It’s a new fiscal quarter here in computer company land, and apparently we employees are being affected as well.

We just got a goodbye email from a programmer who quit today, and he signed it “Sincerely, 1548688.” Now he was probably just being tongue-in-cheek or trying to get a last dig into his supervisor, because who really knows the reason for his “moving on” so suddenly, but still. I didn’t like it. Not one bit.

That employee should really watch his jokes at the office. I know he’s leaving, but what about the rest of us? Jokes can become reality buddy. One day you’re brainstorming about how to keep your oil money safe and laughingly suggest “creating a war with a distant country” as the solution, and then next thing you know one thing leads to another. It’s a slippery slope, that’s all I’m saying.