Me: But the spec says that the customer can do it.
Dev: That was the plan, but there's a bug that prevents the user from doing that. Take that topic out.
Me: You're sure? You can't fix the bug?
Dev: We're not fixing the bug. Take the topic out.
[A few weeks later.]
Dev: There's a topic missing. Where's the topic about the thing?
Me: I was told that that customer can't do that.
Dev: Who told you that? The spec says that the customer can do the thing! You need to respect the spec!
Me: There was a bug that prevented the customer from doing the thing. You told me to take the topic out because you weren't going to fix the bug.
Dev: I don't remember ever saying that.
[shares a screensnap of the chat]
Dev: Oh. You misunderstood what I was saying.
Me: What part of "Take the topic out because the customer can't do that" was I confused about?
Dev: The customer can't do that in this specific scenario, but otherwise they can do the thing.
Me: How would I have known that?
Dev: It was clearly implied. Put the topic back in.
