>I feel like I see it all the time.

Sometimes its justified. Like "This is only satisfied when x, y and z are correct"

But then you get

"We will do x and y as a compromise but not z"

And then you have to explain that, the compromise is actually worse.

> "We will do x and y as a compromise but not z"

This reminds a lot of this: "I'm going to try this extremely difficult pastry recipe at home, but I'll use margarin insted of butter because <idiot reason> and a teasponn of stevia instead of the prescribed 200 g of sugar for <another idiot reason>."