MIB came to knock at my door last night, i opened the door and let him in, then MIB handed me two sheets of paper.
MIB: pls sign the documents.
me: what's that? who are you?
MIB: oh sorry, i am the coordinator for proprietors' committee election, and these documents are the name list of new proprietors' committee candidates and the rules of new proprietors' committee.
me: i don't know these candidates.
MIB (smile): you don't need to know them, they are good guys.
me: i know they are good guys, but i need to know they backgrounds so that i can choose the right persons to represent us.
MIB: don't worry, they are carefully chosen by us. they can represent us very well.
me: who chose them?
MIB: us, we know them well. see, two of them are party members, four of them are old enough ...
me: wait a moment, is this an election?
MIB: yes, we have six candidates and you need to choose six persons for the committee, if you have better candidates, you could write their names beside this six candidates, otherwise, you should vote this six candidates.
me: i see. but i need some time to know this six persons before i vote.
MIB (smile): don't worry, we have chose the best six. if you insiste on investigating them, i am glad to tell you their backgrounds, this one, named Wang, is a good man with two sons ...
me: OK! and what about the new committee rules, i haven't read them, how can i sign to agree it?
MIB (surprised): we have published it two months ago!
me: where? nobody knows it!
MIB (surprised): young people like you always want more democracy, but they never cherish their democracy rights!
me: oh! so can you email me the documents tonight and i will sign the documents tomorrow?
MIB: well, we don't have time. the document is very well written. if you insiste on reading the document, i will email you tonight, but they are finalized, they can't be revised any more.
me: well, at least i need to know these rules.
MIB: sure. we don't have a lot of budget, so the documents are posted on the wall of the lobby for a few days. the security guards think it's not good to post papers on the wall and tear them off ...
me: OK, tell me what i can help in the next election. maybe next time i could help print the documents so that every resident have one.
MIB: we don't want to trouble others. most residents are very busy and we could do everything for them. many of them thank us very much ...
related links:
wang jianshuo - Democracy in Residential Area
note: conversations are based on true story i experienced