The novel buff.

A dim-wit can be troublesome at times. The following episode amply demonstrates a pleasant mess he can create.

A particular solvent is to be used as thinner for a specific spray coating material. The dim-wit in the facility was an avid reader of fictions. Being deeply moved by the possible carcinogenic effects of the above said solvent decided to do some thing about it.

He was impatient or unsure about the acceptance of his bookish knowledge. He was biding for an opportune time. This arrived when his seniors were out-of station. Basis his opinion, he took a unilateral decision and substituted the deadly solvent with a lesser harmful solvent. When this operation was being carried out, the panama cap man was on hand to witness the same.The man who had a nose for rain certainly did not miss the change in the odour of the solvent. Immediately he called the dim-wit and asked “Did you change the solvent?”

On hearing the affirmative answer, the normally pleasant mannered man got disturbed and phoned up his superior at the stroke of mid-night (we are night-birds you see). From  the one-sided conversation , the dim-wit understood that he has committed  a foolish act, though with the of best intention in mind. The panama cap man hung up the phone saying “now nothing can be done as the change has been made”

Next day the dim-wit received a tongue-lashing on violation of authority and protocols. Later on, this issue was discussed in higher forums and was ratified as a good change.

But the panama cap man was the first to acknowledge that the change has been made. He later asked the dim-wit to give him the title and page reference of the novel that catalysed the change!

[The narrative though set in a specific environment , could have taken place in a paint manufacturer's test lab. This setting helps the reader spin their own yarn :) ]