you be the judge

i am aware that some of you think it can't possibly be as bad as i make it out to be here in ten miles south of common sense. until yesterday. and now we will all be on the same page. my husband came home from work yesterday. and told a story that left even me amazed. you see, there is an employee at my husband's facility that runs a machine. this particular machine uses a computer to send it's programs to the machine to make cuts on the steel. the computer is hard wired to another computer in the engineering department. but the actual machine gets a wireless signal from the computer in the shop sending programs to the machine. yesterday said employee called attention to the fact none of the programs were loading into his machine. my husband went out to investigate. the said employee explained to him that his programs were not showing up on his machine. and he needed engineering to reload the programs. my husband assured said employee that the programs had been sent. the said employee then offered a suggestion as to why the programs were not loading on his machine. i hope you are ready. he suggested there may be a kink in the wire. my husband kind of stood there for a moment. to make sure he comprehended what he had just heard. to take in the dumbness if you will. so, my husband played along and asked if he meant like a hose. the said employee then replied with a more than proud of himself yes. my husband then reset the machine. like the said employee is supposed to do when a new program is sent. and told the said employee that is was fixed. as if he just walked over and unkinked the wire...