i'm saying they should take responsibility for their roles. they
demanded a higher pay, they get higher responsibility. there's no
such thing as you get all the bread and butter but when things
screw up, you're in the clear.
it works the same way in the fire safety officer line. you're in
charge of making sure the building you're in charge of, stays
fire-proof. you make sure that there's preventive measures, and
reactive measures.
if you're unlucky and there is a fire, you'll be questioned. for
information during fire rescue, and how did it happen. will people
only fire the security guard and leave you alone? no, you are in
charge of the team. you are responsible to make sure everything
goes smoothly. that's your job, that's what you're paid for. sure,
you have a team to help you, and its your job to make sure they do
their job to make sure the security guard does his job.
you slack, and your team will slack too, and then the security
guard sees it and wonders why should he be so alert when his bosses
don't seem to give a hoot, and they're paid so much more too. then
he slacks and someone dies in a fire. and that's what happened
yesterday.
the head probably slacked, then his team slacked, and everyone
down the organizational flowchart slacks, and an window of
opportunity appears and a JI member takes off.
lesson here is: if you can't do the job properly, don't ask for
such a high pay which you don't deserve.
and yes. the minister still has some responsibility for this. he
is not in the clear.
In your fire story, ofcourse the fire safety officer will at
fault also, not only a security guard...
but we're talking about minister level here... that is very very
high up...
in your story, it would be also blaiming (assuming you're the
fire safety officer of a microsoft branch in Singapore) Bill Gates
of the fire too... Bill Gate's job here is to manage microsoft as a
whole, a big picture... The finer details are left to lower
managerial positions...
In the case of Mas Selamat's escape, the highest the blame can
go should be the person incharge of the prison...
