Just heard that our company will be expecting an auditing team to arrive next month. We're all good in that department, but it reminded me of a time that an auditing team came to an old company I worked for, that dealt with the FDA and medical devices.

So, as you may know-auditors are infamous for their lack of a sense of humor. Apologies in advance, if any of my followers are auditors. Nothing personal.

Anyway, so my manager at the time was incredibly nervous for the auditors to arrive. Our team tried to calm him down, but he was always a stress mess.

So, we used to have these conference rooms with clear windows. The auditing team had arrived, and had my old manager in there, discussing what they would need, expectations, etc.

So I decided to have some fun with him and the auditing team. Keep in mind, I had already spoken with the auditor rep, beforehand, and he was a pretty nice guy, and knew what I had planned.

I gathered up a ton of printer paper into a cardborad box, and threw some crumpled up print outs of internal docs on top of the box. On the side of the box, in red marker, I wrote: "SHIT TO BE DELETED B4 AUDITORS GET HERE", and slowly walked by the conference room they were in.

As I made my way slowly walking past the room, I met eyes with the auditor and my old manager. I tapped on the window and shouted, "HEY, I GOT THE STUFF YOU WANTED. WHERE CAN I DELETE THIS SHIT?"

I am 99% certain, my manager shat his pantaloons that day. The auditor held back for about ten seconds, then started to laugh his ass off. My old manager took two PTO days starting the next day, and requested a transfer to another dept shortly afterwards.