Post Date December, 03 2023
Medical wisdom or morality? Which one do you choose?
Twelve years ago, there was a young man who had just graduated and went to France to start a part-time study abroad life. Gradually, he realized that the ticket office of the local public transportation system was self-service, meaning that you could buy your own tickets according to the destination. The stations were almost open, without ticket gates or inspectors.
Even random sampling is very rare. He discovered this management loophole, or in his way of thinking, it appears to be a loophole. With his intelligence, he accurately estimated the probability that the proportion of ticket evasion and detection was only about three out of ten thousand.
He was proud of his discovery, and since then, he has often evaded tickets and got on the train.
He also found a reason to comfort himself: he is still a poor student, saving a little is a bit.
Four years have passed, and the golden signboard of a prestigious university and excellent academic performance have filled him with confidence. He has frequently entered the doors of some multinational companies in Paris and is ambitious in promoting himself.
But these companies were enthusiastic first, but after a few days, they all politely refused. The repeated failures made him angry. He believes that these companies must have a tendency towards racial discrimination and exclude foreigners.
For the last time, he rushed into the office of the human resources manager of a certain company and asked the manager to provide a reasonable reason for not hiring him.
However, the outcome was unexpected for him. The following conversation is very entertaining.
Sir, we are not discriminating against you. On the contrary, we value you very much. When you came to apply for a job, we were very interested in your educational background and academic level. To be honest, in terms of work ability, you are the person we are looking for.
Why don't you hire talented people from all over the world for your company?
Because we have checked your credit history and found that you have three records of being punished for evading tickets by bus.
I don't deny this. But for this small matter, did you give up a talent who has published papers in journals multiple times?
Little things? We don't think it's a small matter. We noticed that the first time you dodged tickets was in the first week after you came to our country,
The inspector believed your explanation because you said you were not familiar with the self-service ticketing system yet and only provided you with a replacement ticket. But after that, you dodged tickets twice again
At that time, I happened to have no change in my pocket.
No, no, sir. I don't agree with your explanation, you are doubting my intelligence.
I believe you may have had hundreds of instances of ticket evasion before being caught.
That's not enough to die, is it? Why are you so serious? Can't we make changes in the future?
No, no, sir. This incident proves two points:
1、 You don't respect the rules. You are skilled in discovering vulnerabilities in rules and maliciously using them.
2、 You are not worthy of trust. And many of our company's work must rely on trust, because if you are responsible for market development in a certain region, the company will give you many powers.
In order to save costs, we cannot establish complex supervisory agencies, just like our public transportation system. So we cannot hire you, to be precise, in this country or even the entire EU, you may not be able to find a company that hires you.
Until then, he woke up like a dream and regretted deeply.
However, what truly made him feel a sense of shock was the last sentence mentioned by the other party: morality often compensates for the shortcomings of wisdom, but wisdom can never fill the gaps in morality.
Be cautious in your words and actions, and encourage them together!
