The library opens at 10am. Ten minutes before it opens, there's a public announcement informing the staff to get ready to serve customers. Another announcement comes at 10am informing the public the library is open. Then the security lock at the door will automatically goes off to allows visitors in.
As it is the exam period, many students come to the library to prepare for their papers.
When waiting for the library to open, I noticed the students' behaviors.
All the students were crowding around the door. Some of them were trying to inch their ways to the front so that they can be the first to enter when the door opens.
When the first announcement was made, a few of them thought the library is open and tried to force open the door. When the library is opened, you can see all of them rushing in and walking in double quick pace or running to grab seats.
Seeing this reminds me of myself when I was a student. Didn't I do the same? I was one of the few students who arrived at school early so I could get a good seat at the library during exam period.
Is this what the local call Kaisu (scared to lose)? Or it's scarcity mentality at work?
In school, parents always tell their kids that they must do well. They compare their kids results to others. They want their kids to do better than the neighbors. Likewise, are the schools also nurturing kiasuism in the students.
If you think about it, it's nonsense. There is no scarcity in marks. There's no scarcity in positions. A student scoring high marks does not deprive another from getting the same marks. There can be as many students scoring the same high marks as the number of students in the top position. There is only one top position when there is only one student who scores the highest points.
When visiting the reference section of the National Library, you need to have your bag checked by the security guard before entering. I noticed none of the students said "Thank you" to the security. Is studying for exams to get good grades all that matters to them, including basic courtesy?
Another student just left with the table full of erasure residue she did not clear.
In your company, are you obsessed with achieving profits above everything else? What kind of society are you nurturing?