Iwas Bornready (10/21/2014)
After working at several companies the most common waste of money was believing that you would save money by buying in bulk and getting the items at a smaller per unit price, only to throw half of it away because you then needed a newer version of whatever you bought.
That's standard operating procedure for the government, except that the per unit cost is actually higher than general retail.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho