shortened version of email exchange from today

coworker - can you provide a brief analysis of the feasability of extracting content A from document files containing both A and B?

ace - sure. place the files on the shared drive, and i'll take a look at them.

coworker - please explain to me which files you need to see.

ace - uh... the ones you want my opinion on?

coworker - you have to understand that i do not understand "production" or the intracacies of the filing system. if you can tell me which files you need to see, i will try to find them.

ace - uh....