【Micro-fiction】If it’s not your concern, don’t worry about it”

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bg8.png Xiao Wang is a safety officer at a factory. He passes by a narrow concrete road on his way to and from work every day. One afternoon, as he was heading home after work, he noticed that two manhole covers in the middle of the road were broken. Xiao Wang stopped immediately and went over to take a look – what should he do now? These two manhole covers are right in the middle of the road, and it’s easy for cyclists and pedestrians to fall in and get injured. It’s better to call the police right away to prevent anyone from getting hurt. But then I thought, is this actually the police’s responsibility? Don’t get criticized after failing to accomplish something good; it’s better to say, \"It’s not my business, so I won’t worry about it.\" Just be more careful when passing by here in the future. After working overtime the next night, a colleague invited him for late-night snacks; in his excitement, he drank a few too many drinks and returned home feeling dizzy. In a moment of carelessness, with a thud, Xiao Wang fell into a manhole, along with his bike... The fall was severe – he lost two front teeth and suffered a fractured right leg. The relevant authorities provided compensation later on. Whenever Xiao Wang looks at himself in the mirror and sees his dentures, it serves as a reminder to him that it is everyone’s responsibility to eliminate safety hazards; one should never adopt an attitude of \"it’s not my problem, so I don’t need to worry about it.\"