Reply to post: Re: First they came for the coffee

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Flat Phillip

Re: First they came for the coffee

It's a reasonably reliable sign, especially during the dot-com days.

If they started to muck around with coffee or fruit or whatever, it was time to either burn down your leave or find another contract. It didn't mean things were going bad tomorrow, but you had fair warning.

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