Another Day ln Office HeII

My supervisor is on the phone with someone from the IT department. This is a brief snippet from several hours of trying to explain various issues.

Supervisor: “Some job titles with Roman numerals were entered incorrectly into the database. Instead of I, they’re ending with L. Like Admin Coordinator Two was supposed to be Admin Coordinator uppercase Eye-Eye, but instead, it’s lowercase Ell-Ell. Is there something you could do to fix that for all of them at once?” *Pauses* “It’s supposed to be Eye-Eye, but instead it’s Ell-Ell. Look at Admin Coordinator Two.” *Pauses* “You do know the difference between an I and an L, right?” *Pauses* “Set it to all uppercase, and you’ll see it. It’s two Ls.” *Pauses* “Could you just change all the job titles with numbers to Arabic numerals? Right now, some of them have Arabic numerals, and some of them have Roman numerals, and some of them end in Ls, and it’s really confusing.” *Pauses* “Yeah, change it to Admin Coordinator Two.” *Pauses* “NO, NOT MORE ROMAN NUMERALS!”

On Monday, he has to explain to his boss’s bosses why we’re behind on our project. It’s going to be a long week.