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description: "Why do so many people complain that working within the system is exhausting?The provincial level assigns a task on Monday, due on Friday.The city level forwards it on Tuesday, due on Thursday.The county-level workers who actually do the job receive it on Wednesday, due by the end of Wednesday.Hundreds of phone calls in one day.You make the calls, working overtime past 10 PM, and the people on the other end curse at you:"Calling after 10 PM? Don't you guys get off work? Are you crazy?"After midnight, you compile the data from the entire county and send it to the city level.The city level goes to work happily on Thursday, compiles the data from the whole city, and submits it to the provincial level by the end of the day.The provincial level takes one look and is dumbfounded:"I gave you a whole week, and this is the garbage you came up with?"They send it back for rework, due on Monday.On Friday evening, the city level notifies:Concentrated office work on Saturday and Sunday.Each county organizes itself, and additionally, one person from XX County will be selected to help the city bureau lead this task.This time, there's plenty of time.Two more days of making calls, re-filling forms, and listening to people curse again:"Didn't you just call and ask? Why are you asking again? Are you brainless?"It's finally submitted to the provincial level on Monday, this time with no major issues.After a week or two, the provincial level says:The data given last time was incorrect; actually, that many people didn't need to be notified.Send a revised, streamlined list and make the calls again.Also, provide explanations to others to prevent public backlash.Some say, it's just one day of overtime, what's the big deal.But this kind of work is done every single day.The exhaustion isn't from making the calls,it's from knowing it's futile work, yet having to do it anyway."
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# Why do so many people complain that working within…


## Comments (3)

- **蝸牛投资 · 2026-03-04T13:03:24.000Z**: It's become concrete, I suspect you're part of the system.
  - **浩浩小课堂** (2026-03-04T13:51:37.000Z): Currently, the whole country is basically like this. Relying on this to surpass the US, I think it won't be surpassed even in 100 years.
  - **蝸牛投资** (2026-03-04T14:00:07.000Z): Even a shutdown is more efficient than this😂