How have novels and potted plants in the office become a problem of style? | Beijing News Quick comment

(Shu Shengxiang / tr. by Phil Newell)

A message of "the Municipal Commission for discipline Inspection raided the office rooms of the Bureau of Education" was scanned on the moments, causing a heated discussion. The Education Bureau of Jinzhou City in Hunan Province and two schools were raided to inspect the display of office items. Among the "problems" found, in addition to "two packs of cigarettes in the drawer" and "a lot of snacks", the most frequently clicked was "found books that have nothing to do with work". On the other hand, "potted plants with more than two pots" have also been pointed out many times.

Such a raiding inspection is actually close to a raiding raid. The office of an official or the office of a teacher is not a pure public place after all, and the relevant procedures have to be carried out in order to search, otherwise, there will be a random surprise inspection and personal privacy will be lost.

What is puzzling is that what is wrong with keeping a few books in the office and how it has become a matter of style? Doesn't the country advocate universal reading? is it applauded when officials' offices don't even have a book, or never read it? "more than two pots of potted plants" should also be notified. What kind of regulations do they come from?

At present, Tianjin officials have confirmed its authenticity, and admitted that there are "inaccurate standards, improper inspection methods, improper working procedures" in the inspection process. The Tianjin Municipal CPC Committee has instructed the Tianjin Municipal Commission for discipline Inspection to follow suit and conscientiously learn lessons.

In order to fully implement the requirements of discipline and work style building, it is very necessary for local supervisory departments to take positive actions. However, we must also pay attention to ways and methods, do not let the form be greater than the content, and cannot be checked for the sake of inspection.

After all, officials and teachers are not three-year-old children, but also need enough respect and relatively tolerant private space. Frequent raids in the name of surprise inspections will make people feel that they are being stared at like criminals all the time, causing panic and only increasing the tension that is not conducive to normal work.

Because there are "snacks" and "books that have nothing to do with work", and because "more than two pots of potted plants", it is concluded that the other party did not work hard and must have done something they should not have done during office hours-this is probably the logic behind this briefing. But this logic itself is suspected of being critical. This time, the display of "books that have nothing to do with work" has become a problem that needs to be rectified, so next time, there is no book, will it also become a problem that must be criticized?

This surprise inspection bulletin caused great controversy on the Internet, showing that the arbitrariness of the notification ultimately damaged the credibility of the local discipline inspection commission. This incident also reminds us that the construction of work style should be strict, but we must not get out of tune and go astray. The timely clarification made by the Tianjin Municipal CPC Committee is also a kind of affirmative correction.

Shu Shengxiang (media person)

Editor: Meng ran intern: Yang Linxin proofread: Wang Xin