Two female employees hit the streets to complete the "homework" assigned by their company. Survey: What do you think about companies requiring female employees to hug strange men on the streets? Hainan Daily, Haikou, April 18 (reported by Wang Chengxian with photos) - "Sir, can I have a hug?" What would you think if you saw this pretty girl in front of you? Perhaps, you might think that you've run into another group of "hug enthusiasts." In fact, this was merely the "homework" assigned by a certain enterprise to its employees. Each girl had to accomplish hugging three strange men enthusiastically.
An Unexpected Encounter
When the reporter walked along the Hainan Daily section of Jinpan Road on the morning of April 18, two pure and beautiful girls of about 20 years old suddenly approached directly toward the reporter. "Sir, could you give me a hug?" Faced with this unexpected encounter, the reporter was quite astonished! He did not know them, so was it the reappearance of the "hug enthusiasts"? Out of professional sensitivity, the reporter immediately associated this with incidents in Dalian and Yiwu where thieves used the guise of "rejecting indifference" to embrace strangers and steal their wallets and phones.
Could it be that the thievery version of the "hug enthusiasts" had appeared in Haikou? Were they using the pretense of embracing strange men to carry out thefts? To remove doubts from his mind, the reporter quietly tracked the two beauties. Along the way, whenever they encountered a strange young man, they would approach and request an embrace. Some men readily accepted their embraces, while others smiled and refused. The reporter counted that three men accepted the embraces from the two beauties, but no improper behavior occurred as he had previously imagined.
"This makes us feel quite embarrassed"
"Hello, we are employees of a certain company," the two girls told the reporter. Embracing strange men was the "homework" given by the company to its female employees. Each woman had to complete the task of hugging three strange men. One girl said that embracing strange men on the road made her feel quite embarrassed, but the company stated that this was done to train the employees' courage and improve their overall quality. Thus, although the employees felt somewhat embarrassed, they still recognized this kind of behavior.
"Would you agree to embrace strange men to build up your courage?" The reporter randomly interviewed several passersby. Mr. Wu expressed that such actions by the company were purely for hype; building courage should be done through continuous effort at work. Can embracing strange men really build courage? And what kind of courage is this? Can it be applied in actual work? Regarding this view, Miss Lin told the reporter that when she embraced a stranger, she knew nothing about him. If he happened to have a contagious disease, and she rashly hugged him, wouldn't that cause trouble for herself?
Some citizens held different opinions. Miss Wang, a citizen, told the reporter that her personality was very introverted, rarely speaking, and blushing whenever she tried to talk, let alone daring to converse with strangers. This kind of behavior by the company undoubtedly gave employees more opportunities to interact with strangers. Imagine, if one can even embrace a stranger, then what else is there to fear when promoting one's own business?
In the interviews, most citizens found the "homework" assigned by the company to its employees incomprehensible and clearly opposed it.
Subsequently, the reporter learned from the company that, indeed, in order to cultivate the comprehensive qualities of its employees, the company had assigned this task.
(Source: Nanguo Metropolis Daily)