Running a 4-person startup generally means one thing:

I get stuck with all the unpleasant tasks nobody else wants.

Sometime last night, the thermostat in our small refrigerator stopped working, and the fridge went into full-cold mode. Two cans of soda exploded, jars of olives, mayo, salad dressing, and relish were frozen solid, and there were bits of broken glass from a bottle of iced tea which had frozen and shattered.

Somebody had to clean it up.

The options were:

1) Take a developer off of developing our new service (the one which we have a major customer practically begging to buy),

2) Take our salesperson off of doing e-mail follow-ups after a long weekend, or

3) Me.

They say that the CEO is the most important person in the company. It's true. I'm the most qualified person to clean up the skanky mess in the fridge.