BOFH torpedoes the test environment
At a long-bought-out outfit I worked for as the Testing Manager, I sensed that a test environment was necessary, and was told by my manager to submit a proposal. I costed it, and selected a certain then-on-top Big Blue company to provide it.
We were on track to go, and had the cash ready to pay for it, when the BOFH told me that the kit, which weighed around 5 tons, couldn't be installed in the system room as the floor wouldn't handle the extra weight without massive reinforcements that would cost double the price of the kit.
We went without the test environment. Another BOFH triumph!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
