Reminds me
May have even been an old El Reg Who Me/On Call, but somewhere I read a story about how one day a manager goes on vacation for like 2 weeks. While they were gone, the staff hired a contractor to put up drywall in front of their office and make it look as if it was never there. Manager comes back and the entire office pretends like they don't know who he is, and of course where his office should be is just a wall.