[Texas Fossil]

That wonderful one-size-fits-all mentality of a government bureaucrat

The piece missing from the mindset of bureaucrats is judgment. That does not come from a textbook, but experience.

[Sudetenland]

"The piece missing from the mindset of bureaucrats is judgment. That does not come from a textbook, but experience."

. . . or common sense.

[Roccus]

Not refuting what you said, but your post reminded me of a bumper sticker I saw years ago;

Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.

};^)