# Mundane Pointless Algebra Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-algebra-problem/832472 "2019-04-13T00:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 37
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-algebra-problem/832472/37 "2019-04-17T05:42:04Z")
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: > [@can you write a macro in Excel that integrates itself with Outlook to send multiple separate emails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-write-a-macro-in-excel-that-integrates-itself-with-outlook-to-send-multiple-separate-emails/832660/1): > > 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). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-algebra-problem/832472)._