Back in 2016 we had a foreman who kept a laminated card in his vest with the day's tasks written in grease pencil. No battery, no wifi, just wipe and rewrite. New super came in and tossed it in the trash, told him everything was on the tablet now. Couple months later the tablet took a swim in a mud puddle on a rainy pour day and we were back to scribbling on the back of a delivery slip. Point is, some of those old habits stuck around for a reason even after the tech showed up.

Torque seal always wins until it doesn't, ask my last annual.

This is the same thing that happens at work meetings when someone shuts down every idea before it even gets going. They think they're being helpful by keeping things on track but really they just make everyone stop talking. Funny stuff needs room to breathe, and killing that space is worse than a few bad jokes.