Mundane Pointless Algebra Problem

[wolfpup]

Someone posting an apparently innocent question in GQ recently has inadvertently shed more light on the situation. It appears that Pam and Jim already had a stressful relationship before the bicycling and camping episode that ended so badly. And Michael, who was noted in post #30 as having added greatly to the stress by trying to date Pam’s mom, turns out to be a meddlesome doofus who works for the same company:

@Win_Place_Show

I sent one Excel file to Pam Beesly, Jim Halpert, and Michael Scott. That one file had Pam’s, Jim’s, and Michael’s expense-report detail all included in it. It had radio-buttons at the top that they could click next to their name, and their own expense-report detail would (via macro) automatically filter in Excel, ready-to-print.

Unfortunately, Pam got pissed that Jim could manipulate it to see what she was purchasing; Jim got pissed that Michael could see what he was purchasing, etc., on down the line. I hid the column that contained the names (as a token gesture for privacy, but you and I both know that anyone with a working knowledge of Excel could easily get around that).