Yeah, that drives me nuts. It would take me quite a long time to explain the combination of constraints, requirements, goals, and office politics that make Y th

Yeah, that drives me nuts. It would take me quite a long time to explain the combination of constraints, requirements, goals, and office politics that make Y the thing I actually have to do, yet even when I say as much in the question people still insist that they know my problem domain better than I do. It is maddening. Don't take the actual problem and pretend it is an easier one you know how to solve just to look smart and/or helpful.