165: Who decides the direction?

The Olympic torch relay in HK is really a great day for all HK people. The atmosphere all over is so excited that all people over HK and China are full of smiles and fire, yeah~~

To celebrate this special event, my firm announced a few days ago that on May 2, 2008 our office will be closed. Very happy to have one more day holiday so that we can have 4 consecutive days of holidays!!

But I think the announcement was too late that we cannot plan what to do beforehand, say having a short trip or going hiking. Anyway, it's already a good thing to have an extra day of holiday.

This announcement also illustrated it should be the boss to make the decision and provide a direction and all the supporting staff to think how to go well in this direction. The boss announced: Oh! Let's have a day of extra holiday! To relax and to support the Olympics!! Then many people will come to the supporting staff: How about I really have to work on that day and will another day of leave be compensated to me? How about I have to attend exam classes and do I still need to attend? How about I have a day of annual leave approved for May 2 and I need to cancel this and have another day of paid-leave? How about I booked air tickets for business trips and I still need to travel? Many many similar scenarios will be left for the supporting staff to analyse and resolve.

So it's the boss to decide, and you guys to adjust yourself and follow.

It's how our society normally runs. As long as we can adjust and follow, there is no problem, and the boss will be justified to believe he is in the right direction. Even if we can't adjust and can't follow, we still have to make all feasible adjustments, walk, keeping walking in that direction, and wait and see whether it will really go wrong, wrong to the extent that the boss can realise and decide another direction.

This is not a pessimistic attitude, nor is it a reflection of certain issue. It's only how an individual can adapt to the group he belongs to.