I was the "victim" of the lamest prank ever yesterday

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

When I was on break, my co-worker thought he could embarrass me by bringing to my desktop one of my supposedly most embarrassing interests. So he changed it to a My Little Pony desktop.

Only for me to come back and point out to him that I ALREADY HAD a My Little Pony desktop. Several in fact, which rotate and change at random every half hour. I changed the formula back to it, and even added the one he added to rotation.

As soon as I announced this, everyone started laughing at him, and someone even pinned an "Epic Fail" image to his computer while he was on break. Awesome.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

What did you do to piss him off?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What did you do to piss him off?

Defy society's gender roles in even admitting to liking My Little Pony.

[Napoleon]

That truly is an epic fail. What a douche.

 

What did you do to piss him off?

Defy society's gender roles in even admitting to liking My Little Pony.

Now, now. A female your age liking My Little Pony is no more acceptable.

[afleitch]

I have a very strong feeling this didn't in fact happen.

[minionofmidas]

What do you mean "supposedly" - is there something you're trying to tell us?

[opebo]

Did he get fired?

[Napoleon]

I have a very strong feeling this didn't in fact happen.

Why would he lie?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Did he get fired?

Haha no. This type of thing is incredibly common at my workplace. I already have a plan for April Fool's Day to decorate his cubicle with My Little Pony pictures since I'll be in on Monday and he won't be. And that'll be rather mild by April Fool's Day standards.

[afleitch]

I have a very strong feeling this didn't in fact happen.

Why would he lie?

Because it's the internet. And of course why would a co-worker change the desktop of the person he was pranking to something that person likes, or indeed fail to notice what his desktop was already full of alternating ponies if he was his co-worker? Come on

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I have a very strong feeling this didn't in fact happen.

Why would he lie?

Because it's the internet. And of course why would a co-worker change the desktop of the person he was pranking to something that person likes, or indeed fail to notice what his desktop was already full of alternating ponies if he was his co-worker? Come on

My desktop isn't very visible when I'm on break since I leave my job tools and web browser window still open. I'm guessing he figured that it'd still be too embarrassing to publicly display some My Little Pony thing even if you like the show, he was quite wrong.

[Paul Kemp]

I once again ask myself why I even bothered opening a BRTD thread.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I once again ask myself why I even bothered opening a BRTD thread.

It's hard to break out of an addiction...

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I once again ask myself why I even bothered opening a BRTD thread.

It's hard to break out of an addiction...

Yes, you've mentioned that.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I once again ask myself why I even bothered opening a BRTD thread.

It's hard to break out of an addiction...

Yes, you've mentioned that.

That is the main reason the Update survived for nearly 4 years.  It was an addiction.

[opebo]

It's hard to break out of an addiction...

Yes, you've mentioned that.

That is the main reason the Update survived for nearly 4 years.  It was an addiction.

You mean on your part or ours?  Or both?

[Joe Biden 2020]

It's hard to break out of an addiction...

Yes, you've mentioned that.

That is the main reason the Update survived for nearly 4 years.  It was an addiction.

You mean on your part or ours?  Or both?

Both

[opebo]

It was an addiction.

You mean on your part or ours?  Or both?

Both

I see!  So, how are you dealing with the lack? 

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Why would you leave your computer logged in while on break?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Why would you leave your computer logged in while on break?

Because it leaves my login tracker open, which shows me how much of the 15 minutes are left. That's why everyone does. Also no one wants to spend any time. Actually you have to stay logged in for a paid break because otherwise you won't get paid, the login/logout reports are how payroll is calculated.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

What did you do to piss him off?

Defy society's gender roles in even admitting to liking My Little Pony.

I do the same thing a lot.  For example, I defy gender roles by even admitting that Disney's Cinderella is one of my favorite movies.

[minionofmidas]

No, that's age roles.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Why would you leave your computer logged in while on break?

Because it leaves my login tracker open, which shows me how much of the 15 minutes are left. That's why everyone does. Also no one wants to spend any time. Actually you have to stay logged in for a paid break because otherwise you won't get paid, the login/logout reports are how payroll is calculated.

Well that's incredibly unsecure; although, from your stories of your workplace, it's not entirely surprising.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Why would you leave your computer logged in while on break?

Because it leaves my login tracker open, which shows me how much of the 15 minutes are left. That's why everyone does. Also no one wants to spend any time. Actually you have to stay logged in for a paid break because otherwise you won't get paid, the login/logout reports are how payroll is calculated.

Well that's incredibly unsecure; although, from your stories of your workplace, it's not entirely surprising.

I was thinking the same thing.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

For the record, screensavers are designed to kick in and require your user password to get out of, and they are usually set to kick in after five minutes. This guy no doubt did so before the five minutes. That said there is nothing on my computer that no employee couldn't obtain on their own computer.