 Ron particularly despises talking to members of the public , which is why he deliberately designed his office to be uninviting to visitors , in part by mounting a double @-@ barreled , sawed @-@ off shotgun on a swivel atop his desk aimed at the guest chair , so it will be pointed at anyone who wants to speak to him , a claymore mine ( front @-@ pointed toward enemy ) , and a Czech hedgehog . Despite his lack of interest in the job , Ron occasionally demonstrates he is a good manager who recognizes the abilities of his co @-@ workers . He claims not to be interested in the personal lives of those around him , and that his best friend was a co @-@ worker he knew for three years without ever learning his name . However , Ron cares more about his colleagues than he lets on and often helps them in spite of himself . Despite sharing a nearly opposite view on the role of government , Ron gets along well with Knope , and the two share a strong mutual respect . Although Leslie had considered a job offer in the neighboring town of Eagleton , she stays based on advice from Ron that , no matter how many job offers she gets , Pawnee will always be her hometown . Ron also developed a grudging , avuncular affection for April 's husband , Andy Dwyer , and decided to give him the " Ron Swanson Scholarship " ( $ 940 ) so Andy can attend one college course : Women 's Studies , after Andy and April couldn 't afford to pay it . In the voiceover while Ron drops Andy off for his first day of class , he recalls his own first day of college when his father dropped him off at the steel mill . His father thought he shouldn 't bother with college , but Ron hitched a ride to the school and went anyway . 
