A few nights ago the episode where Phoebe had the job ringing the Christmas bell aired. In that same episode, Ross had already moved in with Joey & Chandler because he lost his job. A night or two later, they showed the one where Ross got fired for going psycho at work because someone snitched Monica's sandwiches, which led to him moving in with Joey & Chandler.
Friends isn't exactly a soap opera, but continuity is more important in this show than most sitcoms. I missed out on the prime-time airings of these episodes because I was working nights back then. Is this out-of-order thing the same everywhere, or do I need to get nasty with the local program director?
PS - maybe I shouldn't complain...after all, we get two Friends eps a day here (or is that the same everywhere else, too?)