Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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My Dad...As I've mentioned before worked in t'army.
He designed tanks. And built stuff. Very well.
And was contracted to work in Oman for a few years. They Omanis asked him what they needed to house tanks. Dad told them that they had to have sliding doors (otherwise they'd be huge) and they had to have a certain height.
And so they built a fair few of these houses.
Dad turns up. Looks at them. Tells them they've got to rip the whole lot down and start again. Why?
Because they'd not taken in to consideration the runners for the doors.
Length? Well it was the height and an Inch matters I tell you.
(, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 21:04, Reply)
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