Keep in mind that the easiest way for the flightcrew to address the niceties for low importance items .. is to snag it and have the ginger beers sign it off as not requiring fixing at the time. Engineering will have access to more information than the flightcrew and the decision is moved to a more appropriate forum.
This doesn't suggest that the commander should not insist on widget X being fixed if he/she has a sensible reason for so insisting ..