This is why we have the pointy sticks with which to remind them how they should operate.

[stab stab]

"Document it."

[stab stab]

"No, really, document it. Because then when you're on holiday in unspoilt and unreachable Blackpool, Bob over there will have a fighting chance of fixing your no-doubt-erudite-and-beautiful new feature, in the vanishingly unlikely event of it going titsup.com the second the door closes behind you, like it absolutely never does every single fucking time."

[stab stab]

"That was just to make sure. You know, like a read receipt on email."