This reminds me of that scene from “Office Space” where the Bobs inform the boss about Milton, who was laid off years ago but no one told him and due to a glitch in the payroll system he kept receiving his paycheck, and how they fixed the situation by fixing the payroll glitch. “So you explained the situation to him?” “No, we fixed the glitch! The problem will take care of itself.”
When I worked in the corporate world I adopted a personal policy of not responding to emails from people looking for help or favors on things that weren’t in my area of responsibility. It worked like magic. They first get confused, and then just take their problem elsewhere.
