That was a great example, thank you. One way of looking at his role could have been that while you were running around, his health and safety was being preserv

That was a great example, thank you. One way of looking at his role could have been that while you were running around, his health and safety was being preserved. If he (or any other vital employee) was injured in an accident that didn’t involve his explicit job requirements, that could have resulted in a bottleneck much more costly than his clocked time spent reading books.