Robert is a big fan of listing pros and cons. If you want to know every eventuality or consequence to even the simplest choice, Robert is the one to ask. He can dream up dozens of consequences, several times removed from the initial question.
Recently he debated whether we should fix a slow drain in our bathroom sink. He googled the problem and found several easy fixes but he hesitated because seeing the water in the sink might teach Colleen exactly how much water she was using and possibly wasting when she brushed her teeth. Then he changed his mind because he didn’t think it would take her that long to learn that lesson and it would probably be more expensive if the clog got larger over time.
He told me that “plumbers are expensive because they are skilled at stuff nobody wants to do themselves.”
Robert offered to help me plunge the drain but, as he said, “for safety issues” he didn’t want any part of pouring boiling water down the drain.
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So, is the drain flowing now?? We have a small snake.
Robert sounds like just the kind of person we would want in our office here in HHS. The office is ASPR, the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. He would need to discover what bad things might happen, devise ways to prepare for whatever the bad thing might be, then respond and solve the problem so he was ready for the next bad thing. In this world it's a never-ending job.
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