At Microsoft window offices are handed out strictly based on years of service at the company.   Years ago when I was on the Publisher team we had a guy named Randy who was the next in line to get a window.  For several months Randy remained the next in line but each time Randy was just about to have his office move scheduled we would hire someone else who had been with the company longer than he had and thus prevent him from acquiring the window office that he so desperately wanted.

After many months the time came when Randy was in fact scheduled to move into his Window office.  Randy however made a huge mistake,  he took a vacation the week of his move!!

I don't remember whose idea it was to do this but a bunch us got together to plan a prank to eliminate Randy's window.  We thought about removing the door and sheet rocking over the office but we didn't think we were quite qualified to pull this off.  Instead we decided that we would simply eliminate the window.   That evening we went down to the local Home Depot, purchased a few supplies, got some beer and pizzas and went to work.  By the end of the night you would have never known that there was ever a window in the office. 

Randy came in the on the Monday following his vacation, sat down in his chair,  put his head on his desk and simply said "<a word I can't post here>" and went about his business while we laughed our buts off.  He was a great sport about it, left the wall up and didn't even flinch (too much) when people walked in to his office and said "hey nice view" or "boy I bet that fountain would look cool from here".  We stayed in that building (building 25) for several more months and when we finally moved to another building we left the former window office for facilities to deal with.  The best part about our move though was that our new office space had fewer window offices available and old Randy still didn't get his window.

Randy is in a window now but some days,  when I am feeling nostalgic,  I think about getting the old team together and repeating our prank just to remind old Randy that we haven't forgot the fact that he attempted (a lame attempt at that) to get revenge during our move to building 17.  His utter failure was hilarious but I guess that's for another entry.