2. Make it the wallpaper
3. Hide icons
4. Autohide the taskbar and move it to the top
5. win+R "control mouse", cursor size all the way up, cursor speed all the way down, mouse trails all the way up
6. ctrl-alt-down
2. Make it the wallpaper
3. Hide icons
4. Autohide the taskbar and move it to the top
5. win+R "control mouse", cursor size all the way up, cursor speed all the way down, mouse trails all the way up
6. ctrl-alt-down
Sorry past me - I'm boring now.
Firing is a little extreme. We just embarrass people to remind them. Also if it's a safe place – in an office meeting room or something, we're unlikely to do it, but if it's in a co-working space, it's fair game.
Worse case: (same company) someone send an email to all infra team (including the VP) that "I'm stupid and I don't lock my laptop". That guy (the 'funny' one) was kicked out of the project/contract/building within the hour.
My friendly advice, lock it for them, when you see them again take them on the side and tel then "hey dude, lock that damn thing" and move on with your life.
This is the penalty for being lax with security
Firstly it's low grade bullying. That may not be how you mean it, but you're not on the receiving end. Bullies often don't think they're bullies.
Secondly it normalises a third party using your computer. "Oh I was just pranking Jim" - sure, but were you? Or were you also granting yourself some privileges using Jim's authority? Who knows.
If you have zero tolerance for unlocked machines you should have zero tolerance for this too.
Yes, it's not that big a deal, and yes, I'm the kind of spoilsport who doesn't really like pranks at all. But still, cut it out.
Of course I don't run around actually causing work stoppage for my teammates, but "What do you fantasize about doing to your coworkers' computers when they forget to lock them that would be really funny if they didn't have stuff to get done" wouldn't have been quite as punchy.
I would complain to HR if anyone did something to mine ..
mindcrime•8mo ago
BUT... back in the day when I engaged in juvenile pranks of this nature, I'd just open their email program, start a new email, put the CEO's email address in the TO field, and type "I resign" or something in the body, and then just walk away.