Yes swoop, definitely time wasted. Only redeeming factors I can apply to the incidents are that it is a company fleet shop, so there was not a paying customer being abused by getting billed for the time Technically, our employer was being "billed", but considering how often management gleefully wastes resources themselves, it does not seem so vilifying.
The other redemption is that it really did provide some OJT about the principles of weight distribution and traction of a 4 wheeled lift truck. That lesson itself is priceless.

I know I have hijacked this thread from its original poster and I apologize for that, but I want to add one more off topic item here.
This is something that might be of help to any of us at some point in time. It will be a rare occasion that this might be needed but if it is ever needed, it might save the day.

Where I work, we utilize a "drive on" ramp/rack for most of our scheduled PM work. We have only one ramp/rack, so it is a sort of shop rule that we don't put a truck on that ramp/rack and disable it so that it can't be moved off again. Doing that will prevent anybody from using the ramp/rack for PM inspections and service.
An employee placed a truck on the rack and proceeded to remove a king pin and knuckle from one end of the steer axle.
This was a truck sent to us from a different terminal and was not one of our typical trucks, as such, we DID NOT have the needed parts in our stock, and the dealer did not have them either.
So, our rack was tied up and unavailable for other jobs until parts arrived (ETA 3 days).
To make this truck "moveable", I first lightened the truck by removing the counterweight and stowing it outside of the building. Then, I jacked up the damaged end of the axle high enough to cause the wheel on the opposite end to clear the rack. Next, I snaked a length of heavy chain around the frame of the truck above the axle on the damaged end (looping the chain below the radiator). finally, the chain went under the damaged axle end and hooked back onto itself, taking up as much slack in the chain as I could. Then I lowered the jack and the chain became taut, with the damaged end of axle suspended in the air, all the weight of the truck back end was resting on the good end and wheel.
The truck was now a driveable (but not useable) 3-wheeler.
The truck was driven off the rack like that and parked out of the way, and then I disabled the ignition to ensure no further attempts at using the truck could be made by anyone.
With the counterweight removed from the truck, the drive axle and mast weight dominated the frame geometry thus the drive axle was able to pull because the truck had no tendency to"tilt over" to the side that was missing a steer axle wheel.
This will not work unless the counterweight is removed.