> came out of nowhere constraints like the cost should be less than $150 and it should be waterproof Oddly, that doesn't sound too far off from many procuremen

> came out of nowhere constraints like the cost should be less than $150 and it should be waterproof Oddly, that doesn't sound too far off from many procurement processes. Utterly arbitrary requirements and budgets devised by a committee who were put together to create a checklist, but would never actually use the thing they put together the requirements for.