The tom-foolery is complete!

We finished redecorating [co-worker's] office this morning, as we understood he was arriving home from Montreal today. Apparently, he caught an early flight.  We had just enough time to finish and snap a few pictures before he came into the office.  Pjete and I had another project to take care of, so we were around the corner working when he came across his office.   We didn’t want to risk implicating ourselves by whipping out the camera, so we just listened and laughed.  From what we could hear, he was generally in good humor about the foil.

Here are the final pictures:

I thought I’d post pictures from our epic foiling prank. I had the fabulous Ashley B foiling with me today.  This is only phase 2; tomorrow, Pjete and I will finish wrapping the walls, couch, blinds, office chair, and – perhaps – the ceiling.

As today is BC Day, the office was closed. I was surprised to arrive and see my boss’s car in the parking lot, but as the recipient of my prank works in a different department, I wasn’t concerned about unwanted interruptions.  It seems, however, that our foiling was too loud. My boss heard us from the other side of the building, and came looking for the disconcerting noises. Seemingly, there’s a homeless man camping in our parking lot, and she was actually quite creeped out.  In any case, we were caught in action. The conversation played out as follows

Boss Lady:  Hello???? Is someone in there?

Us: Hi, [Boss Lady]

Boss Lady: Oh good, it’s just you guys. You know about the homeless guy in the parking lot, right? I think they’re going to ask him to leave. I was a little concerned about the noise.

Us: Sorry! We didn’t think we’d disturb anyone.

[insert ten minutes of small talk here]

Boss Lady: So what are you girls doing in [co-worker's] office?

Us: Oh, ya know, just a little redecorating. It’s a surprise.

Boss Lady: Oh nice, what are you working on?

Us: Oh, ya know, just wrapping everything in foil.

Boss Lady: (astonished look) Wow! I didn’t even notice! Wow! You guys… Well… I haven’t seen – or heard – anything!  Oh my gosh…

I was shocked that she didn’t immediately notice that everything was wrapped in foil. It was so funny. I stood there, trying not to laugh; I couldn’t figure out whether or not she had previously seen the office or if she had simply not seen the extent of the foil.

There are now just two phases left in this prank.  Phase Three is tomorrow; we will finish “redecorating” [coworker's] office.  Phase Four is later in the week; we will find a way to record [coworker's] reaction to the the prank with a hidden camera.  If Phase Four is successful, you will see a video at some point early next week.

After having a disastrous blog implosion earlier today, I’ve finally gotten ye olde blog back on the interwebs.  Unfortunately, everything posted thus far disappeared into cyberspace. I’ll get over it. It’s just going to take a while to finish getting everything back to normal. **sigh**