A few weeks ago, the fridge in my house started croaking. It didn’t happen all the time so it’s hard to troubleshoot.
I know nothing about how fridges work, so I decided to leave it to the experts. Which experts? Well, I’ll start researching when I have the free time…
I mean, what if I make things worse? I checked the user manual and it says noises are normal. It’s not that annoying anyway. I can barely hear it from the bedroom.
I rationalized myself into doing nothing. Turns out I’m in good company:
A virus starts spreading in one country. Other countries watch the news and do nothing. A leader announces he’s going to wreck the economy. Everyone sees it coming. Nobody prepares. A political party knows they’re going to lose. They do nothing. They lose. They still do nothing.
We are all very good at rationalizing ourselves into inaction. But not my wife.
She fiddled with the fridge settings. Then she turned it off and cleaned it. She moved the fridge around and adjusted the legs. She noticed the water tank at the back was getting full. She couldn’t remove the tank, so she pumped out the water. Then the croaking stopped.
I think the moral of the story is we should make my wife the ruler of the world.