If you have ever been in a situation where things were done to a standard of excellence, this type of excuse is simply unacceptable. People who have first-hand experience with environments that pursue excellence in earnest have little patience for such nonsense.
Kind of like the movie line "Failure is not an option." The line involves a bit of creative license, but was based on the movie people interviewing someone from NASA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tid44iy6Rjs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_Is_Not_an_Option
