With the April Fools Day just around the corner an office joke has officially become an office wide prank. Today we sent out the following email from the IT department to all the employees here.
After a conversation prompted by the Thurston County Fire Marshall and our corporate insurance agents we are going to be implementing a new corporate policy. Due to a potential fire threat, all optical mice with red lasers must be placed on a MouseDock® when not in use for more than 45 minutes. We will place an order for enough holders for the entire company; until these holders come in we do have six samples that the Fire Marshall has left for distribution. We will distribute these on a first come first serve basis. If you are not able to get a MouseDock® please turn your mouse upside down when you leave your desk for more than 45 minutes.
It is imperative that you place any optical mice on a hardened plastic mouse holder over night to prevent the laser in the red optical mouse from potentially overheating the formica on your desk. These lasers have the potential to cause the glue to heat up and reach a combustion point that may pose a serious fire risk. In the few cases where the desks are made of stained wood, the tests have confirmed that the lacquer coats on the desk are highly susceptible to overheating and spontaneous combustion. In addition to you being required to utilize the MouseDock® here at CCI Solutions, we advise you purchase one for your mouse at home. We will be placing a bulk order to outfit CCI Solutions with the MouseDock®, if you would like to be part of the purchase of these please let us know by 1:30 today and we will include your purchase in our order. The more units purchased the bigger our discount. If you choose to participate in the bulk purchase, your account will be billed once they arrive.
Thanks for your support and compliance in this important fire safety matter.
Rick Schnabel
Information Systems Manager
CCI Soluitons
I will keep you posted as the day goes on with comments about how this is being bought. So far its going great! Thanks Brad for the help.
UPDATE: Here are the photos of the MouseDock® that we are distributing to our employees. These "MouseDock®" devices are really the spool that our wirelabels come on.
For your viewing pleasure:
