This is the real-life decision made by Bob Goudy. Goudy is an industrial instrumentation technician. "It's best to swallow your pride and get help from engineers or someone who knows more," he says.

Erring on the side of safety is always the best course of action. "You never know how bad a situation will become," Goudy adds.

Your decision impressed most of your co-workers and superiors. You identified a serious malfunction and acted on it swiftly. You were concerned about safety.

Goudy says many technicians give themselves an unnecessarily hard time. "Sometimes it's not our fault when an instrument fails, but we feel responsible anyway," he says.