[twic]

Absolutely. And you can use that fact to steer conversations on a smoother course.

ME: We need to load the catalogue data into the app for this feature.

SOME IDIOT I WORK WITH: Well that's in the database of course, so that's easy.

ME (inside voice): It's not in the database. Why would you assume it was in the database? Because you are an idiot who makes assumptions.

ME (outside voice): Ah, well if the system was well-structured, of course you would be perfectly correct, but in this case, there is an unfortunate quirk, so, to my great surprise, that data is stored in XML files on this tape archive ...