I'm so Bored that I played a bunch of pranks, part 1

I told y'all the other day about the time I stole a hamster. What I forgot to mention was that the hamster incident was only one of a long string of pranks I have played over the years.

In the next few posts, I'm going to share with you a few of the most memorable pranks I've played.

#1: The Construction Sign 

I don't know what the layout currently is, but when I was little, the Child Life Specialist office on the first floor of St. Jude shared a suite with the nurse administrator's office (you had to walk through the Child Life office to get to the nurse administrator.) All told, a fairly decent amount of people worked in that office suite. I, however, conveniently forgot this.

Oh, you exist? I thought you were mythical, like unicorns. 

One night, I was inpatient (on chemo), and as you can imagine, I was extremely Bored. Luckily, I had some paper, Sharpies, and blue painter's tape just lying around (in wait, since this prank was definitely pre-meditated). 

I carefully wrote out the following message on a piece of paper, making sure to copy as closely as possible the handwriting I had seen on similar signs around the hospital:

Well, I thought I copied it closely. I was 9...

Then, I had Mom sneak downstairs and hang it on the Child Life Specialist office door with blue painter's tape. 

I swear, this stuff is essential for any prankster's toolkit

Then, all I had to do was sit in my room and wait gleefully. 

I was a strange child

I had vastly overestimated my own abilities, however. 

You see, I assumed that when everyone got to work in the morning, they would freak out at the sign for a  few minutes before remembering that no construction was scheduled and entering their office. 

What I hadn't counted on was there actually being construction scheduled. 

It seemed to be time for another picture.

Apparently, a new rug was actually supposed to be installed sometime that week, but nobody knew the exact date except for the head of Child Life, whom I will here just call the Boss.

Since none of them knew when the rug was being installed, they all assumed it was that day.

If you look closely, the pattern spells out "gullible."

Since the Boss didn't get to work as early as everyone else, the entire staff of both offices stood awkwardly in the hallway for an hour, confused by my sign.

Those construction people are being really quiet...

When she finally arrived, the Boss was confronted by the rest of the staff, all asking about the mysterious sign. 

The Boss was no moron, though. She took one look at the handwriting on the sign, and then came straight upstairs to my room. 

So, we meet again...

Bored Game time:

Answer: Use your imagination. Move forward 1 space if you did.

Question: Who is the character in the photo above?