Yes, the guy that slopped an entire tube of rtv on his oil drain bolt instead of replacing the worn out crush washer was just another person's perfection. Didn't even fix the leak.

The guy that kept slapping unions on the septic tank output because the pipe kept breaking was saving a ton of time doing the same thing four times. If he had done it right and dug down the line he would have found the stump that someone else half assing had buried on top of the line when it was installed.

Why would anyone waste their own time and other's time like this?

Also your Star Trek example is doing the best you can with what you have, and not doing a half ass job even though you were capable of doing a good job. A half ass job would be getting the whales and not bothering to get the water.