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Social engineering is a major part of pen-testing and of hacking. It's still impressive despite any carelessness.
This wasn't carelessness. This was a deliberate.
I have a buddy that I grew up with that does penetration testing. Like I live in a city a whole continent away from home, and I run into him here or there, looking like a random smoking a cigarette outside an office tower or whatever. And thats what he's doing, he's on assignment trying to social engineer someone to give him access.
As they say, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Why try to hack the door lock when you can exploit people's instincts to let them hold the door for you?