The Human Question

Suppose you already have a graduate degree but need to take a continuing education course or two.  So you decide to go out of town to do this so that you can both tourist and student at the same time.  You need to rent an apartment for the summer, so you contact the university to see if any year-round students are going to sublet their flats.  This inquiry results in your getting the phone number of Brenda, who is offering her place for rent.  Before you sign, however, you need to know if, in the event of a plumbing emergency, the pipes/sink/toilet/whathaveyou will be fixed gratis under the contract.  You call Brenda, who tells you that, as she is a student, she too is renting it, but she can give you the number of Carlos, from whom she is renting the place.  So you call Carlos and ask him about his plumbing policy.  He says that there have been no problems so far with the pipes, but he can't guarantee that they would be fixed at all, as he is subletting the place from Danielle. Da