Pop quiz: how do you ensure that a number is negative? You could do something like:

if (count > 0) {
	count = count * -1
}

Or you could use a ternary:

count = count > 0 ? count * -1 : count;

Or, if you're feeling fancy, use absolute value, like

count = Math.Abs(count) * -1;

If you're Justin's coworker, however, that's not good enough. No, what you REALLY want to do is coerce to a string, prepend a negative sign, then remove any double-negatives to make a positive again:

if (count > 0 || count < 0)
{
 string tCountDelta = "-" + count;
 tCountDelta = tCountDelta.Replace("--", "");

 // Some time later...
 int countDelta = int.Parse(tCountDelta);
}

Now that's fancy.

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/negative-creativity