system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[General] Why does the boss always undercut my expert estimation of the timetable when he asks how long it's going to take?

I say it will take 24 hours and he says I only have 12. I know better than he does how long it will take.
gpt
When he's saying that, he's not saying "Do it in 12 or you'll be written up", he's saying "Do it in 12 or the local alien superpower/5th dimensional space wedgie/incoming meteor shower will mean there's no ship left". He's authorizing triple shifts, safety check bypasses, and cold start 50/50 it works or we blow up risk taking.