98EXL said:
So who has done what?
I broke newbs in with tape on his mouse, the classic screenshot of your desktop-hide all of the icons and hide the toolbar.....among some other things....I did change his google language options too.
What has anyone else done today?
I love the screenshot of desktop prank! But there's one I like even better -- if you haven't heard of it. I didn't do it today, but we got our IT guy SO good with this once.
You go into their auto-correct settings in Word or Outlook and set it up to replace common phrases with comic genius. Examples:
Replace/With
and/and, uh
computer/confuser
phone/telephonic comunication device
desk/crib
Bill Smith (i.e. users name)/Billy Boy "Who's Yer Daddy" Smith
or/or, like, you know
email/some spam
later/when pigs grow wings
tomorrow/when pigs grow wings
today/when pigs grow wings
etc, etc.
When we did this, we were nice enough to keep a list of the changes that we made so that once he noticed, we could undo them all. You don't HAVE to be that nice.
This particular gentleman seems to attract these kinds of pranks. It wasn't April Fools day, but last Friday I was working through an issue with one of his IT colleagues, Rachel. I put her on hold and dialed him up to conference him in. When he picked up I said quickly, "Scott, it's Jay. I'm going to conference you in with <<name of our CEO>>." and hit the conference button to connect the call back. After that I said right away, "I'm just kidding, it's only Rachel." Turns out he was on the road and had nearly swerved into the other lane during those two or three seconds!!
One I've only read about but never done is where you put a thin slice of deli meat underneath their cell phone battery. "My God! Where is that awful smell coming from." If you use imported prosciutto it shows you're a classy prankster.