Stupid things I've seen as a contractor in 2024

I have a small list of stupid things I've seen in 2024 as a contractor.

1. Going from no change management to having CABs for every single infra change and wondering why they cant accomplish more projets.
2. InfoSec teams taking over physical security and doing a horrible job at it. Leaving the card access systems and alarm systems for their junior members to manage, who have no training at all.
3. Going to the cloud as a lift and shift and letting go of the infra team and wondering why its actually more expensive. Why are we still doing this in 2024?
4. Replacing a fully functioning PBX with Teams telephony and realizing it cant match the features of the old PBX after you sold the gear on eBay...
5. Having an approved software list but not approving basic stuff like WinSCP, Bitwarden/keepass, a backup Browser. So when that weird site isn't loading, good luck, because you cant install chrome or Firefox...
6. Having the (AWS guy or the helpdesk kid) who isn't trained in networking to upgrade a firewall after someone wrote down the documentation and wondering why it went wrong.
7. Asking the DevOPS guy to write down how to deploy Terraform so the helpdesk guys can do as well.
8. Using weird waterfall/micromanagement methods to avoid hiring more people.

What weird shit have you seen in 2024?