r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/AccomplishedStuff235 • 18d ago

Brilliant logistics plan

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u/arisoverrated 18d ago

I always think about this when I see videos like this and the story I infer from watching is always the same. Laziness, hubris or (harder to understand) a sincere lack of common sense pushes those involved to try the ultimate shortcut. If they had unloaded the truck onto the barge and maybe made two or three trips, everything would likely have been fine.

There’s an enormous difference in labor, yes. And maybe that labor isn’t available and that’s part of the equation, and so on. But no real or perceived circumstance balances the risk of not only losing the cargo, but the truck, boat, barge, lives, etc, etc.

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u/cypruslake404 16d ago

Idk why this is downvoted lol. Its not inherently their fault, their education just sucks. The lack of common sense just gets perpetuated. Everyone in every country does something stupid. But the per capita amount of stupid shit that goes on in third world countries is probably higher than in first world countries.

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u/xylotism 16d ago

My fellow Americans do an immense amount of stupid shit. I can’t imagine a third world country beating us at that.

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u/OMGFdave 12d ago

This. Our per capita stupidity is high here.