prank for those who like pranks

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

I went to a job interview today and the interviewer was drinking from a white mug. However, on the bottom of the mug was written "I'm a twat" in what appeared to be black permanent marker. Or it may have even been sold that way pre-printed by a joke shop. Maybe I should sell them on ebay. I think they could be popular.

This really threw me, while I was trying to concentrate on saying how ace I was. I wondered if it was on purpose to see how I'd react, but I think someone had played a prank on him, or it was a mug in general circulation that someone had played a prank with.

Quite bizarre, but pretty clever and effective if any of you are into pranks, which I'm sure you are.

The clever bit, was it was written at just the right orientation to be read while being emptied. It's those details that count, for those who intend to use this.

I'm now wondering if I should tell the guy or not.

On the one hand, he may appreciate me being candid, on the other he may be embarassed if I let him know and that might put him off hiring me.

Interview went well.

I'm currently thinking only tell him, if I don't get the job.

EDIT just found the mug in question on ebay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thumbs-Up-Surprise-Mug-Im-Twat-Brand-New-/320842761554?pt=UK_HG_DrinkingGlassware_RL&hash=item4ab3b80552#ht_672204wt_916

it was definitely that not permanent marker as I suggested at first.

big range of prices, £27.99 to £3.50
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carlosthejack... · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Karma :

How bizarre. I think I might have struggled not to laugh and comment. While I think you might be reading too much into it, maybe it was a bit of a test to see how observant, honest and willing to take on a difficult issue you were. Then again, maybe it was just a mug, and the rest of the workforce are pissing themselves.
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

ah well, as with bcf reposts, they are still good to people who havent seen them before.

Carlos, I reckon the guy who interviewed me is more the sort to have tricks played on him, than devise devilish interview techniques, but I could be wrong.

He also works in IT, and they use domain or IP tracking to locate people who have shown an interest in their website, so hopefully he's not somehow reading this now, as I did visit his website, but I'm probably getting a bit carried away with the conspiracy there.
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Babba · Banned Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Karma :

I've done worse . . . a lot worse to folk in the office Very Happy

What kind of job was the interview for?

It could well have been part of a psychometric test & IMO you would have done well to at least broach the subject with him.

But then again, maybe someone in the office thinks he's a twat.

I'm leaning towards psychometric testing or a very, very, very informal & relaxed atmosphere to put a potential grunt at ease.

If the position being interviewed for was a serious one, then I'd consider it most unproffessional for an interviewer to be drinking from a mug !

Alpha-9 · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Jan 2012 Karma :

I would have just been like Haha Nice mug

If they don't like my genuine personality then the chances are I wont like them either and don't want/wouldn't like the job Thumbs Up

and they can gtfo Middle Finger

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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

Probably not his mug, stuff on the bottom of mugs is a common office novelty item as seen in the IT crowd.
https://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/medium/124417_11Jun10_DSC06384_petite.jpg

He probably just grabbed one out of the cupboard without realising which one it was.

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Seen them knocking about a fair bit....

https://www.boysstuff.co.uk/bachelor-pad/product/surprise-mug-im-a-twat/?gclid=CI6kp6DBxq4CFeMmtAodPBdvaw

https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31XtgJ7nYjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

Well i got the job. I might ask him about the mug.
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Nicely done Colin
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Harold_Shand's theory might be the best explanation.

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You passed the test!
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

Funnily enough i sold a car recently and the tire kickers approach to negotiation was a lot like that clip. After a while he said he couldn't buy at the price i wanted. We said our goodbyes and he got in his car and i closed my front door. A few minutes later he knocked on the door agreeing to pay.
The twist with the job is I've accepted but another better job is still interested in me but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Interestingly these came for me a after i had updated my CV on a job site so i guess they only look at recently updated ones, so a tip for all you job seekers would be to update often so they know you are still looking for work.
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

The outcome is that the guy uses that mug all the time so it wasn't someone playing a trick on him or him using a special mug for the interview.
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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Nice one, Col. Well done on getting the job Cool

I actually had a slightly different but also similarly tricky situation in a job interview today.

Of the panel of 3 interviewing me, the most senior (I think) was a professor who had one of those eyes which goes all over the place. Marty Feldman-ish sorto thing, with a lazy eyelid: God, its so hard to know which one to look at, without actually asking, so I tried to be egalitarian about it and look at both (separately) Mr. Green

Dunno if I will get the job, maybe I looked at the wrong eye *sigh* BUT ... if I get the job I would [eventually] ask the Prof about his eye.
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