I notice what I am holding and how it arrived.

Responsibility rarely announces itself.

More often, it slides—toward the person who responds quickly, fills gaps, or stays quiet about cost.

At first, this looks like reliability.
Later, it becomes expectation.

The shift isn’t usually malicious.
It’s procedural.
Unspoken.

What matters isn’t who carried it this time, but what gets assumed the next time conditions tighten.