Pwning new guys to proove a point

[AdvancedFlea]

We have a new guy on our department. “Paddy” is what we call him and lets just say he can be a bit dense. He kind of annoys everyone but for whatever reason, there is a hell of a lot of loyalty on that department. He is one of us, after all.

There’s also a kind of Cabin fever in there. We drive each other CRAZY with our mannerisms so we tend to make fun of one-another a lot because, unlike the sales guys, we work in very close quarters

One of Paddy’s more dangerous habits is he leaves customers machines on the desk then walks off with the customer. We’ve told him time after time that if you are going away from the desk, take the computer or put it behind the glass partition. It’s common sense.

Well, he was booking out a repair for a customer and we were pretty quiet. He walked away from the desk so I look at Ade and smile

Ade: G’on. What you thinking of doing?
Me: Lets hide that computer and make him SHIT himself
Ade: !! evil fucker

So I picked the computer up off the desk and hid it somewhere that was actually right in the open. I put it right next to our data recovery computer and I put the paperwork on top of it. I went over and told our security guard, Steph (as in Stephan, not Stephanie) and our Duty manager (Dan) who is always up for a laugh.

By the time Paddy came back, I was counting down our tills (we count them UP in the morning, count them DOWN in the evening )

Paddy: *Walks back over*...have you seen a computer that was here? *motions to where it was on the desk
Me: *Blank look* Nah, sorry mate
Paddy: *checks under the desk then walks over to the other guys who are counting down their tills* Have you guys seen a Compaq computer that was where Flea is standing now?
Bobbit: Nah
Paul: Sorry, Mate
Ade: Oh yeah. Compaq computer? Silver front?
Paddy: Yeah
Ade: Black Chassis?
Paddy: Yeah
Ade: Big Q on the side?
Paddy: Yeah?!
Ade: Nah. Ain’t seen it, kid. Sorry
Paddy: Bastard

Paddy walks off to another part of the store

Me: (To customer) don;t worry mate. Your base unit is safe. We’re just playing a practical joke to prove a point
Customer: Nice
Rich: *comes out with the customers PC* here. Take it, go, quickly now
Customer: Cheers dude! Later guys! And don’t be too harsh on him
Rich: We will

Customer walks out with his PC, and you can hear steph’s laughter from across the store

At this point I am going on what other people have told me

Paddy: *walks up to Dan* we have a problem
Dan: Whats up?
Paddy: a customers PC seems to have been stolen off the desk
Dan: Shit. Was it high spec?
Paddy: Yup
Dan: oh fuck. We’re gonna have to replace that. What happend?
Paddy: well, I left it on the desk where I thought it would be safe...
Dan: For fuck sake. Go to security. Go back through the cameras

Paddy walks over to security and tells steph

Steph: WHAT?! Walks out with a fucking BASE UNIT?!!
Paddy: Yeah but I...
Steph: Oh for fuck sake, Patrick! Where’s the customer?
Paddy: I think he left
Steph: You’d better hope he had. You’d better Hope Flea said he’ll drop it off in the Van tomorrow or something
Paddy: I’m sorry
Steph: you would be
Paddy: Would be?
Steph: *smiles at him and starts laughing*
Paddy: what’s happend?
Steph: The customer walked out with the tower a few minutes ago. The techs hid it from you
Paddy:...Bastards. I’ll kill them all
Steph: *evil laughter*

Morel of the story? When we tell you to put something in a secure place...DO IT!

...and then there’s the fact there is no competition for my particular brand of ownage

[Evil Queen]

Now when the customer comes back in, they have to hear the juicy story next! That was great Flea!

[AdvancedFlea]

We should fill them in on it, Yes

The entire store was impressed that we even got the CUSTOMER in on the joke

[lordlundar]

I've had that done to me once and it's a good teaching aide.

Of course I always seem to get the privilege of training someone who just doesn't give a damn. I go and hide roughly 20 high shrink items from the cart he brought out to secure and walked away from.

He never noticed until I brought them back and told him about it.

[AdvancedFlea]

damn. he really didn;t give a fuck, did He? o.o

the favorite one we do to the more gullable trainees is send them to the B&Q we share a retail park with for glass hammers, elbow grease, long weights etc

We've had calls on our radios before now;

"B&Q to the computer store, Over"
"G'Head"
"KNOCK IT OFF, ASSHOLES! it wastes our time as much as the poor kids!!"
"*in a very small voice* Sorry"

[Arucard]

Red Vs blue.

"What kind of moron do those guys think I am? Elbow Grease? Man, as soon as I get back with that headlight fluid, I'm going to go have a talk with the Sarge."

[AdvancedFlea]

yeah, I have seen that one. RvB...highly amusing

[Becks]

I'm *still* trying to bring back paint thinner in a styrofoam cup.

[PepperElf]

well we didn't have people hiding computers as jokes... the shop was too secure for that. (tho someone DID walk off with my good headphones, grrr). but normally stuff like that was safe.

what wasn't safe was ... computer logins. If you left the computer unlocked and walked off, someone else would write an explicit (usually homosexual) love letter and send it to one of the other guys. One guy in the shop just wouldn't learn, and they usually sent off one email from his account every day.

[AdvancedFlea]

we get simalar happening in university. It's quite funny