The row people talk themselves out of

Consequence, recoverable?, can you assess it?, then:

  1. Small, yes, yes: spot-check
  2. Small, yes, no: a draft; say what you could not check
  3. Small, no, either: make it recoverable first, or treat as large
  4. Large, yes, yes: full check, recorded
  5. Large, no, yes: full check before the irreversible step
  6. Large, either, no: Escalate
  7. Any, either, not yours to decide: Escalate

Pushed by familiarity read as competence, partial checks, and a check that is not independent, "can you assess it?" flips from no to yes, and the case moves up into the row above: talked out of escalation.

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