October 14th, 2009
At the beginning of the school year, my hall way created something called “Prank Wars ‘09″.
We drew inspiration primarily from The Office and April Fools. However, Prank Wars has recently ended due to the overwhelming sensitivity it caused. One could say, that is should be called “Sensi Wars ‘09″.
Embarrassing a friend during a date … is perhaps one of the easier pranks.
Prank Wars was rooms vs. rooms.
The rules were simple:
1. no dead animals
2. no live animals
3. nothing that would interfere with any one’s GPAs
4. nothing that would ruin our chances of getting our housing deposits back
5. most of all, NO REPEAT PRANKS
Prank War started strong. Some pranks included: covering a car with post-it notes, putting things from the closet onto a bed, removing a pillows and replacing it with shredded paper, putting confetti onto the room fan, filling a room with all the items from the house, covering a entire room with magazines, etc. etc.
My favorite was when Maggie and Charlotte taped everyone into their rooms during 2 am. When my hall way woke up the next morning we had to cut ourselves out of the room.
As fun filled as Prank Wars sounds, it brought up some very sensitive … shall we say “sensi” moments.
People started getting paranoid about leaving their rooms for long extended amounts of time. No one trusted conversing groups. People started locking their rooms whenever they left. I remember a weekend when my roommate and I both left for a retreat and I was nervous to come back to a room that would be encased in foil or something equally ridiculous.
The ending point of Prank Wars was when it actually evoked tears. One team retaliated by repeating a prank, which is clearly a rule against Prank Wars. Thus, creating more stress and paranoia.
Eventually, everyone came to terms that Prank Wars just had to end.
I guess the moral of the story is, “prank wars” are intended to make friendships grow stronger, etc. etc.
JUST NEVER repeat a prank !!!!
R.I.P. Prank Wars ‘09.
You will never be forgotten.
