"This is not an argument against continuing to line things up just so, of course. It just means that the very orderly person will over time become a very familiar face to the people at The Container Store, to the point where they might remark to each other during their breaks about having seen him, again, purchasing more of those stackable, breakable containers that he's always getting."
"The relationship is much more prosaic, really, and fairly common to the world of finance, where Cohen became rich enough to buy the Mets; it boils down to that between an impulsive and very rich boss and a high-performing employee whom the impulsive boss trusts but will still sometimes overrule when bored or aggravated or just moved to do so."
A neat-versus-mess analogy illustrates how an orderly person and a very large dog can coexist while creating persistent tension because the dog will inevitably knock things over. The orderly person responds by repeatedly organizing and buying containers. The dynamic between New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and President of Baseball Operations David Stearns mirrors that pattern: an impulsive, very wealthy owner paired with a trusted, high-performing executive who can still be overruled. That finance-style relationship enables mutual benefit and reliance but guarantees occasional overrides and messes. The MLB offseason showed varied team approaches until a major free-agent signing shifted activity.
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