3 posts tagged with "modern workplace"

Li Ming wakes up at seven o'clock every morning, not by the alarm clock, but by the slogan "Good morning, strivers!" broadcasted punctually over the community loudspeaker. He lives in a place called "Dual-Track Community," where everything operates on two tracks.

For instance, there are two sets of garbage sorting systems in the community. One is for "strivers," and the other is for "pausers." The strivers' bins shimmer with golden light, while the pausers' bins are dull gray. Li Ming is a striver, and he feels proud of this, though he doesn't quite understand what he's striving for.

Old Liu, in his late forties, is a senior programmer in "Programmer's Paradise" - which is actually "Bald Head Hell". More dry than his code are his eyes, which are constantly facing the screen year after year. The doctor had warned him long ago that he had severe dry eye syndrome and could go blind if he didn't pay attention. So, a bottle of imported, expensive eye drops became Old Liu's lifeline, always with him.

"Rest 2, Work 4, Rest 1".