Despite existing to make money, businesses sometimes really do know how to waste time, resources and employee sanity. So if you’ve ever had to sit through a time-consuming, largely pointless meeting, this is the list for you.

We’ve gathered some examples of corporate fails , greed or just general out-of-touchness for your viewing enjoyment. Get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to shake your head in exasperation, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and stories in the comments section down below.

Here is the uncomfortable truth about big companies. They are not run by one all knowing genius armed with a perfect spreadsheet. They are run by crowds of humans, and crowds of humans have a remarkable talent for talking themselves into terrible ideas. Add a few layers of management, a looming deadline and a conference room full of stale pastries, and you have the perfect recipe for a decision that looks brilliant on a slide and baffling everywhere else.

Start with the habit of agreeing way too fast. Psychologists call it groupthink , and it kicks in when a team cares more about keeping the peace than about asking whether the plan actually makes sense. Nobody wants to be the person who politely raises a hand to point out that the new mascot looks suspiciously like a potato. So the room nods, the idea sails through, and the only honest feedback happens later in the parking lot.

Then there is the question of who gets to make the call. The Peter principle is the cheeky idea that people keep getting promoted for doing well until they land in a role they are not actually good at, and then they stay there. Whether or not that is entirely fair, plenty of office veterans will tell you it explains a lot about the decisions that land on their desks.

And then come the meetings, which are where common sense goes to take a long nap. The law of triviality says groups spend the most time on the smallest issues, because everybody has an opinion about a bike shed but very few understand a nuclear power plant. In office terms, that means a committee can wave through a multimillion dollar project in ten minutes and then argue for an entire afternoon about the color of the kitchen sponges.

Even good data can lead a company astray. When Coke introduced New Coke in 1985, the sweeter recipe had won plenty of blind taste tests, so the decision seemed bulletproof. What the tests could not measure was how fiercely people loved the original. Customers revolted, and the classic formula was back on shelves after just 79 days. Turns out a quick sip is not the same thing as a relationship.

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