Working in an office isn't exactly the most enviable job in the world. You're hunched over a computer in a low-ceilinged room with a bunch of other people for hours on end, your eyes often straining from the cold glare of dodgy strip lights while you and your colleagues inhale and exhale the same stale air all day. But as you can see from this hilarious list compiled by Bored Panda, some offices look like a lot more fun than others! From practical jokes and creative cakes to possessed coffee machines and dinosaurs on Segways (don't ask), the pictures below will make you realize that working in an office can actually be kind of awesome.
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Post-It War Between Two Office Buildings Which Ended With Epic Finale
Paleontology Department On Halloween
Walked Past The IT Office Door And Noticed A New Sign
There's Only One Guy Who Works In My Office So We Changed The Men's Bathroom Sign
Office Safari. That's A Thing
This Is In The Office Bathroom Where I Work
A Coworker Got Tired Of People Asking Where Ed Is
Stuff You Only See In A Dog-Friendly Office
People Are Starting To Comment On How Late I Stay At The Office
My Coworker Spilled Wine In The Office So I Turned It Into A Spazzy Cat, He Loved It
Forever In The Friend Zone
So They Installed A New Coffee Machine At Work And Before Anyone Could Use It, I Placed This Sign On It... Best Three Hours Of My Life (I Have The Office Right In Front Of The Break Room)
koffie...Koffie...KOFFIEEE KKKKOOOFFIIIEEEEEEE MOTHERF&CKERRRRRR
A Project Manager From Our Office Is Getting Married, So We Decorated A Hard Hat For Her
My Coworkers Are Going To Hate Me
I Left A Toy Car As A Decoration For My Office's Meeting Room. I Guess Someone Didn't Want It There
Office Workers Think They're So Funny
Saw This In The Office Today
This Is What Happens When You Forget Your Work Badge At Home
Please Keep The Door Closed
My Friend May Have Way Too Much Time On His Hands
I Took My Googly Eyes To Work And Decorated My Coworker's Photos On His Desk
The Department Of Chanthropology
So My Dad's Whole Office Dressed As Him For Halloween
Rebellion At My Office In Response To A Request That We Not Print Large Jobs
So I Just Found This In My Office Break Room
Important Business Meetings At Work Today
This Is The Loaner Keyboard The It Dept Gives Us If We Spill Coffee On Ours While We Wait For A Replacement
So Yesterday The Copy Manager Where I Work Emailed Everyone Asking About Calendar Orders For 2013. I Emailed Her Back Saying I Needed One Of Cats Doing Karate. Found This In My Chair This Morning
So I Photocopied A Picture Of My Face And Put It In My Office Door Window
The President Of Our Company Is A Giant Kid, So For His Birthday We Made His Office Into A Ball Pit
The People In My Office Just Couldn't Help Themselves
My Coworker Decided He Wanted A Standing Desk
Just Another Day At The Office
Co-Worker Came Running Into My Office And Said "There Is A Big Leak Under The Water Heater"
How Work Went Today
I'm a little sorry for Linda. I don't like small talk when I'm busy but I would have told her instead of letting anyone know ....
How You Know It's A Busy Day At The Office
I shall now try to find enough office supplies to recreate this feat of balance and care.
I Was Told The Office Had A Great View
Co-Worker Gets Stabbed Last Week At A Bar. Today Is His First Day Back. I Work With Assholes
My Buddy's Office Ordered A Bulk Bag Of Easter Eggs. It Took Him A Minute Of Laughing To Realize They Didn't Get The Wrong Shipment
My IT Department Hands These Out To Employees Who Either Break Or Do Not Know How To Use Their Computer
Jake Is Leaving For A New Job, We Tried To Get Creative With The Cake
Spotted In The Washroom At Work
I'm 6'6" and I can vouch for that I almost developed a phobia of these!
A Friend Put Hand Lotion On Some Coworkers' Office Door Handles Yesterday. This Is Where He Found His Desk This Morning
My Coworker Keeps On Placing His Foot Under Our Divider, So I Added Some Googly Eyes
How Long Will Kim Jong Un Remain Up On The Staff Picture Wall?
An Email Went Out Around The Office About A Lost Pen. This Appeared In The Break Room The Next Day
Leave The Office For 10 Mins
A Friend At Work Got A Job With Bing.com, So I Got Him A Google Ice Cream Cake For His Last Day
My Friend And I Decided To Update Our Coworker's Pictures Of Him And His Girlfriend At His Desk. Took Him Over An Hour To Notice
I Visited A Friend At Her Lab Today. Her Coworkers Make People Wear "The Box Of Shame" When They Tell Bad Jokes Or Ask Stupid Questions
Left My Job Today, This Is The Cake They Got Me
Every Night Somebody Has Been Stealing Diet Coke Out Of The Minifridge In My Office. In Response, I Posted This On The Door
Just Found Out I'm On The Wall At Work
Always Leave Something Weird In Your Office Desk For The Next Person
My Friend Set Up An Office In The Lift, When The Doors Opened He'd Greet People With "Do You Have An Appointment"
"FU" Office Prank
Brought A Water Bottle Of Vodka To The Office Today For A Pregame I'm Attending Later Tonight. When To Get It When Suddenly
My Office Decided To Say 'F*ck It' Today
Proud Of My Submission For The Office Pumpkin Decorating Contest Today
Someone In My Office Bought 400 Of These Stickers. They've Been Showing Up Everywhere
Hot New Girl At Work Had A Question
ok where will the comments saying this is sexual harrassmant be? and i will have so many downvotes on this comment xD
This Is What Happens When People Submit Passive-Aggressive Office Memos Where I Work
Housekeeping At My Friend's Office Missed A Dead Cricket. It Has Since Snowballed Into A Full On Memorial
The Snail In Our Office Fish Tank Freaked Me Out Today
Recently Got Moved To A New Office, This Sign Is Glued To Wall
I Owed My Coworker $50. He Didn't Get It Back Easy
The Office Fridge Today
One of these is not like the others..... One of these is probably from the culprit :D
The Nerd Is Strong At My Office
Came Back From A Meeting, To Find Windows XP Installed On My Office Window
When You Request A Wall Clock For Your Office But Your Boss Is A D*ck
My Job Has An Interesting Way At Looking At Things
I Stumbled Upon This Evil Prank
Ever Since My Boss Has Had A Daughter I've Received Diminishing Amounts Of Attention. But I'll Be Damned If I'm Going To Let Her Artwork Be The Only Thing On Display In The Office
Testing My Office's Strict Dress Code. I'll Graduate To Two Feet Once I Feel I've... Slipped Under The Radar
Found This At Work Today
Won A Bet Against My Boss Nearly A Year Ago. Came Into Work To See That He Finally Paid Me... In Pennies
No One's Admitting They Put This Sign In The Toilet. There's Only One Scottish Guy In The Office
Our Office Card Readers
Pro Tip From A Picture We Have Hanging At My Office
No Human Decency At My Work
Fainted While Peeing At The Urinal At Work The Other Day, Resulting In Flashing My Penis To Coworkers And Peeing On The Floor. Found This Posted Above The Urinal The Next Day
I'm Always The Last Left In The Office So Before Leaving Tonight I Left A Couple Of These Around The Printers. Have A Fun Tuesday
Changed The 'Ready' Message On The Office Printer
My Coworker Brought Sugar To The Office For Her Coffee And Labeled It. One Of The Attorneys I Work With Responded
My Boss Has This Problem Solving Chart On His Office Wall
That's awesome!! Is "k******d" the same as "d******d" I presume?
Nothing Like A Little Office Shenanigans To Get Your Friday Rolling
Boss Got Locked In His Office And A Section Of The Wall Had To Be Cut Out
Found This In The Bathroom At Work This Morning
One Day, The Office Smells A Little Like The Ocean. The Next Day, This Appears On The Microwave
The Folks In The Office Are Going To Hate Me
Oh man! I want to pull this for April Fools' next year. That is amazing
My Lava Lamp Made A Dick. Coworker Is Amused
Saw This At Work The Other Day
So, My Office Is Having An Awkward Group Photo Contest. How'd We Do?
I Was Told To Kill A Spider Today At Work. This Is What Came Of That
I do not kill spiders unless I find them in my bed without my permission.
After A 50+ Email Chain With All The Men At My Company, We Decided It Was Only Fair To Have A Shark Tank In The Bathroom If The Women Got An Orchid. Our Office Manager Listened, And This Is What Showed Up On Monday Morning
The Latest Office Baby Announcement Just Got Awkward
At Least Your Coworkers Have A Great Sense Of Humour
Tuesday Is My Last Day At My Job. I'm Going To Be Hiding These Around The Office Before I Go
My Friend Asked Off Work, Manager Accidently Created A New Holiday
The Microwave At Work Died. Someone Took The Time Write An Obituary
This What Happened To My Cube Yesterday While I Was Out Of The Office... Where'd They Get A Toilet?
This Sideways Office Chair
Those Office Trends, I Don't Get Them
It Makes Me Flinch Every Time I Visit My Coworkers Office
Someone In Our Office Never Clears Up Properly After Shredding. Came In To This Today
Spotted In The Window Of A Biology Professor Office At A Community College
My Office Refuses To Take Down This Non Operating Antiquated Piece Of Equipment, So I Did The Only Logical Thing
Get yourself a line-simulator and have some fun with that baby! See how long it takes for someone to pick up the receiver.
Found This In The Bathroom At Work Today
The Kind Of Farewell Cake You Get For Your Last Day At A Vet Office
My Manager Told Me "Work Like You Meme It". This Is Now My Whiteboard At Work
Someone At My Work Is A Realist
My Coworker May Have Stolen My Prank Karma But Watching Her Take It Down Was Plenty Worth It
Made A Slight Alteration To My Office's Automatic Air Freshener
A Co-Worker Brought Homemade "Cheesecake" To The Office Today
I'm A Level 60 Office Archer
Office Ice Machine Breaks Down, Post-It Drama Ensues
This Office Worker Really Like Christmas
Our Office Doesn't Let Us Adjust The Thermostat, But My Coworker Figured Out A Workaround When She's Cold
How I Made The Office It Guy Hate Me
Someone Broke The Office Lucky Cat And Left An Apology Cake
My Husband Just Sent Me This Saying The Office Is A Minefield
This Sign Was Taped To One Of The Men's Bathroom Where I Work
Broken Pepsi Machine At Work
My Office Prank For My Self-Absorbed Boss
It Snowed 2 Inches Today, And I Am The Only Person In The Office. This Is Now The Underside Of My Coworker's Mouse
Got Laid Off - My Work Friends Nailed My Going Away Cake
Someone Keeps Doing This To Our Kitten Calendar At Work
Our Office Relocated Some Equipment. A Ninja Turtles Fan Had A Quick Response To The Posted Notice
Friend Was Asking Around The Office For A Tinkerbell Volunteer
Rain Man Got An Office Job
some one put a postit note on it saying well now you have 4311 rice and he'll have to count them all again.
Well, I Know What I'm Going Do To My Boss' Keurig
Coworker Is Out Of Town For A Few Days. I Wonder If He'll Notice When He Gets Back
My Coworker Has A Phonetic Alphabet Cheat Sheet For Phone Calls. He's In For A Surprise
This Is How My Coworker Avoids Taking Out His Garbage
Instead Of Installing Shelves In His Office Bathroom, My Friend Went For A Different Approach
If each one had a different colour, pattern, softness etc, it would be extremely useful. And I use the word useful quite wrongly.
Found This In The Office Pantry
My Coworker Handed Me This And Walked Off Without Saying Anything. I'm A Guy
A Co-Worker Went On Vacation, We Upgraded His Office Recently
The Milk Situation At Work Is Starting To Get A Little Serious
When my daughter was a baby, my brother took a few of my breast pump bags to put his milk in so no one would steal it.
Sarah Peeking Out Of Her Wrapped Cubicle
I Believe We Have An Office Thief
Daves 4 Life
My Passive-Aggressive Way To Make Our Cleaning Crew At Work Vacuum Up This Dead Roach That Has Been Sitting In The Hall For A Month
Or you just pick it op with a paper towel and trow it away... Seriously, a month?
Office Prank With Some Rope
We Got A Snowstorm Last Night. My (Female) Boss's Email Probably Shocked A Few People In Our Socal Office
Step Out Of The Office For Five Minutes And Came Back To This
My Hard Drive Is Dying And My Boss Said To Put It In The Freezer... I Don't Trust My Coworkers
Someone In The Office Thinks They Are Funny
Somebody Just Won The Prank War At My Construction Office
Someone Changed My Coworkers Pointer
The Company I Work For Wouldn't Buy The Guy That Runs The Shop A New Rolling Chair... So He Improvised And Rides In Style
I Was Told My New Office Had A "View Of The Hudson." They Were Not Wrong
Grass Keyboard Prank
I Wish My Office Could Say This
So the person who uploaded that photo has a velociraptor incident many times in his office
My Work Place Bathroom Doesn't Have Toilet Paper And Somebody Put This
I Was The Victim Of A Genius Office Prank
If you have ever used a copy machine, you would realize this would accomplish nothing. Your paper is between the glass and that pic.
A Printer Error At Work
My Boss Brought His Son To Work Today
Wore A Shoelace As A Belt For Work Today Out Of Desperation. Now The Office Thinks I'm The "Thong Guy."
In My Office's Kitchen Today
Replacing 'Out Of Order' Sign At The Work Vending Machine
Oh Look, Someone Posted Some Useful Information At Work Today
Professor Is Never In His Office So He Put A Giant Poster Of Himself On The Door
Someone In My Office Has The Right Idea
Coworkers Got Me A Led Desk Fan That Was Supposed To Say "Office Hottie" But When We Turned It On...
Apparently Debbie Has A Bit Of Bad Reputation Around The Office Refrigerator
Found In The Bathroom At Work. Someone Learned A Very Hard Lesson
My Coworkers Keep Stealing My Butter
We've Been Told A Shooting Occurred At The University Of South Carolina Where I Work. We Have A Door In The Back Of Our Office For Emergency Fire Department Access, And We Figured We'd Open It And Check It Out In Case We Need An Escape Route
This Is At The Research Lab Where I Work
When You Leave A Note In An Office Full Of Editors
It's Entirely Possible My Cynicism And Frustration With Coworkers Is Starting To Show
Today We Played The Trust Game At Work... People Hovered For Hours Before The First Brave Person Stepped Up. Spoiler: They Were Totally Fine
Found This In The Office Fridge This Morning
Passive Aggression Level: Office
Why I'm Currently The Office Menace
First Day At The New Job, Saw This On My Bosses Door
This Is What Our It Guy Wore To The Office Today
Pranked My Coworker By Photoshopping His Face Into His Many Comics Hung On His Cube Walls
1) that is a REALLY awesome desk. 2) how long before he noticed?
I Walked Into The Break Room At Work, And Found This
My Coworker Returned From His Vacation In England To This
The Office Keurig Might Be Possessed
Found This In My Office... Clearly Productivity Is On The Rise
Everyone Said My Office Was Too Plain So I Hung Some Art
My Office Is Struggling With The "Go Green" Concept
So I Bring A Pecan Pie To Work. By Noon It Was Missing. Found It A Few Hours Later In My Boss's Office
Costco Had A Deal On For Giant Teddy Bears, It Turns Out They Are Perfect For The Office Environment
This "Stapler" Just Appeared In My Office. The Least I Can Do Is Warn My Colleagues
My Wife Started A New Job 2 Weeks Ago And Today She Saw This In The Office Kitchen
2,000 Balloons In My Boss' Office
Went To The Office Holiday Party. Didn't Know Corporate Was Going To Be There
Saw This On The Noticeboard Outside The IT Office At Uni
The Real It Guy's Office
Someone At Work Got Tired Of Paul's Shit
I Put A Bowl Of Skittles, M&M's, And Reese's Pieces In The Break Room This Morning. Went In There At Lunch To Find This
Well... Someone In The Office Clearly Has Too Much Free Time
There's A Prankster In The Newsroom
My Buddy Got Written Up At Work After Some Complaints. His Supervisor Thought It Was Hilarious Though
He's just trying to bring a little montel into their lives. They should be thanking him.
I'm On Vacation This Week So I Snuck In Late Sunday Night And Set This Up
I Love My Coworkers
Best Office Prank Ever
Heard A Coworker Yelling "Copy!" At The New Printer. We Seem To Have A Troll
Wondered Why Coworker Was Holding A Stick. It's Official
This Guy Used To Come Into The Office Early In The Morning With Explosive Diarrhea. One Day He Murdered The Toilet And Prompted This Response From Management
I Pranked My Office Mate Last Friday, Came In This Morning To Find This
Chips And Salsa Are A Common Snack Around The Office. I'm About To Find Out Who The Brave Ones Are
A Few People At My Office Decided To Dress Like Our Boss For Halloween
Found This In The Men's Bathroom At Work This Morning
I Was Out Of The Office For 2 Weeks And Found This When I Got Back. Thank You, Co-Workers
I would love it and add tiny lawn ornaments... maybe a fairy or two..
Someone In My Office Got Crafty For Pi Day
Office Dating Advice
Love means nothing to ANY sort of celebrity.
Just Another Day At The Office
Kev Was A Little Bored In The Office Today
I've always wanted to do that but don't know how. someone here know?
Saw This On Reddit A Few Days Ago. Framed It And Put It In My Coworkers Office While He Was On Vacation
Looks remarkably like Mama June. An ancestor or a skillful photoshop?
When You Work In An Office, You Gotta Make Your Own Fun
Mandatory Office Meeting On My Day Off. Yep Going Like This
I Passed This To My Coworker During A Meeting. He Gave Me A "Not Bad"
I was thinking 'yeah, meetings, this is a grade schoolers handwriting!'. Obviously after reading entire text I'm not that suspecting anymore :P
We Keep Finding New Things To Do With The Office Bowling Ball
As The Only Jewish Person In The Office, I Can Appreciate My Co-Workers' Effort
Found This In My Writing Coaches Office
I Filled The Door To My Office With A Life-Sized Print Of Myself Working At My Desk. Nobody Noticed When I Left Early
Someone Made An Improvement To This Print At My Office
So The Vending Machine At My Office Is Acting Up
This Guy Just Walked Into My Meeting At Work
Remember To Lock Your Office Door When Gone On Your Birthday
As Office It, My Response To Google Cloud Print Complains
Sign Hung Up In The Bathroom Of Work
Started A New Networking Job. In The Server Closet, I Found A Box Left By The Previous Tech That Read "In Case Of Network Emergency, Open Box"
This Is A Thing That Happens When You Work In An Office Full Of Women
Came In To The Office Today. Coworker Gave Me This
Found This In The Office Kitchen This Morning
How To Decorate A Office Cubicle For A Birthday
Office Prank
Take Your Child To Work Day Summed Up In One Photo
Or as I call it, "My house, every day, and my youngest child is 26."
Coworker Kept Using My Creamer. I Live On A Farm And He Knows It
I've Had My Dare Certificate From 5th Grade Hanging In My Office For Months... Someone Finally Called Me Out On It Today
America's Favorite Cable Company Installed A New Box In Our Office. I Have No Idea Why They Have Customer Service Issues
Someone In My Office Has A Plan For The Evening
Got A New Job Last Week. This Is The Leaving Cake I Made For The Office On My Last Day
You had to get your own going away cake?? That's kinda sad...oh wait...are you the Admin for the office??
My Coworker Is So Proud, I'm So Embarrassed
3 Of My Professors Share An Office. This Was Just Put Up On Their Door
Um...is one of them seriously named Hari Nepal??? That is better than the sign. Just saying.
Yesterday Was A Coworker's Last Day And Was Told He Needed To Pack Up His Office... We Helped
Saw This In My Office, Someone Messed Up
Someone At My Office Got Label Maker Happy, End Rhyme Style
So This Is My Friend's New Office
My Coworker Decided That Desks Are Stupid
Someone Here Prank My Work Station
My Coworker, In Response To Dramatic Surge Of Tablet User In Our Office
So A Door At Our Office Won't Open
When You Call In Sick At My Job, We Turn Your Desk Into '92
Sometimes Your Coworkers Are D*cks
A Coworker Took The Day Off And Another Coworker Decided To Pull One Of The Best Pranks By Packing All His Stuff In A Box And Having The Vp Of Our Department Set Up An 8:30am Meeting With Him
A Pile Of These Mousepads Arrived At Our Office Today
Someone In My Office Apparently Tried To Xerox Whatever Was On Their Ipad Screen
I Am The Only Man In An Office Full Of Women. What Are They Doing In The Break Room?
Our Office Had A Big High Tech Coffee Machine Installed Yesterday. This Untrue Note Someone Put On It Has Been Leading To A Lot Of Confusion This Morning
The Nerf War At My Office Has Become A Game Of Readiness
My Coworker Had His Ham Stolen From The Fridge And Left This Note, The Culprit Responded
April Fools Office Prank. It Has Been Called Twice Already
Posted This Sign After Everyone In My Law Office Had At Least One Brownie (And No, I Didn't Really... Unfortunately) I Says "This Variety Of Special Brownie Has Slow Absorbtion, But Do Not Under Any Circumstances Eat More Than One (Unless Your Tolerance Is Very High). You Should Feel The Effects Right Around 5pm"
Everyone In My Office Is A Karma Whore... Even The Halloween Decorations
My Coworker's Idea Of April Fools; Putting My Desk Flair In The Vending Machine
I'm The Only Male At An Office Full Of Women. I've Never Seen A Whole Dessert
Poor women, just enjoy a whole cupcake, life is too short to cut them in half.
Still Using My Bachelor Of Science In Interior Design After All These Years
Taking Passive - Aggressive To A New Level At The Office
Someone At My Office Apparently Takes Their Utensil Cleanliness Seriously
Well, why do not use regular spoons and clean them after usage (even before if you are very concerned with your ustensil cleanliness)? More ecologic and cheaper on the long term
So My Boss Decided To Buy A Coffee Table To Fill Up The Empty Space In Our Office. We Added A Chair To Our New Coffee Table
I Love My Racist Office
How To Know Your Staff Loves You?
My Office Had To Put This Up In The Bathroom Last Week
I Found This Awesome Assassin's Creed Picture In Someone's Office Today
My Coworker Uses A Phonetic Alphabet Cheat Sheet For Phone Calls. He's In For Surprise
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Šarūnė is a List Curator here at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. Before BP, she traveled quite a bit and now could tell you some interesting stories about Alaskan black bears or how to survive +35°C while hiking in the Portuguese mountains. Later, she worked as a freelance copywriter for a travel agency until one day, she just became a bored panda. Now, Šarūnė can easily create a list of "30 Reasons Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats".
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Šarūnė is a List Curator here at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. Before BP, she traveled quite a bit and now could tell you some interesting stories about Alaskan black bears or how to survive +35°C while hiking in the Portuguese mountains. Later, she worked as a freelance copywriter for a travel agency until one day, she just became a bored panda. Now, Šarūnė can easily create a list of "30 Reasons Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats".
Apparently working in an office makes everyone mental at some point. ;)
Omg this is the perfect this to browse when at work during down time.
To be honest this are all amazing pics hahaha wish my work was this fun at least from time to time, maybe I'd want to burn them all down less.
I hid an annoy-a-tron on a co workers desk one day. was fun watching him try to figure out what the noise was... took him about three hours before he finally asked and I cracked up. He said he thought his computer was going to blow up!
When I first saw the pumpkin in shades with a present, I thought. "naw...is that Justin Timberlake pumpkin?" I'm dyin'! And eejits shouldn't even get a real Etch-A-Sketch, just the picture will do.
Apparently working in an office makes everyone mental at some point. ;)
Omg this is the perfect this to browse when at work during down time.
To be honest this are all amazing pics hahaha wish my work was this fun at least from time to time, maybe I'd want to burn them all down less.
I hid an annoy-a-tron on a co workers desk one day. was fun watching him try to figure out what the noise was... took him about three hours before he finally asked and I cracked up. He said he thought his computer was going to blow up!
When I first saw the pumpkin in shades with a present, I thought. "naw...is that Justin Timberlake pumpkin?" I'm dyin'! And eejits shouldn't even get a real Etch-A-Sketch, just the picture will do.