>> Don't worry, I know exactly how you feel, I am at the end of a 3-day 
>> "supplier evaluation workshop" from our largest customer - and I have a 
>> ton of action items that need to be completed by lunchtime Monday...
>
> Well, I suppose to some extent my plight isn't quite as bad as the project 
> manager for the new building. We were supposed to take ownership on 17 
> March. However, somebody wheeled some heavy item into the recention area 
> and cracked several floor tiles. This caused them to have to retile the 
> reception area.

How about this one:

Me: "Hey, electrical engineer dude, what is the maximum current our product 
will draw from the power supply?"
<some hours of calculation later>
"2.8 amps"
"OK, well our target is 1.2A, are you sure you can't improve that?"
<some more hours later>
"OK we reduced the maximum to 1.8A"
(WTF!)
"OK I will inform the customer and see what they say"
<some days later>
Customer: "1.2A is the absolute maximum available, if you want more than 
that your product won't work.  end of story."
"Hey engineer dude, we really need to meet this 1.2A target"
<some 20 minutes later>
"OK I think we can meet it, tell them it's ok"

Now, I *really* cannot wait until we make the first samples of this product 
and see how much power it actually uses :-)

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