It, unfortunately, always comes down to people being dumb. I wish there was an another answer, but that's always the essence of the issue. I've seen someone tr

It, unfortunately, always comes down to people being dumb. I wish there was an another answer, but that's always the essence of the issue. I've seen someone trying to explain to an investor that the numeric change between quarters wasn't meaningful. Investor seemed to understand explanation, but was clearly deeply unhappy about the chart not being tidy. People respond to that by trying to make the chart tidy, even if it means losing the company money at times.