We were all taught that fairness is important when we were young. Especially when we were fighting with our siblings or class mates. Yet, somewhere along the path to adulthood, you realise the world does not quite work that way. Some more time passed, you begin to accept it as a fact in life. Otherwise, I will be so bitter for not being the daughter of Li Ka Shing!!
Then why do we, grown and civilised working professionals, still use fairness as an argument? I was dealing with this customer complain at work - this guy came in second in a game (organised by the Club) by a narrow margin. Guess what the complain was about? Apparently, the unfairness has caused him a night of beauty sleep; not the fact that he lost out on a pair of air tickets to New Zealand. Of course, it was not unfair to the others when he was on the receiving end of favors done by us all year long. And amnesia inevitably sets in when we try to remind him of them.
It was magical how a series of phone calls can turned me into a child again. Asking whether it was fair for me to have to deal with this. It wasn't until I was banished by my colleagues for whining too much and left speaking to myself alone in the bathroom that I was once again safely returned to the adult world.
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