Let’s face it—clocking in every day can sometimes feel like you’re stuck in a never-ending loop of emails, meetings, and the occasional awkward small talk at the coffee machine. But every so often, you’re lucky enough to work with someone who transforms the office into a mini-comedy club.
We believe that laughter is the best way to survive the daily grind. Whether it’s a hilarious one-liner during a dull meeting or an unexpected prank that has everyone in stitches, these funny coworkers are the unsung heroes of our workdays. We’ve gathered some of the best moments captured in the wild offices around the globe, featuring colleagues who could easily have a second career in comedy. Check out these gems below of coworkers who make the 9-to-5 a whole lot more entertaining.
1. Well That’s Nice
2. I Asked My Boss If We Could Pose With (Some) Of Our Prop Money At The End Of The Day. He Insisted We Use All Of It
3. Herman The Office Spider Likes His Name Plate
4. Workplace Safety
5. So They Installed A New Coffee Machine At Work And Before Anyone Could Use It, I Placed This Sign On It. Best Three Hours Of My Life
6. My Friend Who Is A Gardener Sends Me Photos Of Himself At Work
7. My Workplace Has A Sense Of Humor. Poor Nathan
8. Banner For A Coworker Whose Last Day Is Today
9. Towel Animal Left By The Hotel Staff
10. Coworker Got Tired Of People Taking His Cart While He Was At Lunch
11. My Local Independent Coffee Shop Uses A Starbucks Mug For Its Toilet Brush Holder
12. One Of The Most Successful Pranks We Pulled Off In Our Workplace
13. This Is Charlene. Charlene Is A Walmart Employee That Poses With Various Products For The Store’s Local Facebook Page. Charlene Is Amazing
14. Just Let This Man Do His Job
15. Just Started At A New Shop And This Work Of Art Was Left Above My New Workstation
16. Only Gold And Swedish Fish Are Acceptable In The Workplace
17. Someone Put This Up In The Ladies’ Room At Work
18. Coworker Left Her Phone Unattended Again
19. My Workplace Asked Us To Recreate Famous Works Of Art Using Only What We Had At Home. I Think I Nailed It
20. Found This In The Bathroom At A Former Workplace. Wasn’t Even Mad Then, Because The Chuckle Made My Day
21. Workplace Safety
22. An Actual Interview Going On At The Office. We Take Halloween Very Seriously
23. How My Coworker Decorated Her Car For Halloween
24. The People At My Workplace Are Getting Salty About Their Water Fountain Rules
25. Husband’s Coworkers Pulled This Prank On Their Manager
26. I’m A Security Guard Just Doing My Rounds, Walked Into The Conference Room And Saw This
27. Co-Worker Sent Me This. We Work At NASA
28. My Coworker Took Customers’ Orders Wearing A Spider-Man Mask To Brighten The Days Of People In The Drive-Thru
29. A German, Frida And Ruth Bader Ginsburg Walk Into A Conference Room
30. Brilliant
31. Power Move
32. 4 Years Of Sobriety! My Coworkers Got Me “Clean” Stuff
33. My Coworker Makes Signs For The Service Desk With Rotating Topics
34. Found At Work
35. My Friend/Coworker Quit To Go Back To School And I Feel A Way About It
36. I Put A Couple Of Layers Of Boot Polish On One Of My Coworker’s Boots Every Day He Was On Vacation… One Of His Boots
37. I Am Being Forced To Compete In An Office Fitbit Step Challenge
38. A Friend’s Coworker Likes To Take Stealth Box Naps At Work
39. Coworker Has A Tabasco Holster That His Wife Gave Him. He Brings It To Lunch Every Day
40. My Coworker Was Complaining About Losing His Headphones. I Think I Found Them
41. The System Is Rigged At My Job. She Wins Every Month
42. I Ain’t Scared Of No Ghost
43. When You And Your Coworker Accidentally Twin Outfits. I Look Like His Mini-Me. I Should Have Grown Out My Mustache
44. We Are Like A Family Up There And We Are Really Upset She Is Leaving. She Knows We Love Her
45. Opened The Hood And Found My Coworker Trying To Scare Me
46. Brought A Houseplant To The Office And Named It After A Coworker. They Struck Back And Brought In A Friend For It
47. You Cannot Be Serious
48. I Asked My Coworkers Not To Put Huge Decorations On My Desk. My workplace is the kind to bubble wrap your entire desk and fill your cubicle with balloons for your birthday. I asked them to keep it low-key. The picture shows a shelf on my desk.
Chris, co-owner of WorldWideInterweb, is a true aficionado of all things internet and meme-y. When he’s not curating the best of the web, you’ll likely find him on the golf courses of Florida.