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At the companies I've worked at, I refer to this as the "well, can't you just...?"

Yeah, I can "just" after I "just" do A, and B, and C, and D, and E, and F, and G.

Drives me batty on top of being insulting. "Surely you realize I thought about that weeks ago, and if it were that simple, we wouldn't be having this conversation."

But hey, I get paid every 2 weeks.



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