AI at work · fictional workplace scenes
The newest document wins by mistake
Otto gives Ollie the newest file in a shared folder for Casey's review. It is Margo's unapproved experiment, saved after Dana's agreed version. Casey starts commenting on the experiment while the delivery team keeps working from Dana's file. The same project now has two documents that each look current.
Why it looked good
A recent timestamp is easy to rank. It shows when a file changed, not which version the project agreed to use.
Q1 · What is this really for?
Does Casey need the approved delivery version or a new idea to discuss?
Q2 · Who decides, and did they?
Who selects the version for review, and which file have they explicitly approved?
The next move
Ollie labels the experiment as a proposal and puts the approved version's stable link in the handoff, with the owner's confirmation.
Try another scene
This is a standalone fictional workplace scenario, not a scene from a published episode.
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