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[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by Thee Alex

I'll see all that and raise you the following for step four -

I never expected so ever, ever say this, but after seeing the above I'm actually gutted I don't work in a call centre any more.

[Thee Alex]

Originally Posted by xdavidx

I never expected so ever, ever say this, but after seeing the above I'm actually gutted I don't work in a call centre any more.

It was the end result of many different experiments carried out by a team of bored civil servants.

[LesMts]

Here's one.....

It's important that you do it in this order......Go to their desk top. Hit "print screen". Hide all their desk top icons in a "my documents" folder. Load up the screen grab in paint, edit out the task bar/start button etc. Then use the image as their desk top background.

[Lynnie]

Originally Posted by Thee Alex

replacing desktop icons with a wallpaper of a screenshot of the desktop. Delete the original icons and your colleague will be clicking away cursing his computer for not opening and software.

Originally Posted by LesMts

Here's one.....

It's important that you do it in this order......Go to their desk top. Hit "print screen". Hide all their desk top icons in a "my documents" folder. Load up the screen grab in paint, edit out the task bar/start button etc. Then use the image as their desk top background.

[LesMts]

Originally Posted by Lynnie

Yes, they're the same.

[Lynnie]

just wanted to make sure i am not losing my ability to understand things

[Keerin]

Originally Posted by Thee Alex

I'll see all that and raise you the following for step four -

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...phoneprank.jpg

The paper put into the connection will prevent any signal so your colleague won't notice they have a call.

If they have those headsets with the foam covers a coin can be hidden, causing the sound to become muffled.

Finally, a small roll of paper shoved up the mouthpiece (small enough to be unnoticeable) will cause the customer to be unable to hear.

These three together can result in up to half an hour of confusion for your colleague.

Also see: replacing desktop icons with a wallpaper of a screenshot of the desktop. Delete the original icons and your colleague will be clicking away cursing his computer for not opening and software.

Step three can be further improved by using the 'scale' control on the monitor to make everything tiny.

Also you can have fun by setting up filters to forward messages back to anyone who sends them, have this filter copied about 50 times in Outlook on at least two machines and you can cause an email cascade that requires one machine be shut down. When I worked for the Revenue in Dundee myself and a friend generated over 500 emails to each other in 10 seconds, it crashed Outlook on mine and I had to reboot.

The very last tip is to lower your colleagues chair during lunch, push it under the desk, then raise it up so that it's stuck. Put vaseline on the height adjusting handle.

ALL the above kept me from becoming insanely bored at work.

My god, so your an asshole in real life too?

[Thee Alex]

It's 'you're' - try and get it right in future.

[Keerin]

well sorry but if it was something important i might have tried.