeting while your boss is talking.

5. Repeat everything your boss says back to him. The key is to not make it obvious. Whenever your boss asks a question, repeat it back as a statement. For example, if your boss says, “Did you finish that report?” You would say, “Did I finish that report?” Then answer the question.

Tips & Warnings

• All of the products mentioned in this article can be purchased online at thinkgeek.com (see Resources below).

• When trying to annoy your boss you always want to be careful not to go to far or make it obvious you are trying to annoy him/her. You probably don’t want to lose your job.

Resources

• Think Geek