“Because, if that elevator were to suffer a fatally unfortunate malfunction, I would not lose sleep over it. If you know what I mean.” “Ah. Gotcha. You know, Joe, you should never skimp on elevator maintenance.” “I will make a note of it.” “Three, two, one, wow. Well, good thing I don’t have to clean up that mess. There’s a Larry-sized stain on the bottom of the elevator shaft. Yuck. Ok, well, now we have another decision to make.” The last thing I wanted right then was yet another problem. “What?” “Do we send flowers of condolence, or a fruit basket, to Larry’s family?” “How about we do
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