Re: funny thing about these requests
If a manager asks for something gibberingly stupid, then get everything documented then go about the task in a safe manner
I was contracting a few years back. One particular customer had a tendency to think up some half-baked "solution" to a problem that would take me twice as long to do as a more conventional approach, but be fraught with problems. I tried the arguing cost/benefit with him, to no avail.
Eventually, I hit on the correct approach: smile broadly, and say "Certainly, Sir. Just put the details down in an email and I'll get right on it". After the first couple of pratfalls, he started to recognise my coded language for "that's barking and will fail miserably".
I had no need to sabotage anything - he just was that bad...
Vic.