10. Eye contact among co-workers gradually diminishes.
9. Random hugs from co-workers become common place.
8. Your office supplies begin to mysteriously wander off.
7. Your supervisor suspiciously receives cell phone calls and locks his office giving you the "shoo" wave every time you approach his office.
6. You feel as though people are peeping through their office window blinds and whispering "thats him" on your walk back from the water cooler.
5. Random emails begin popping up that indicate job availabilities in your field of work.
4. Co-workers become increasingly curious about the well being of your wife and kids.
3. You notice the custodian that doesn't speak English very well constantly staring at you and shaking his head disapprovingly while vacuuming.
2. You find a piece of paper titled "How long will he last" followed by a list of your co-workers names each name paired with a guess ranging from 3 weeks to this afternoon. Oddly you are the only employee who hasn't been asked to place a bet.

And the number one warning sign that you are about to get fired is...... (drum roll)

1. Your last name is being used as a verb whose meaning has become synonymous with "fired" (symbol crash followed by cheesy music)

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