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> their product bureaucracy was such that it would take them nine months to ship an empty box. They didn't ship an empty box though, did they? That's what the
by hypertele-Xii 4y ago
> their product bureaucracy was such that it would take them nine months to ship an empty box.
They didn't ship an empty box though, did they? That's what the bureaucracy is partially designed to prevent. Can you imagine the reputation loss if some rogue company element actually shipped a branded empty box?
- AlbertCory 4y agoI think you missed the point there.
- Izkata 4y agoIt's a metaphor to mean the bureaucracy is so bad it takes a long time to do nothing, not that they literally shipped an empty box by accident.
- ReflectedImage 4y agoI've seen branded empty boxes being shipped before. There were good financial reasons for it.
- JohnFen 4y agoProbably the most famous such event amongst this crowd would be the original Star Wars action figures. https://www.retrojunk.com/a/tlNWXQ9PQo/star-wars-figures-a-history https://www.retrojunk.com/a/tlNWXQ9PQo/star-wars-figures-a-h...