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17 Zoom Pranks for Quiet Quitters

The fox says, “You are on mute.”

Mark Suroviec, M.Ed.
The Haven
Published in
5 min readSep 22, 2022

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Zoom fox avatar. Screenshot by Author

Suffering through another Zoom call that should be a deleted email?

Quietly quitting lacking the drama and mischief you hoped for?

Disrespected at your job since the reign of Pope John Paul II?

Wearing your pandemic pants to mandatory office days?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, try some of these award-winning self-care tactics of Zoom call buffoonery.

The Blocker

Add Zoom.com to the list of blocked websites in your antivirus software. When IT investigates, confidently declare, “I KNOW FOR A FACT — Zoom is a porn site.”

The Improv Performer

Deflect the meeting agenda by saying “Yes, and” to every comment in the meeting. Misuse this helpful improv strategy to steer topics towards your co-workers’ hot buttons.

“The website wireframes look crisper than the previous design. I’m still worried we chose the wrong font size.”

Yes, and can you believe building security caught Eugene making extacy pills out of print toner? Janice, aren’t…

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Mark Suroviec, M.Ed.
The Haven

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