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The prankster

Tells about a prankster who showcased his pranks online and how it escalated and led to his eventual downfall.

Feb 5, 2025  |   2 min read
The prankster
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"Today, I'm going to show you my newest prank, on how to pour ice cubes into oil," Drew said on video as he carried a bag of ice into a restaurant. It was a few minutes past 10am, the restaurant's opening hours, so there were no diners. There, he hid himself in a corner. The chef stepped aside to go for his toilet break and turned off the stove knobs. Seizing the opportunity, Drew went into the kitchen and poured the bag of ice into the deep frying oil. He filmed himself carrying out the act. When the chef came back from the toilet, he could not believe his eyes. The kitchen area was in a mess.

"Hey, you," he shouted at Drew, who laughed in his face and ran out of the restaurant. At home, he posted the video on TikTok. People really liked the video. Soon, he began to get tons of followers and views.

It did not take long before Drew struck again. A few days after his last video, he chanced upon an elderly man doing laundry at a laundry shop. When the man stepped away, Drew took a carton of eggs and bacon, and put them inside the washing machine with the elderly man's clothes, ruining them. "It is fun to get away while those losers are left to clean up the mess I made while I get away with them. There are no consequences," Drew thought to himself. He was making lots of money and people online really enjoyed his pranks. As the money was rolling in and his fame skyrocketed, his pranks escalated to misdemeanours. He would smash food into the faces of passers-by or lock people inside a grocery store before running away. As he became crazier, people started doubting the correctness of his actions and unfollowed him. Nonetheless, he was not deterred and continued with his pranks.

One day, Drew decided to do something which he thought would become extremely viral. Armed with a can of insecticide, he went into an empty grocery store and sprayed it onto food items. He felt it would restore the number of followers he initially had and make him famous again. But to his shock, all his remaining followers unfollowed him and on top of that, there were thousands of angry comments towards him.

"What is this nonsense?" one angry commenter wrote.

"People consume those. Are you out of your mind?" wrote another angry commenter.

Drew's former followers called the police. Fortunately, the food items had been disposed of after the police paid a visit to the affected grocery store and issued a notice, so no one was affected. Also, the CCTV cameras in the grocery store captured Drew spraying insecticide on the food items, and soon, his face was all over the news. It did not take long for him to be arrested. His criminal pranks had finally caught up with him and he was imprisoned. Once basking in fame at the expense of others, he was now left sitting alone in the prison cell to reap the consequences of his actions.

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Lydialee

Feb 14, 2025

This story told us not play prank on people.

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Colin Devonshire

Feb 6, 2025

We all love a ‘good’ prank.

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