One day I was walking through the office and noticed a coworker’s laptop sitting on their desk, unlocked and open. The little devil on my shoulder whispering “do it! do it!” won. I looked around, made sure they weren’t walking my way, opened their Slack to our #random channel, and typed the first silly, innocuous, non-fireable, and outlandish thing that crossed my mind.
That’s how “milk bath’ing” became a thing in our office. If someone leaves their laptop unlocked, odds are one of their neighbors will post some variation of this from that person’s Slack.
Now my coworkers are paranoid about keeping their laptops locked, and I think we’re all a little safer for that silly little ritual.
