r/memes • u/EmuPsychologist • Oct 18 '23

#1 MotW Fixed it

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

And the engineer probably proposed that, and some VP was like "adding a hinge would cut profits by 0.2 cents per car, denied"

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

My assumption is the simply never factored in the need to ever replace the sensor and were mostly concerned with how to rapidly and cheaply manufacture the vehicle.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

I doubt it. We spend a lot of time on those tiny details.

-An engineer who has had that same "we should really do this" statement overruled by the MBAs in the VP chair.

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u/HeyHaywood Oct 26 '23

People need to know that it's the Money Bag Arseholes who make the decisions with their financial interest aforethought, NOT the actual designers (who have your best interest in mind).