People's Most Devilishly Effective Scams At Work

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mattstaff
Jul 14, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

This isn't the first time that we've read accounts of people trying to do the least amount of work possible while somehow still pulling their jobs off. People are quick to look to apply minimal effort when it comes to seeing their job's series of required tasks through. This fun Twitter thread has folks describing the most devilishly effective scams that they were able to pull off with cunning effectiveness at their jobs. 

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  • 01
    Font - Hustle Minhaj (Rohit) @rohshah07 Guys, what's a random scam you pulled off at work? A client once found our 30 page report too long. So I reduced the font size by 2 points and the report was 22 pages. He saw it and was like "guys this is fantastic" %3D
    via @rohshah07
  • 02
    Font - Juhi Modi @juhimodi Replying to @rohshah07 My friend left her handbag sitting prominently on her desk & slipped out to visit a Diwali mela with me. The scam worked for 4 hours. Her colleagues who poked their head into her cubicle thought she must be around because her handbag's here.
    via @rohshah07
  • 03
    Font - GT @WackoThoughts Replying to @rohshah07 This client was not liking the how the data was being displayed on the screen and asked us to change it up. I just switched the display colors and showed him. He loved it
    via @rohshah07
  • 04
    Font - Pooja Lapasia @poojalapasia Replying to @rohshah07 When I was working in a small organisation I wanted an approval for a software. There was a slim chance of me getting it. I just said our main competitor was also using this and it would be wise to get it. I had no idea if they did. And I got the approval.
    via @rohshah07
  • 05
    Font - Kichu @mrErohsikDing Replying to @rohshah07 There is a strict policy around plagiarism in our college (90% originality) for all our reports. Professors use some software to find this. I copy stuff from internet/friend and replace some alphabets with latin alphabets which looks similar. Worked like a charm.
    via @rohshah07
  • 06
    Font - lyeronical @LosingMotion Replying to @rohshah07 Our boss kept rejecting the brand manual & our designers were getting irritated at his unnecessary feedback. We didn't make any changes for 2 weeks. I sent the draft manual, renamed it each time to mark each revision(that never happened). The 'draft' got approved after few weeks.
    via @rohshah07
  • 07
    Font - Karun @Carun95 Replying to @rohshah07 Once, while working for a social impact firm, I prepared the minutes of the meeting document of a meeting l'd attended late so I just assumed what would've been the course of discussion from the start till I joined and turns out it was pretty accurate
    via @rohshah07
  • 08
    Font - out of context chopchop @lalajighabraye Replying to @rohshah07 my friends hacked the app used for ordering food at the canteen and ate all their 3 meals for free for 1 complete year.
    via @rohshah07
  • 09
    Rectangle - Shruti Shiva @ShivaShruti Replying to @rohshah07 Had to write a proposal + addendum where the terms insisted that it had to be 50 pages long. Put the anthem of Eritrea somewhere in those addendum pages. Won the bid :p
    via @rohshah07
  • 10
    Font - Dealer's Lair @bobdealer80 Replying to @rohshah07 Client wanted a document on Sunday for no reason, which would have meant a weekend gone. Added about 5000000 pages of wingdings and sent the draft. He obviously opened it much later in the week and called to say the agreement was corrupted. By that time the revised doc was ready.
    via @rohshah07
  • 11
    Rectangle - The Consultant @raulapegaya Replying to @rohshah07 I typically embed my initials in powerpoint decks deep in the slide master. That way, years later when people show me my own slides, I do a Ctrl+F and tell them who's the bosse
    via @rohshah07
  • 12
    Font - Rohit Bharati @vividBharati Replying to @rohshah07 A client kept asking for revision of an audio file. We started renaming the file as rev_5, rev_6 and so on. He approved the 7th which was the same as the first file we sent.
    via @rohshah07
  • 13
    Font - Hari Chakyar | 20m @harichakyar Replying to @rohshah07 Colleague calls up at 10.30 saying he had an accident and his hand is hurt and is going to the doctor. Comes to work after lunch with a plaster on his right arm, sling and all. Made another colleague type his mails for him, for two weeks.
    via @rohshah07
  • 14
    Font - Arun @NotJustNyNerd Replying to @rohshah07 T had an Outlook rule looking for specific keywords , so that an auto reply was sent stating "lam looking into this issue, I will get back to you as sson as we complete the analayis." Helped calm down the escalations.
    via @rohshah07
  • 15
    Font - Sanjeev Chhabra @chhabs63 Replying to @rohshah07 Old days. Based at Mumbai. Went to Delhi. Missed flight Delhi to Hyderabad for another meeting. Flew Delhi to Mumbai. Then hopped on straight to Mumbai Hyderabad flight. Came back to base. Submitted Travel expense for Mum-Del and back. A month later filed Mum-Hyd and back.
    via @rohshah07
  • 16
    Font - Abheejit @iAbheejit ... Replying to @rohshah07 Once used a industrial proximity sensor instead of a vibration sensor for a PhD dissertation demo coz we couldn't get the actual sensor in time. Demo'ed the working prototype and the seminar was a success.
    via @rohshah07
  • 17
    Font - Abhijeet @abhijeetttt Replying to @rohshah07 and @sagarcasm Copied a project from github and presented in class
    via @rohshah07
  • 18
    Rectangle - Average Joe @shubhamargade9 Replying to @rohshah07 and @sagarcasm My company pays for the milage if you work on weekends. I use to travel by public transport and used to claim milage for car by using registration number of my cousin. Used to make around 750 rs per Saturday.
    via @rohshah07
  • 19
    Font - U slayɛ? ... @niksw7 Replying to @rohshah07 This reminded me about my friend in college. We had to write a sorting algorithm for practical. My friend waited for some time listening what input professor was giving to other students , to simply long lines with hard-coded output at the end. Years still I am rofl
    via @rohshah07

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