The Dude, you're looking at my take like an engineer with a micrometer when in reality the world is not all black and white. People who have the final say in these matters are people, and people are swayed (consciously and unconsciously) by a multitude of factors. Read "Thinking Fast and Slow". As much as we think we're impartial and can be fair no matter the circumstances, we aren't 100% always like an impartial machine in our thought process--we're all human. My point was simple: delaying for months and months could give one the impression the matter was not as significant to the interested party as it might have been had they taken action (e.g. filing a grievance) on day one.