It reminds me of a story my father told me recently about a mining company and a plastic dinghy.
They had a job to complete that required access to a caustic pond, so they organised a small plastic dinghy to get out and take their measurements.
Even though it was just a dinghy, they still required a certified skipper on board, plus a saftey officer and then the technicians to take the measurement.
They had estimated an 8 day job, not realising that the pond had shrunk by half since the original satellite imagery.
So the technicians fly out and get prepared, but the mining company hadn't organised half the things they needed to. So for the next 8 days the technicians are waiting for saftey and job approvals and twiddling their thumbs.
Meanwhile the skipper and saftey officer are back at the port awaiting the technicians go ahead.
Now the dinghy, it was sitting on the grass at the boatyard. These resources are all charged per day, and while they're booked for the job they are on standby.
At this point, the dinghy on the grass and it's hardy crew had cost the mining company $16000 just for standby costs.
Eventually the job goes ahead, it only takes 4 days because the pond had shrunk so much, and the dinghy is only used for 2 days.
Total cost for the little plastic dinghy and crew was $25000. The mining company was fine with this.