Sorry but shouldn't you have just taken the initiative and fixed the bug yourself? This is the sort of thing I would hope a company would reward - not passing the buck.
If that's "below your pay grade" _and_ you're still capable of doing it, well that's kind of the problem then, isn't it.
> Sorry but shouldn't you have just taken the initiative and fixed the bug yourself
Why should I spend a week learning a different domain when someone with experience in that code can possibly fix the bug in an hour? Passing the buck to the right person is the correct answer when you are not an expert and someone else is. Passing the buck too many times happens very rarely, most of the time it is the correct answer, so long as you pass it to the right person.
I can go into anyone's code and fix a misspelling. However if the problem is less obvious someone with experience can take a few days off my time just because they don't have to figure out how the code is supposed to work before figuring out why it doesn't do that.
If that's "below your pay grade" _and_ you're still capable of doing it, well that's kind of the problem then, isn't it.