Savvy office hack to spot short co-worker is genius but leaves people ‘petrified’

Employees at a marketing agency have used a savvy yet hilarious hack to spot their 4 foot 9 co-worker wherever she is in the office – but it hasn’t landed well with onlookers

We all come up with our own savvy life hacks to make things easier – especially in the workplace. But taking things to the next level, a marketing company has shared their quirky trick for spotting their short employees in the office.

In the video online – the company’s employees used a cost effective hack to spot 4 foot 9 co-worker Jess when she’s anywhere in the office. Despite the clip rocketing into internet stardom with over 5.2 million views to date, fellow TikTok users were quick to brand the ideas as “petrifying”.

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The company captioned the post: “This is how we find our 4’9 co worker.”

The clip showed gushing employee Jess walk around the office out of eye sight – but quickly able to identify with a bobbing balloon.

Despite the hilarious idea, the budding worker was keen to make light of the situation and was consistently smiling through the footage.

However, people have quickly branded the quirky idea as “terrifying” with the familiarity of popular film series – IT.

For those who don’t know, the IT franchise is a horror series based off of the terrifying and toe curdling – Pennywise the clown.

Victims of the well recognised clown often notice they’re targeted when they see the iconic and mysterious coloured balloon.

Viewers of the movie, therefore, can’t imagine anything else when they spot a red balloon other than the teeth rattling character.

Taking to the comment section of the viral clip, viewers shared their ultimate horror for the so-called harmless clip – after spotting the resemblance and detail.

A user penned: “The Red balloon gives me IT vibes and I love it.”

“If I saw a red balloon I would be petrified,” a second commented.

“Imagine she sneaks around playing IT music,” another wrote beside two crying emojis.

“Out of all the colours, why red?” A fourth questioned.

“I see that red balloon coming at me like that I would be ready to fight pennywise,” a fifth added.

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