In my thinking, this is how it goes down when customers run new patches:
"Oh, I need to run a patch. I better get a cable that's long enough to complete the job."
Rather than looking at the work at hand, a "layperson" (how do you like that term) will usually grab the longest premade and proceed to patch port to port, not even messing with cable management, or using a proper sized patch cord, color coding, or whichever other standards are in place. Most likely, the patch could have been completed with a 4' patch routed correctly. Now you have 6' of slack dangling in front of the rack to play with, and eventually replace.
REMEMBER - a 10' patch is much better than a properly sized 4' patch cord. [/sarcasm]
