Get into work this morning 5:30 am. I get the place opened up and I sit down to munch on my breakfast. As I do this standard procedure I log onto my computer and go to the forums for the two games I play, Evony and EVE. I have myself remembered on the Evony forums so no login is required but I go to the EVE forums, where the log in process is a beast since you are continually logged off randomly during a normal session, and I log in.
Interlude:
Here is a little back-story to bring you up to speed on the situation on the EVE forums. In the past few months the EVE forums have been under attack by accounts that post "links" to sexual content. People have been stupid and have clicked these links and were directed to a page to load a player that they did not already have downloaded which contained a keylogger. According to the threads a good number of people fell for this and then they proceeded to loose all they had on their accounts and had the account summarily locked so CCP could do an investigation. Many tears have been flowing over the weeks.
I did not fall for this trick since I have been part of that community for 2.5 years and things just looked sketchy in those threads, and quite honestly I do not have a huge need for Internet ****. (Insert dubious amounts of hard copy **** jokes

) These threads were weak. The original posts had little to no content, plain text link or semi nude pics with imbedded links, and character name with little to no meaning. So it was not hard for me to resist any interest in the linked subjects.
End Interlude:
For weeks, once this problem actually came to light, I pretty much just avoided all links provided by characters I was not familiar with, which were not in established corps/alliances, and/or did not have a “decent name”.
Fast forward to last evening. A thread popped up by a character I was not familiar with, with a link that was not directed to ****, had a real name, and a bunch of established off topic posters had commented on the link, so I decided to check it out. Things went as normal. The warning page from CCP popped up about the recent security attacks and I proceeded to the link. I viewed and made a comment.
This morning I come in and I try to log on and the EVE forums keep telling me that my log in information is incorrect. I relog numerous times and keep getting the same error. First I start to get worried because if I loose everything then I will be stuck in the investigation process with no guarantee that I would get any stuff back. Then I start to get infuriated with myself. I had said to myself a few weeks ago that this could become a serious problem if these hackers put some effort into making the threads look legit. I then said to myself, "You friggan idiot why did you go to that link";

Then it pops back in my head. I go to word and I start typing and yes my co-worker came in and switched some of the letters on my keyboard last night.

This is the second time he has done this.
So does anyone have any good ideas for office pranks? I have never been much of a prankster so I could use some assistance with coming up with a good non non job-compromising pranks to play on my co-worker.
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