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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One more from me..I also knew a fella who owned a fleet of articulated lorries, and they specialised in moving very sensitive electronic equipment.
This shipment was rolls of paper. Not sensitive at all, but at the final destination they told the recipients that a roll had fallen on a motorway and would be best if they would claim on the insurance.
No Can Do.
It has to be recovered.
No Ifs, No Buts, recovery is the only possible outcome.
Police were called, the road sealed off, helicopters etc etc etc just to pick up a roll of paper, Bank Note Paper! one decent set of plates and goodbye to the countries economy
(, Wed 31 Oct 2007, 19:47, 1 reply)
In the US, maybeWhere their main form of defense against counterfeiting is special paper.
In the UK the banknote paper is only a very minor (but still important, mind. People do remember what notes feel like) aspect of the notes security.
(, Thu 1 Nov 2007, 10:55, closed)
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