Talk of disasters and thoughts turn to the Woodlands school row.
I know most of the people involved in the costly debacle. None emerges with much credit.
How anyone thought awarding the contract to Tony Riddington, the school's caretaker, would not have raised questions needs to go back to school. Headmaster Nic Fiddaman (his deputy is Mr Riddington's wife) recommended him.
It appears (though it is not certain because of the lack of any meaningful paperwork) Mr Riddington got the £750,000 contract purely on that basis.
There appear to have been no checks on his skills (he is a door specialist) and no competitive tender process (required by EU rules). Was there any questioning his ability to handle such a sizeable job?
Most council officers involved have been allowed to leave.
Mr Fiddaman - a school leader with plenty of supporters in the local community - stayed silent and remains so about what he was disciplined with, or what was his punishment, and the council would never reveal any disciplinary act.
I cannot comment on the build quality of Mr Riddington's company. The auditors' report was pretty disparaging.
Mr Riddington is pursuing a claim for unfair dismissal after leaving at the height of the investigation. He refused to provide any paperwork to support the payments made to him by the council.
The chairman of governors, Elena Mutter-Child, was new into the job. At the audit committee meeting she was dissuaded from speaking to me by her head teacher and her vice-chairman. As for the council, what can one say about the education team?
Once more the director, Rose Collinson, investigates the lessons "learned" after her repetitively-wrong deputy, Simon Trotter, committed Medway to another million or two. He was in charge of the Walderslade overspend - £5.2 million was twice the original estimate - the Borstal school debacle, where about £350,000 was committed to designing a school in the wrong place, and the primary school closures row, where inspectors said no closures in most cases, which it has now emerged placed an additional £500k onto the council's stretched budget.
Get it wrong at school and you got a 'must do better'. Get it wrong twice and you saw the head teacher. Repeat the error three times, and it became painful.
Mr Trotter got a golden handshake to go quickly and quietly. Ms Collinson remains.
Why were auditors not panicking immediately the figures exceeded the budget? What about Neil Davies, the chief executive?
He was virtually silent throughout the audit committee's public meeting.
As for conspicuousness, the portfolio holder, Cllr Les Wicks, stayed away, and avoided all calls.
Why did they allow Ms Collinson to investigate whether or not she has learned lessons?
Regrettably, I suspect the council will be asking: where's the carpet, the brush and the corner to lift.
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