"The grapes are sour!" - you

I dont think it's subpar people.

The only word for it is hubris. The overwhelming sense that your ability in one area has some magical transitive property to ability in another.

Can I write code? Sure. Im a bad designer, I can follow along in accounting, Im a terrible actor.

I would guess that there is much more to this story than just someone "bugging" a conference room. Though I would venture to guess that the keystone cops never get to the bottom of it.

Word.

Company is another.