> Second, maybe the task is stupid, and they're waiting for it to be killed. (How this matches up with the fact the requester is still asking about it and is st

> Second, maybe the task is stupid, and they're waiting for it to be killed. (How this matches up with the fact the requester is still asking about it and is starting to get concerned is another story.) There is often surprisingly little relation between a thing being stupid and not worth doing and how much some party wants it to be done. Notwithstanding the potential existence of fourteen other simultaneous MacGuffins to be obtained at the highest priority that has the plucky adventurer spinning plates and shaving far-off yaks, about which the requester has no visibility.