Wow. I experienced a portion of your world. Say hi to Perumal. I forget his wife's name, but yeah he dragged her into work; he poorly ran the build and then got made manager, and continued to aspire to the Peter Principle. Funny, as I had learned Brazilian Portuguese a few years prior, and -- "Peru" "mal" is very close to "bad penis"!
They had children so apparently it worked; but, anyway...