Getting laid off is at the very least disappointing, but it can feel a little better when we have the opportunity to bring a little levity to the situation.
That was TikToker Marchie's approach, anyway.
Over at @the.marchie on TikTok, Marchie detailed her distaste at being laid off suddenly from her place of work. Since she was the only employee being laid off, it had a particular sting to it.
But to give herself the feeling of being in control, she decided to have one final hurrah with her coworkers by pulling a prank on the entire office.
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Marchie printed out an undisclosed number of photos of herself with a talk bubble.
In each of these talk bubbles, she wrote silly messages like "Bazinga!" and other funny or uplifting notes.
Then, on the back of each one, she wrote the number it was in the series, but she skipped numbers, so her coworkers would never know if they actually found them all.
The most hilarious part about this was the absolute tizzy Marchie's prank had clearly left her former office coworkers in.
On the first workday after Marchie had set up the prank, she received a message on Snapchat featuring a back office whiteboard where her pictures were being collected.
Featuring six of her found pictures, the top of the board questioned:
"How many pictures of Marchie are hidden around the office?"
Accompanied by an additional eleven pictures, the bottom of the board hinted:
"There may be a clue on the backs."
This was clearly the assignment Marchie had left for her former coworkers, in addition to hiding presumably many more pictures around the office with their various talk bubble messages.
But what was so entertaining about this was how it was taking over the office.
Over the image read a coworker's message:
"This is literally ALL we have been doing today, lmao (laughing my a** off), trying to find all of you."
Marchie got exactly what she wanted.
"Even though none of this was my choice, I still wanted to leave somewhat on my terms."
"I knew my office mates would enjoy this scavenger hunt, and it would waste company time, so it was a win-win!"
Most of TikTok was left in awe of her creativity.
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Others shared pranks of their own that they'd graciously shared with their workplaces.
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TikTok was thoroughly amused by Marchie's prank and presumably so were her former office mates.
Marchie made it clear this was an enjoyable past time for her, too, as it proved to be a healthy and hilarious distraction during what would otherwise be a painful time.
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