My go to April fool joke when I first started working IT in the 90’s was to really confuse them. I would unplug their keyboard and plug it into the mouse port (before they moved to USB). I would leave the mouse wire unplugged under the keyboard port. I would take the ball out of their mouse and put it in their drawer.
So when they tried to use their computer neither the mouse or keyboard would work. They would look behind the computer and see the unplugged wire. They would plug it into and try again. Usually they would check the mouse and see the ball was missing which would start them hunting for it. When they found it and put it back in their drawer mouse they would try again and it still wouldn’t work. Most asked for help from the asshole who pranked them at this point. Few thought to see if the wires were plugged into the wrong port.
Was always entertaining.
When optical mice came out I smeared Vaseline on the lens of the laser a few times but that was usually pretty easily noticed and was messy to clean it off. So only did that twice.
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I’ve watched this exact scenario play out 3 times at family game night and every single time the person getting destroyed insists the rules were “different last time.” They weren’t.
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My go to April fool joke when I first started working IT in the 90’s was to really confuse them. I would unplug their keyboard and plug it into the mouse port (before they moved to USB). I would leave the mouse wire unplugged under the keyboard port. I would take the ball out of their mouse and put it in their drawer.
So when they tried to use their computer neither the mouse or keyboard would work. They would look behind the computer and see the unplugged wire. They would plug it into and try again. Usually they would check the mouse and see the ball was missing which would start them hunting for it. When they found it and put it back in their drawer mouse they would try again and it still wouldn’t work. Most asked for help from the asshole who pranked them at this point. Few thought to see if the wires were plugged into the wrong port.
Was always entertaining.
When optical mice came out I smeared Vaseline on the lens of the laser a few times but that was usually pretty easily noticed and was messy to clean it off. So only did that twice.
I’ve watched this exact scenario play out 3 times at family game night and every single time the person getting destroyed insists the rules were “different last time.” They weren’t.
What’s that tune?