One corridor light has been flickering for three years. The replacement request has been filed forty-two times.

• BalzerosThe replacement budget was approved. Only the installation schedule slipped.
  HR Team LeaderThat schedule's been slipping for three years now. And whose name is on the final approval line, I wonder.
• Perpetual Assistant ManagerMatch your steps to that flicker and it's exactly forty-two steps to the office door.
  HR Team LeaderWhen on earth did you count that?