SNAFU was invented by our military, but we are still the greatest in the world.
Got a link to that story? Must have missed it.
People working long shifts fall asleep all the time, the news is that this was leaked to the news.
I remember when a guy ordered a single capacitor that was about 1/2" diameter from supply. His order numbers were correct. No mistakes on the requisition.
So, an hour later, here comes a flight line forklift with a brand new jet engine in a great big box and puts it on the loading dock and the guy asks for a sign-off. That brought the big-wigs out to the loading dock. After they were done laughing, I walked over and said to my MSGT supervisor that an aircraft engine won't fit in the equipment which needs a simple capacitor. A gal brought the guy's capacitor there. The guy delivered the jet engine to where it was supposed to be.