# Viral Inter-Office Pranks Graphic Designer Pranks Secretary in This Hilarious Lost Cat Chain Mail By Allison Love | Published 2010-07-15 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clueless-secretary References: [jezebel](http://jezebel.com/5582562/clueless-secretary-makes-for-hilarious-office-email-thread) & [27bslash6](http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html) If you haven't already come across this hilarious [office prank](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/monday-platform) featuring a clueless secretary looking for her missing cat, you must read it now. The e-mail chain goes back and forth between David Thorne and Shannon Walkley regarding a poster for her missing cat Missy. Needless to say, Thorne has a little fun with the clueless secretary as he purposely gets her poster ideas misconstrued. The e-mail chain will have you laughing out loud, so I would suggest taking a breather from the office and reading it on your BlackBerry or [iPhone](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-office-x-casetify-collection). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 80% | Activity: 48% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Viral Office Pranks:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a platform or app that allows employees to share and rate office pranks, creating a viral trend within companies. - **Hilarious E-mail Chains:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create an AI-powered email assistant that uses natural language processing to generate funny and entertaining e-mail chains. - **Humor in the Workplace:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design a gamified employee engagement platform that incorporates humor and laughter to boost morale and productivity. ### Who This Affects Most - **Entertainment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a virtual reality (VR) experience that immerses users in a hilarious office prank scenario, creating a new form of entertainment. - **Social Media:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build a social media platform specifically dedicated to sharing and curating viral office prank content, attracting a niche community of prank enthusiasts. - **Corporate Training:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a training program or module that uses humor and prank-based activities to improve team communication and problem-solving skills. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Drug-Themed April Fool's Gags](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innocean-berlin.md) - [Interactive Prank Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scratch-reveal.md) - [Throwback OOO Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/auto-replybreak.md) - [Dumpster Pencil Holders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dumpstuder-pencil-holders.md) - [Creative Frustration Outlets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/punch-your-client.md) - [Humorous Quick Cleanup Workstations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flip-desk-concept.md) - [Comedic Christmas Parodies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/reinfell-ad.md) - [Cheeky Pet Insurance Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/onepack-plan.md) - [Amusing Work Platform Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/monday-platform.md)