Like cone-ing, trophying was supposedly invented by Alki Stevens. I have no clue if he really did invent it. All that matters is it is one of those crazy pranks that people do just to troll (aka fuck with) other people.
How you do it: You go through the drive thru, after they hand you your food, you hand them a trophy. It boosts the morale of McDonald’s workers who have arms full of fryer burns and a stern middle manager breathing down their necks. It’s encouraging! It’s motivating! It’s a great (temporary) distraction for high schoolers who get bored easily at work.
I’m going to do this again. I’d like to get some better video of it. I want to know exactly how he sets up his camera to get the shot he does. I also have about five more tiny plastic trophies in my car. Oh, and I really want to go get some REAL trophies (bowling, lawn dart, derby, long-distance running, whatevs) to give them. That would be even better. And more visible.
And I need to figure out how to edit these better. My camera was making a weird clicking noise throughout this video and there’s lots of extraneous footage of me looking self-conscious and my hand grabbing the camera at the end.
Note: I have just tried to upload the damn video twice, and it is not working. I'll try to re-do this one tomorrow and possibly film with my iPhone for easier posting.