Egg Mystery Part #...something

Well, the egg mystery is still unsolved. But there is a new egg!!! This one showed up after I arrived, when I was but briefly away from my desk. I was excited this time because it is made of glass, and so I tried pulling fingerprints. (There was only one real fingerprint, but it was barely legible and didn't come off very well. It's too indistinct to attempt finding a match.) :(

I did question a nearby team mate if he saw anything suspicious...and he did! He heard the sound of my drawer opening and closing, and then saw the suspect rush past out of the corner of his eye. I am narrowing down the suspect and will confront him/her tomorrow when the culprit returns.

There are a few things that do not make sense, though. If this is in fact the only culprit...well...it couldn't be, because this person did not arrive before me on Friday. Reminder: Friday's chocolate egg appeared in my drawer super early in the morning, and only 6 other workers were here at that time. You know what this means? Culprit "A" is not the only culprit! Time to do some more investigating...this case is not yet finished.

Weekend puzzle! Yay! It looks like a few of you were successfully able to solve it! All you do is fill in the blanks with the correct words from the quotes (some deductive reasoning and backwards thinking could help those who do not know all of the quotes).

Here are the correct words:
[back's

twenty-four

life

prank

keep

math

earn

teased

machines

think

scout

mind]

Once you have the words, find the correct letters (the *'s) and put them in the appropriate order to make this sentence: [It's locked merchandise in the future]. Whoo-hoo!!

~Little Jackalope~