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Feeling better, still stuffed up a bit, taking Aleve, snot is under control. Will be back to normal regular posts in a day or two.

The April Fools prank went very well. Just as the head boss lady said, there was a fake customer complaint email, done up by my coworker trying to get me, waiting for me in my in box. It was good because he made it out from an actual customer who would realistically write a complaint about me. Playing along and forwarding it to me, she chastized me and demanded an explanation. So in a hissy fit laden email, I shot back that I was offended, deserved more respect, and shocked at the lack of professionalism. I copied the email to two other regional managers. The juicy part of the email was that I told her I called the president of the company and suggested a meeting to discuss the "issues" and attitudes in our affiliate. I played it up by acting pissed off and saying I don't care what happens let some heads roll. I even stormed out for a few minutes and sat at the coffee shop next door.

She played along by forwarding back to the original wanna-be prankster acting mad that this was blowing up and now corporate headquarters is involved and he better come up with a good explanation. The other people copied on the email also called him complaining that they were dragged into this and thrown under the bus. He was sweating it out for the entire morning before we let him off the hook. SO mission accomplished, the prankster became the prankee.