I can write code to fix this. I should not have to write code to fix this.

Shared this with a friend to vent and they thought Reddit might appreciate it. I don't usually commiserate about this topic on Reddit so apologies if this is the wrong sub... didn't quite feel like an r/excel post. The Teams message was meant to be a slightly humorous way to express my frustration/disappointment to colleagues outside the email thread with our boss about said data. Rant incoming. Could I have just thrown Python at this nonsense and built something much more elegant and robust? 100%. Could the same idiots (I say that with love) responsible for this filing system and Excel crimes