Went volunteering at a speed skating event once. One task I was asked to help with was mark the order of the skaters at the end of the race. I asked why that is

Went volunteering at a speed skating event once. One task I was asked to help with was mark the order of the skaters at the end of the race. I asked why that is and they explained that if all systems fail (1. Device on the skater's ankle, 2. cameras recording the race), then this ordering we note is what they will fall back on. It seems like a lot of work people do is individual and idle when other systems take responsibility of many issues in a process. I'm glad that people worked closer together as a result of this failure! I'm glad people worked closer together here, not that there was a failure!