Man attaches computer mouse to robotic vacuum to make it look like he's doing his job

After the pandemic hit, remote work became the norm - but this also means people have been getting more creative at skiving off.

TikToker Joey McDonald (@thelastjoey) posted footage of a computer mouse attached to a Roomba vacuum cleaner being dragged around a room.

"When your boss requires you to be 'active' online throughout the day," McDonald wrote, and in the caption added a little note in case any of his came across his video: "Joke for legal purposes."

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Since posting about his mouse hack, McDonald's video has received 11.3m views, 338,000 likes, along with thousands of comments from people sharing their thoughts.

One person said: “So we GPS tracked your mouse and noticed you seemed to have travelled a couple miles.”

"Modern problems require modern solutions," another person wrote.

Someone else joked: "I thought you just gave Roomba a pet."

Meanwhile, others weren't so impressed with the trick to fool bosses, and said this is the reason why bosses are keen for employees to return to the office.

One person wrote: "When people complain why their bosses won’t let them work from home."

"You guys gonna ruin WFH with all these videos," another person agreed.

Someone else commented: "People wonder why corporations want them back in the office."

Some even revealed their own hacks when it comes to ditch the job.

One person wrote: "Mouse shaker on Amazon. You are welcome."

"Open a draft in email >place something heavy on space bar>profit," another person

Someone else added: "Just turn on windows media player, set to repeat, then mute it."

The TikToker himself even saw the funny side to people's advice-giving and commented: "How good is it that the comment section has turned into an informative 'how to.'"

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