Steelman possibility: There's 20 people in 10 departments giving him conflicting non-written requests for disk space, his own request for new disks is held up s

Steelman possibility: There's 20 people in 10 departments giving him conflicting non-written requests for disk space, his own request for new disks is held up somewhere, and his boss keeps telling him "Just do what you're assigned" which doesn't include preventing a full disk condition.