Should we be fined if we re-sell unopened water in the hotel?

Diligence and frugality are our traditional virtues. Especially in today's era of scarce resources, frugality should become everyone's conditioned reflex. As small as a grain of rice or a bottle of water, it is worth cherishing.

However, recently, after a meeting, a hotel was punished and warned because it failed to post anti-food waste signs as required and the service staff also discarded 43 unopened bottles of bottled water, which attracted the attention of netizens. Hot discussion.

Some people think that saving should start from small things. Hotels and restaurants have the obligation to supervise and remind them and should be punished; others think that service staff only act in accordance with hotel rules and have been sold but not used. product, it is even more unacceptable to sell it again.

So, is this issue a fuss over a molehill or a frugal one?

1. Saving is no small matter

Thrifting is a habit that has been developed over a long period of time. It is a "high-rise building" accumulated by every little thing of saving, which seems to be just a few dozen. bottles of water, but these are dozens of bottles of water that are indispensable for sustainable development.

Saving is not something to make a fuss about. Turning off the tap after use is saving, and eating up all the food is saving. These things are very small, but if you keep doing them, it is a great thing.

So, this behavior of the hotel is indeed inappropriate, but it is also true that the habit of frugality is not well developed. We still have a long way to go to build a frugal society.

2. Rather than punish, it is better to implement

Punishments and warnings play a certain role, and supervision and publicity are also conducive to the spread of the concept of conservation, but in the final analysis, the method is to vigorously implement conservation actions , don’t let the so-called “Operation CD” become just a few slogans.

For example, self-service requires fines, but there are always consumers trying their best to deal with the food they can’t eat. Canteens require you to eat as much as you want, but who can know how much you can eat before eating? Developing the habit of saving actually requires a little thinking.

3. It is more important to clarify ideas for improvement

As far as meeting water is concerned, replace it with small packages that are convenient for drinking during a meeting, or ask the organizer to take it back after settlement The remaining, unopened water, or the water that has been opened but has not been consumed, can be used to mop the floor and water the flowers to maximize its residual value.

“Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work?” We in this generation have not experienced any hard times and do not know that food, clothing, housing and transportation are hard to come by. Of course, we do not understand the meaning of cherishing and saving.

Instead of focusing on the right and wrong of making a fuss and saving, it is better to think about when you started not caring about a grain of rice or a drop of water. When saving becomes a habit for everyone, saving will no longer matter. It will become an empty talk, but a traditional virtue that will continue to be passed down.