8 Tips for Pranking Your Co-Worker

An office that pranks together, stays together. Thanks to the Internet, you have an endless toolbox at your fingertips to pull off the perfect joke.

If you're a newbie to the pranking world, don't worry — I've been at this for years. (My prank at age 5 almost got my grandfather arrested.)

Since day one on the job, Mashable Video Production Manager Evan Engel has been pulling pranks on me. So when he was out of the office for two weeks, I went in for the emotional long con. Here's what I learned.

Step 1: Do your research.

You already have a major advantage: You're sitting at the computer. Stalk your prey online (not creepy when you're in prank mode). For our stunt, we found out that Evan's lifelong dream was to meet Star Wars' Mark HamillHe's even expressed his love to him on Twitter.