#causing a scene

The whole cafe would turn to me, confused and then the poor customer would walk up anxiously and take their order from my hands and grumble "thank you".

The whole college thought I hated everyone, but the reality is that I'm, apparently, a very kind person because I would talk to them outside of work and they would get this shocked look in their eyes and go "oh shit, you're actually really nice!"

Brilliant. Lays out the execution and even explains what exactly inspired of some of Improv Everywhere's famous (and some lesser known) scenes of chaos. I picked this up because I liked the title, but my attitude towards pranks has always been more "Why bother?" on the subject of pranking, but this makes a passionate case for pranks' capacity for joy. They make a point of explaining of presenting you with a "how-to" on each prank so that you too can play a leading role in a stranger's awesome story, but it was the anecdotes that truly made the book arresting rather than it's attempts at being a guide to further mayhem. The book is charmingly full of praise for the agents who participated in each prank, any/all people who served as inspiration, and even hype other groups that act under a similar spirit.. Each prank is intended to be victim-less (the point is joy not humiliation) and they acknowledge how sometimes their pranks did upset people without lambasting employees who had to shut them down or non-believers as mere killjoys. One or two of the weird experiences peddled seem like they might have not been just a laugh for the bystanders, but I did find them all humorous. You can check out Improv Everywhere's website for footage and chaos enacted after the book's publishing in 2009.

get up and dance. don't make any plans.