Oh, does this remind me of a story from many years back. We had a "Jonathan {name redacted, but I've never forgotten it}" as a summer intern at the computer company I worked for at the time. He was from Cal Poly and was a COMPLETE idiot. I recollect one time he was drilling a hole in an aluminum panel on a bench behind me. The drill ran and ran and ran - "Man, this bit sure is dull!". There certainly was dullness involved, but it wasn't the bit. I finally turned around to look and you guessed it! The drill was running backwards! He had actually managed to drill about halfway through by that point. There was lots more.
Cal Poly wasn't exactly well thought of in my neck of the woods, I encountered two others in my time who either had, or were, attending that school. One of them was OK - intelligent and knew what he was doing. The other may or may not have been a competent engineer - I didn't encounter him professionally - but was a complete jerk. Not an asshole - that would be an insult to assholes everywhere. Mentally abused his wife, was NOT fun to be around, thought his shit didn't stink, acted like an idiot, was an "askhole", etc, etc, etc. Eventually had to get him out of our lives, and good riddance. Funny thing was he worked for the same computer company that I did, but after I had left. We felt sorry for his wife, she was a sweetheart. He ended up blowing an aneurism, and was EXTREEEEEEEEMLY lucky that he was in the right place at the right time, there was an excellent hospital very close nearby - otherwise he would have died in minutes. We hoped that the experience would give him some wisdom. Nope, he went right on being a jerk - didn't learn a damn thing. I hope he figures it out one day, as he was quite intelligent. But in the meantime, "May the Goddess Bless and keep him.... .... far away from me!" Oh, forgot to mention. He was a professional student for 8 years, had two degrees. His father finally kicked him in the ass and told him to get a job!
