E-mail Speed of Light

E-mail is the technological wonder that allows people to communicate globally with the push of a button. E-mail is instant, free, and convenient.

Or is it?

Who would have thought that, at my workplace, an informal biweekly e-mail with a couple of graphics to highlight aspects of service would take over 6 weeks to send?

My co-worker the Mercenary Librarian describes this as a fiasco. But, much like other random tasks in the country whose name no one can pronounce correctly, the inevitable disaster is not a tragedy, but rather a farcical event to be laughed at over drinks.