From the person who virtually wrote the book on procrastination, I return with another season of “With ease!”. As the team leader working with Gobi and two other members, many of our meetings have been cancelled, promises broken and work put off until 48 hours before due date. While Gobi and I are accustomed to such work habits, the other two members are not and we decided to exploit their fear with some pranks. The first prank came in the form of a msn conversation between one of the members who was at home with Gobi and I in the computing science labs. Keep in mind this conversation took place with less than 48 hours before the deadline:
[14:55:31] gobi says:
dickson went snowboarding
[14:55:37] Manjammer says:
F*CK
[14:55:44] Manjammer says:
does he have code up
[14:55:51] gobi says:
he hasnt started
[14:55:59] Manjammer says:
his msn says that hes at compsci
[14:56:03] Manjammer says:
F*CK
[14:56:07] gobi says:
hes tricking us
[14:56:12] Manjammer says:
DAMNIT
[14:56:19] Manjammer says:
he said that he was working on it yesterday
[14:56:37] gobi says:
thats what he told me too
[14:56:54] Manjammer says:
and how do you know that he wasnt
[14:57:06] gobi says:
because i asked his friend and he went snowboarding
[14:57:53] Manjammer says:
our leader is f*cking us over
[14:58:15] gobi says:
what should we do now?
[14:59:10] Manjammer says:
you have jbuilder you start the ui
[14:59:57] gobi says:
what are you going to do?
[15:00:44] Manjammer says:
cry
[15:00:54] gobi says:
ok im gonna play World of Warcraft ttyl
[15:01:01] Manjammer says:
are you really
[15:01:15] Manjammer says:
f*ck give me jbuilder
[15:05:13] gobi says:
i was talking to [the other member] he is pretty worried
[15:05:24] Manjammer says:
im f*cking worried
[15:06:11] Manjammer says:
what was dickson doing yesterday then
[15:06:24] gobi says:
i think he had badminton club
[15:07:44] Manjammer says:
what a fag
[15:07:58] Manjammer says:
dont you have some ui built for the storyboards?
[15:08:06] gobi:
dickson did it in visual studio
[15:08:11] gobi says:
not even java
[15:08:16] Manjammer says:
why
[15:08:24] gobi says:
jbuilder is a fag
[15:08:33] Manjammer says:
well do you want to do it by hand?
[15:08:39] gobi says:
do u?
[15:08:47] Manjammer says:
NO
[15:08:56] Manjammer says:
make the ui JBUILDER boy
[15:09:03] gobi says:
how about you?
[15:09:08] Manjammer says:
i dont have jbuilder
[15:09:18] gobi says:
you wanna do the other stuff?
[15:09:25] Manjammer says:
whats the other stuff
[15:09:27] gobi says :
i dunno
[15:09:31] gobi says:
time to read the project page
[15:09:52] Manjammer says:
well just make a basic ui and send it and i'll try to add sections to it
[15:10:02] gobi says:
i'll send it monday morning
[15:10:08] Manjammer says:
no
[15:10:38] Manjammer says:
DO IT
The conversation continued in the same manner for quite awhile before we told him the truth. As for the other member, Gobi and I pretended to be very worried only to deepen his fears even more. I was even told “Dickson, you are the best leader but also the worst!“. In any case, the two members arrived later that afternoon and after almost a full day's of work, they both left by midnight with a smile on their face. With that, I once again say “With ease!“