And then there happens a conversation that shows just how lacking my coworker is in the common knowledge department.
Coworker: Eric, can you take a look at this spreadsheet? It looks all wrong and I think it’s out of order.
I looked and saw that all the information was where it should be and that it was sorted in date order for the previous year with January on top and December at the bottom.
Eric: What’s going on with it?
Coworker: The months are all out of order. How do I fix it?
Eric: What months look out of order?
Coworker: Look, six is up here and 12 is down over here.
Eric: Okay. Six is for June and 12 is for December.
Coworker: Exactly so the order is wrong.
Eric: When do you think a year begins?
Coworker looks at me silently confused and deep in thought.
Coworker: Is it January 1st because of New Years?
Eric: Yes.
Coworker: But that doesn’t have anything to do with June and December. It’s still out of order. How do I fix it?
Eric: The calendar month goes January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and lastly December. The spreadsheet is in order.
Coworker looks even more confused about this whole month order thing actually matching up with what is already on the spreadsheet.
Coworker: But I thought that December comes before June each year…
The fact that she is 31 years old and a high school graduate and a passer of the United States Citizenship Test is not the scariest thing about this – she is raising four kids!
The future is doomed!
Wow. Just wow.