I remember reading a biography of a Navy Seal (possibly Rob O'Neil) and he tells about when he and his team were gearing up for a mission and choosing their kit

I remember reading a biography of a Navy Seal (possibly Rob O'Neil) and he tells about when he and his team were gearing up for a mission and choosing their kit and he described something called the "good idea fairy". Some senior person would come along and suggesting add a particular piece of kit as it was a "good idea", then another senior manager would suggest something else and on and on it would go until they would have so much kit to carry they wouldn't be able to carry out the mission. I think the layering on of each for or step is a bureaucratic version of the Good Idea Fairy.