The Missing of An Access Card
How odd is this incident that made me blogs about it? Well, certainly it is. And the long haul post may begin now...
It was an ordinary night. I was still working in my office and suddenly a phone call came in and asked for a room. As usual, I will pick up the keys and have a look before confirming the booking. So when I was opening the door...
Our building's security guard was calling me for a helpful hand. He briefly explains that his building access card was taken by someone else, and asking my help to translate his words into Chinese (we have some long term unit rented out to these Chinese and Taiwanese). So we located some people that he suspected, and I talked to them, but none of them turned out to be the "thief".
To cut it short, it all came down to the security guard. Why did he put the access card on the table in the first place? Is that for the sake of convenience? Or he was an irresponsible person?
What lies between this incident is because of his carelessness. I wouldn't say that it's entirely his fault (yeah, you don't expect someone to sit there and open the f**king door for you all night long, isn't it?) But I pondered, isn't it your responsibility to secure your own access card? Let's say if the access card was taken by one of the robbery gang (or whatever kind of person can you imagine of), aren't you the one to be blamed of?
Throughout this 1 hour of man-hunting, it shows that a tiny bit of your mistake can be costly, at time. You shall be the one to lay your own responsibility on what you should take care of. There's no one to be blame but YOU.
What is responsibility to you? Or, what is the responsibility that you have to be in control with?
Words by Benedict on 3rd of August, 2012.
