Okay, I admit it. I was being a pretentious, pseudo-intellectual git and tried to squeeze in a reference to Sartre’s play, No Exit into the joke. The trick is to make the reference vague enough that what Mr. Lo is talking about is still funny, you don’t actually have to know what he’s talking about.

After a long time lurking in the background, being a nuisance to the entire department, everyone’s favorite consultant, Ms. Atri, has returned.