Supervising staffs' behavior after work must not go too far
A NURSE IN Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, was given a warning by her employer and fined three months' performance salary as penalty, after she was found playing mahjong in the hospital canteen after work. Beijing News commented on Saturday:
What happened to the mahjong-playing nurse and her supervisors, who also received a penalty, has stirred debate about what recreational activities those holding public positions are allowed to engage in after work. If the nurse was gambling that is illegal, and a punishment is justified. But if she was just having some harmless fun, as some conclude from the hospital's statement, then her punishment was undeserved.
Of course, the truth remains to be seen, but the hospital needs to elaborate on the "very bad" influence the nurse has had on its image, if she was not gambling.
