Best prank ever?! Furious man has padlock locked in his ear piercing

We can't decide if this is the best prank in the world or actually a pretty terrible thing to do but one man has definitely been left in an awkward state this week after a total stranger decided to play a prank on him. 

Tom took to Facebook in a rage and posted a selfie of himself with a padlock hanging from his lobe ear stretcher piercing. 

It turns out that he was simply having a cigerette outside work when a total stranger ran up to him and clicked a padlock through his large lobe piercing before making a run for it. 

"So guess what some little w*** stain just did to me if i find you i will put you 6 feet under end of rant c***," read the furious caption of the photo. 

Instead of getting sympathy from his pals, it seems Tom's friends just found the whole thing hilarious. 

And before he knew it, the prank had gone viral with more than 11 thousand likes. 

And in case you were wondering what happened to poor Tom, he later revealed how he escaped his padlock in the comments. 

"…so glad old boy lived up the road and had bolt cutters."