I lied.

OK, so in a frenzy of activity before our Director came in, my lovely coworker Tamara and I went through her office and taped down anything mobile. We set up a large office plant in her chair and printed out a picture of her smiling face to attach to it.

Got a good laugh - and so far, she hasn't even found the taped-together pens, the telephone handset taped to the base and a strategicially placed piece of tape over her mouse.

PS: In a side note, a piece of tape, while effective for rollerball mice, does not cripple an optical mouse.