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[โ€“] CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit, ordering the wrong batteries was the icing on the cake.

[โ€“] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago

I always knew procurement across the UK public sector was wasteful, but I never knew quite how wasteful until I started working alongside various bodies.

This was just one of the more egregious - and more entertaining - examples.