A future that can never be determined or grasped makes us dare not slack off in the present, which actually contains all kinds of gaps in social security arrangements. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Recently, Yin, a 39-year-old courier in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, died suddenly on Hetai Street in Zhuzhou. ”

Perennial overtime and the general lack of the right to rest are a legal reality faced by the courier group. According to reports, a courier said that in November, he went to work at 6 o'clock every day and generally worked until 12 o'clock at night, which is equivalent to working 16 hours a day except for meal breaks. Why is it that such a practice, which is obviously contrary to the law, can prevail in reality and not be taken seriously?

Yin is "so tired", but the law, which should be far-reaching, obviously did not provide them with a place to rest temporarily. In fact, more often than not, in our society, talking about the right to rest, talking about compulsory or paid leave, is more like a joke, unattainable, but also intriguing. This is not only a phenomenon unique to the express delivery industry represented by Yin. Notably, in 2013, researchers found that Chinese workers work an average of 2,000 to 2,200 hours a year. In comparison, the average British person works 1,677 hours a year. Yin's death also reminds me of a question, why are we Chinese always so tired?

When it comes to "tired", the first thing that comes to my mind is the advertising slogan of a certain beverage brand: "When you are sleepy and tired, you have to drink ××". I wonder why I don't take a break when I'm sleepy and tired, but I need to refresh myself from work or study by supplementing with some kind of energy drink?

Life is like a whip shadow, waving in front of us all the time, so that we dare not stop for a moment. This is probably the real state of life of ordinary Chinese. I'm not sure if there is something like a "culture of suffering" or masochistic personality in the Chinese tradition, but having to surrender to the pressure of survival, "working hard to earn money when you are young, and spending money to buy life when you are old" is an indisputable reality.

Such a reality is probably the reason why since last week, the hearts of public opinion have been stirred by the word "so tired". In a country where the number of "deaths from overwork" has reached 600,000 in 2013 and surpassed Japan to become the largest country in "death from overwork", Yin's death is nothing more than one in 100,000 cases. Compared with more unnoticed sudden deaths, the reason why Yin poked people's hearts more easily was undoubtedly because of the two words he still had a chance to say before he fell to the ground. "So tired", how many people are sad about it, but they are helpless.

After watching the movie "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", you may find that in real China, everyone lives an easy life, not to mention the peasant woman Li Xuelian, even the court president, county magistrate, mayor, and provincial governor, who look very tired. Chinese, why are you so tired? "Forced by the pressure of life" is naturally the most direct reason. But beyond that, what makes everyone tired must not be the truth of life itself.

Why does the state and society grow in wealth, but the pressure on our survival does not seem to have been significantly reduced? The key to the tiredness of the workers at the bottom is that economic development depends on cheap labor and the lack of social security mechanisms; and the high housing prices and price levels make the middle class always in a state of hard work and dare not relax the slack......

I prefer to think that every person who is "tired" has a motivated and unyielding heart. But I would like to see that everyone who is tired can be cared for and comforted by a system and law. When talking about why there are various contradictions and conflicts in our society, Mr. Sun Liping once said, "The system needs a stretched soul." In fact, society is the same.

If you're sleepy and tired, take a good rest.