What's the analogy for really, really bad managers who pass everything through, but not before completely misunderstanding the request and garbling it beyond re

What's the analogy for really, really bad managers who pass everything through, but not before completely misunderstanding the request and garbling it beyond recognition such that the developers deliver something completely different than what the customer actually wanted? These managers are also adept at completely misunderstanding their developers and telling clients outrageous things because they're just pretending to understand.