oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 days ago'That's not my child': Mother says bus monitor tried to give her wrong child... twicewgme.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down11
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-link'That's not my child': Mother says bus monitor tried to give her wrong child... twicewgme.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoMy guess is budget cuts. “If we outsource transportation, we’ll be at 125% of our budget instead of 140%…”
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoBut in reality these contracts are know for over runs as grifters under bid and then pile on after government entity is locked in. Same thing happens in b2b too but once paper is signed and people are emotio invested the guy who made decision essentially protecting bad vendor.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoYeah, the classic under bid, over promise scenario happens constantly, but it works because it looks good on paper which is all the bureaucrats care about.
My guess is budget cuts.
“If we outsource transportation, we’ll be at 125% of our budget instead of 140%…”
But in reality these contracts are know for over runs as grifters under bid and then pile on after government entity is locked in.
Same thing happens in b2b too but once paper is signed and people are emotio invested the guy who made decision essentially protecting bad vendor.
Yeah, the classic under bid, over promise scenario happens constantly, but it works because it looks good on paper which is all the bureaucrats care about.