[somerandomqaguy]

That wasn't the best bit. Try having having someone in the organization leave without checking back in his or her code before they left. Guess who's IT department is getting a phone call to manually break the locks. ;)

[netule]

Or the guy who really just needs it:

"Hey, Alex. I saw you've head BasePage.aspx locked since last month. Mind if I work on it for a bit?"

"I still need it."

"Any idea when you'll be done with it?"

"No."

This is what the waterfall model was made for.

[corysama]

Even better: You could set your system clock to a future date, check in some code, roll your clock back, and leave the company. Version Control Time Bomb!