[post_page_title]A rookie mistake[/post_page_title]
If you have any experience purchasing furniture for your house, you know that buying something without measuring your room first is a rookie mistake. What’s the point of getting the most beautiful couch out there if it doesn’t pass your front door, right?

Well, the person responsible for purchases at this French train company apparently never bought a couch, because they didn’t realize the 2,000 trains they spent $20 billion on wouldn’t fit most of their stations. The solution? They had to invest $68 million to widen their platforms.