Proshop Pranks

[sweetblazer 0]

Hey,

Just looking for some good pranks to pull at the store. We got the typical things in the freezer and stuff on the roof. Any funny stories? JR I know you've got something (On a side not I made a replica of your knife thing there haha)

[TCsnipes9 0]

Haha well I got a pretty good one.

Everytime we get a new cashier we have someone call for stuff that doesnt exist. Example:

- Rookie Cashier-"Hello Westwood..."

-Customer-"Hey this is Mikey! Hows it goin!!" (make them think is someone they should know, cuz they are an important customer)

-RC- "Im doing well. What can we do for you?"

-C "Im looking for any right handed baseball bats. Preferably Easton"

-RC "Sure let me check"

They hear it, but dont think it thru because they are new. Were not mean about it, usually at that point we hang up and start laughing. Haha the look on their faces is pretty good. Ive done Left handed shoe laces, ice fishing helmets, broomball trunks.

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

Tandem sharpening...the one on the left shuts off the right head switch while the other is sharpening, or even better, on the final pass. Don't do it in front of customers...

[TCsnipes9 0]

Tandem sharpening...the one on the left shuts off the right head switch while the other is sharpening, or even better, on the final pass. Don't do it in front of customers...

Haha one of our guys (when no customers are around, obviously) claps right behind your head sometimes on your final pass. Scares the hell outa ya, and now you gotta fix that ridge in the skate.

[Edge 0]

They hear it, but dont think it thru because they are new. Were not mean about it, usually at that point we hang up and start laughing. Haha the look on their faces is pretty good. Ive done Left handed shoe laces, ice fishing helmets, broomball trunks.

left-handed skate guards is a good one also.

Another nice prank-phone call one...Another employee calls the store and pretends to be a dad in search of a cup to fit his son's enourmous package... :lol:

[Hazard14 0]

They hear it, but dont think it thru because they are new. Were not mean about it, usually at that point we hang up and start laughing. Haha the look on their faces is pretty good. Ive done Left handed shoe laces, ice fishing helmets, broomball trunks.

left-handed skate guards is a good one also.

Another nice prank-phone call one...Another employee calls the store and pretends to be a dad in search of a cup to fit his son's enourmous package... :lol:

haha thats a good one, i can imagine it working too

[forbs02 20]

Haha well I got a pretty good one.

Everytime we get a new cashier we have someone call for stuff that doesnt exist. Example:

- Rookie Cashier-"Hello Westwood..."

-Customer-"Hey this is Mikey! Hows it goin!!" (make them think is someone they should know, cuz they are an important customer)

-RC- "Im doing well. What can we do for you?"

-C "Im looking for any right handed baseball bats. Preferably Easton"

-RC "Sure let me check"

They hear it, but dont think it thru because they are new. Were not mean about it, usually at that point we hang up and start laughing. Haha the look on their faces is pretty good. Ive done Left handed shoe laces, ice fishing helmets, broomball trunks.

I used to work at a hockey shop near you and we would call westwood asking for the "five hole pad". We explained that it was a net that went between a goalies ankles to keep pucks from going through. Also in addition to this, the XL pelvic protectors for the ample woman. Pure confusion :D

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

I got nailed by one of RDV's higher-ups once - we were all going out to lunch one morning and he called on his cell phone (which I did not have) and said that he was looking for a pair of skates, but his feet were so wide that he would need two sets of holders put on it. I went back and forth telling him that it was impossible to rivet two sets of holders on a boot. Did I feel like an idiot when he strolls into the store...

[barrett 0]

I got nailed by one of RDV's higher-ups once - we were all going out to lunch one morning and he called on his cell phone (which I did not have) and said that he was looking for a pair of skates, but his feet were so wide that he would need two sets of holders put on it. I went back and forth telling him that it was impossible to rivet two sets of holders on a boot. Did I feel like an idiot when he strolls into the store...

Aha, that was pretty creative. Sounds like a prank war between two LHS would be alot of fun.

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

Yeah, it was great, I was getting heated, he was too...

[DarkStar50 679]

When I worked in a full-line sporting goods store we used to prank the rookies with the phone call: "Do you carry tennis cleats?"

[jptwofive 0]

not shop related, but asking a new equipment kid to get a bucket of steam from the trainer still makes me laugh.. ehh, or it would if I was still on a team that had a trainer and kids volunteering to help in locker room!

Of course, very similar to the left skate lace, stick stretcher or even a right handed screw driver.

[Chadd 916]

My favorite was telling the rookies how to fit a woman for a pelvic protector. "When she has it on, you need to feel around and make sure everything is covered properly. It's really the only way to tell that they get the right one."

[RadioGaGa 162]

My favorite was telling the rookies how to fit a woman for a pelvic protector. "When she has it on, you need to feel around and make sure everything is covered properly. It's really the only way to tell that they get the right one."

That must've been an HR nightmare *L*

[Chadd 916]

My favorite was telling the rookies how to fit a woman for a pelvic protector. "When she has it on, you need to feel around and make sure everything is covered properly. It's really the only way to tell that they get the right one."

That must've been an HR nightmare *L*

It was just for fun, we wouldn't let them actually do it. The look on their faces when we told them to fit up a 10 year old girl was priceless.

[oggy_3 0]

Well thanks to all of your ideas i am probably gonna get in trouble screwing around with people at work. Hopefully i don;t get fired, o well as long as its worth it

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

We had an employee who was fitting a customer for shoulder pads. Came to the counter and asked us what he should try. We told him to try putting those red TPS shoulder pads on the guy.

Customer asked him why the chest seemed to have cups on them...we were rolling on the floor watching this kid try to work his way out of that one...

[cougarscaptain87 12]

jr- was that in novi? please tell me you did that to carl....

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

No, Orlando.

[oggy_3 0]

ahaha i;m not gona lie a buddy of mine came in and i started helping him and well he put a pair of female shoulder pads on and i didn't even know. well atleast he never bought them.

[RadioGaGa 162]

My favorite was telling the rookies how to fit a woman for a pelvic protector. "When she has it on, you need to feel around and make sure everything is covered properly. It's really the only way to tell that they get the right one."

That must've been an HR nightmare *L*

It was just for fun, we wouldn't let them actually do it. The look on their faces when we told them to fit up a 10 year old girl was priceless.

I kinda figured as much...but the potential for trouble is always there *L*

[Chadd 916]

We had an employee who was fitting a customer for shoulder pads. Came to the counter and asked us what he should try. We told him to try putting those red TPS shoulder pads on the guy.

Customer asked him why the chest seemed to have cups on them...we were rolling on the floor watching this kid try to work his way out of that one...

My partner at the shop actually sold a WSI/pelvic protector combo to a guy because he wasn't paying attention.

[Ngo_35 1]

One prick thing to do is give a little push on the right arm of the sharpener while he's doing the final pass. At the shop when that happens its always followed by a "Ahh you piece of shit!"

[jjtt99 0]

I'm not sure I like hearing about the sharpening pranks. That could be my blade that's being ground down!

[kovalchuk71 212]

If anything, it's usually just a wheel rash that can be easily cleaned up.

No big deal :)