I was standing in the accounts office today, and saw someone double-click to open an Excel file.
Excel then reported that the file was locked for editing, and who it was locked for editing by. Say, it was locked for editing by someone called Jane.
So what did this person do? Did they go to Jane’s desk to ask that the file be closed, or close it themselves?
No, don’t be silly. She asked a coworker, then the rest of the people in the office, then got up and walked around, looking at screens.
Then she came back, looked at the message again, and said “oh,” and walked off to Jane’s desk.
Head, meet hands.
