"How about that requested song...Now, maybe?"

A memory from the '90s: One night, I'd brought in some CDs to listen to while working.  I'd mentioned having a Gordon Lightfoot CD with me, and a co-worker said that he'd like to hear one of his favorite songs, "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald."  I was too focused on work, however, to actually play the CD that night.  Each time I walked from my desk to the basket where work to be done was kept, this co-worker would let out a subtle reminder, such as, "Say, does anyone have any Gordon Lightfoot music?" or "Some Gordon Lightfoot music would sound good right about now."  When that didn't work, he started quoting lyrics from "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" each time I walked past.  When his shift ended that night, he said, in a complete deadpan, "What a disappointing evening this has been."  Looking back, I wish certain radio listeners whose requests I couldn't play because they weren't available or had just been played recently had taken the answer, "No," with such good humor.