Damn, and there I was, thinking you were going to say that he was doing that on purpose as some kind of Soopa Seekrit 5-dimensional Q code in his Holy War against the Deep State™.
Nah, I'm perfectly happy calling him a demented troglodyte instead.
P.S.: I think I've met this Miss Takes of whom you speak. And boy, did she take a lot! She took everything that wasn't welded to the floor.