Try This Photocopier Prank for April Fools' Day

In this video, Dr. Justin Baeder shares a lighthearted photocopier prank idea for April Fools' Day.

Key Takeaways

  • Keep it fun - A harmless prank builds staff camaraderie
  • Humor matters in schools - Light moments help sustain morale in a demanding profession

Transcript

All right, so April Fool's Day is coming up.

And if you work in an office, you might want to try this prank.

You've probably seen the voice-operated photocopier prank, right?

Where you try to get people to yell at the copier by putting a sign on it that says it's voice-operated.

I've got one better for you today.

You can put this sign, go to principalcenter.com slash face ID, print out this PDF sign and put it on your copier in your office that says we're switching to face ID for the copier.

And you got to look into the copier, like the copy tray, and say, hey Siri, and then press the button.

to record your face ID and you can use that to make your copy.

So I've got a sign for you.

Give this a try.

Like, I don't think a ton of people will fall for it, but let me know what you think.

I think enough people will fall for it that it'll be a lot of fun and there's not really any cleanup.

So give that a try and let me know what you think.

And if you have a reaction video, if you have like a video of somebody falling for this prank, going, hey Siri, and then like accidentally Xeroxing their face, let me know in a reply.

and send me or stitch me in that video.

I'd love to see it.

And happy April Fool's Day.

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