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What's a good way to prank your coworker? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by abbadon420@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I got pranked with this website: https://updatefaker.com/

I recently switched from manual labor to office labour and learned the hard way to lock my screen :)

In hindsight it was hilarious, but I waited for maybe 20 minutes before I got suspicious. How can I take revenge?

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[–] Blegh@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Screenshot their desktop
hide all icons
set screenshot as desktop background
watch them die inside as nothing works, not even a restart.

Optional step:

put your wireless mouse receiver in their computer and subtly click occasionally, or move when they move. Has to be subtle enough for them to question their sanity for a few hours.

I managed to do the above once. Worth it.

[–] Danilo 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did that with the bonus of flipping the screenshot upside down on photoshop first. Then flipped his screen.

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

That's a great addition. We used to screenshot it with an application open so they would keep trying to close the application. I had a coworker restart their computer several times before he realized what was going on.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Don't forget to move the taskbar to the other side of the screen and set to auto-hide.