IT sent the intern to sort out the nasty VP (Who, Me?)

That reminds me of a certain high up who tried to copy/paste between two computers by doing the following:

1. Rightclick > Copy on Computer A

2. Unplug mouse

3. Plug mouse into Computer B

You probably can imagine what the next step ought to be.

Cloud-backed thin-client system recognizes that logged-in mouse has moved to a new PC, and syncs clipboard contents as it should? :-)

Why is the mouse wired?

IIRC the USB port can register a mouse and a keyboard and other imaginary stuff. So I think it's possible to implement this using a small pendrive inside the mouse. [If someone implements it, I guess i will get a lot of points here.]

I guess you'd need something running on the PC that can detect clipboard changes and copy the content to the mouse storage.

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Why enable the person in charge to act like a child? Tell them the reason that it was their fault if they can’t handle it they shouldn’t be the one in charge.