I am trying to complete a very simple task: email a document to someone.
"Dear colleague,
Please let me know the name of your contact for Project Xavier.
I have the document ready to send, but your requisition form did not have the contact information filled in.
I have checked your Projects Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Storm, but they do not have the contact number either.
In addition, I have checked all emails related to these projects and the contact is not mentioned.
I have checked Moira's projects Magneto and Mystique, as she uses the same vendor, but she doesn't have the contact information either.
As Project Xavier's head office has several hundred people, I will need a contact name. Then I can call and get the email address for your document.
Signed, White Dragon"
Colleague's response"
"Have you checked Project Xavier?"
Why yes, yes I have.

"Oh. How about Project Cyclops?"
Ummm. As Project Cyclops has only one document, no...the contact isn't there either. "Oh."
A few seconds later, he cc'd me on an email asking someone for the information.

It's hard to convey why this is frustrating, except that I made a point of saying that I had looked for the info - and he told me to do what I just did (he didn't read the email through.)
This colleague does this all the time - gives instructions that seem to make perfect sense - except that you can't actually do what you need to do because something, somewhere is garbled or missing.
It's like the Mobius Strip of Confusion. There is no end. Ever!