Re:How Madrid built its metro cheaply
by boxed on Thursday June 18, 2026 @02:52AM
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I would guess this is a consequence of people following orders. There's many people that should have refused the work along the way, but only the planner gets the blame, while I'd bet the planner was only following orders also.
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So it’s nobody’s mistake?
No, that's the opposite of what I'm saying. I'm saying they are all blame worthy, and their culture itself is also blame worthy.
Re:How Madrid built its metro cheaply
by victorbjorklund on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:35AM
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People need to be able to think for themselves. I once stayed in an apartment house where I noticed a door 1.5 m up in the air on the outside of the building. When opening the door there was a small bathroom with a toilet. With no way of accessing it from the inside. Just that normal inside door on the outside wall up in the air. 100% someone in the chain made a mistake and said the door should be on the wrong wall. But no one that actually built the house stopped and say ”eh are you sure?”
Re:How Madrid built its metro cheaply
by jodrellblank on Thursday June 18, 2026 @11:42AM
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Which is why we have https://old.reddit.com/r/NotMyJob/
Re:How Madrid built its metro cheaply
by victorbjorklund on Friday June 19, 2026 @04:03PM
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Thanks. That’s amazing.