We're a technology company. Items you send to the laser printer keep getting printed out on resume paper. Several senior managers resign. All use the excuse of having to take care of a sick parent. Even stranger, no one ridicules this person and tries to make him feel stupid.
People keep dashing out of the office every time their cell phone rings.
A story about the ins and outs of unemployment insurance gets passed around the office. The techies start showing up in ties. I had this friend, and he just hung on until the very end. I mean the very end. He was the last ones in the office.