LJ Idol: Friends and Rivals, Week 6: "I Can't Even"

[copyright1983]

"Balance"

"I don't know what to tell you." I look again at my printout of the spreadsheet, as my boss looks over hers. "The numbers just don't add up."

"Well, make them add up. That's your job." Rosalie hastily gives me back the papers and dismisses me with a wave.

Sighing, I make my way back to my desk and reopen the spreadsheet. There's

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

I wondered if someone would use the prompt this way! I tried to persuade that an incompetent mortarer would be a viable approach, which he did not buy. You'd need enough background to pull off the math angle, and you definitely did it here.

This way, I can see how the formulas actually work, and hopefully figure out whether the problem lies in the formulas or in the numbers themselves.
Smart!

"That one works, though they're probably not going to like it."
Yeah. *sigh* Because sometimes it isn't about the reality. It IS, until the reality sux. Then the wishful thinking sets in...

[leni_ba]

Some days at the office are just like this. I liked this!

[adoptedwriter]

Fire drills! Ugh! At the most convenient times!!!! AW

[eternal_ot]

Ha! Murphy's law in action..;) Good Job with the prompt!

[rayaso]

What a great use of the prompt -- the day from hell! No one leaves you alone, and you can't solve the problem, and then there's a fire drill. I really enjoyed this.