boss: hey, can you find out what mailbox server j is on?
me: sure, what's up?
b: well, some people are on 10, others on 12, they're, some on 8, you know, its all done alphabetically.

I should pause here and note that it is not alphabetical (can you imagine the data shuffling that would have to happen everytime someone was hired / fired?) Yet, she's convinced in her mind that this is the way. this is very typical of her. i was only few weeks in at the time, so i shut up about that...

m: yeah, i'm on 10, right...
b: well, 9 and 10 are down right now so some people aren't getting mail.
m: right...
b: but j says she's on 12 and she's getting mail.
m: that's because 12's not down.
b: but j's last name begins with c, so she should be on 10.
m: but she's getting mail, and she knows she's on 12, and 12 is up.
b: well i think she's supposed to be on 10.
m: um...ok...
b: it's no big rush, but can you just let me know which server she's on?
m: ....

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