ZT就我没白吃（年度最佳超短篇小说奖）

clickle

想想也是，说到底总有人在买单。而别人买单是不是就会比自己买单多消费？XX主义，公费教育医疗是不是可以类比这类东西？


就我没白吃（年度最佳超短篇小说奖）


[大雪] 于 2006-9-19 9:36:54 加贴在 大雪冷饮 ↑   进入大雪的博客

就我没白吃
(本故事荣获2006年度最佳故事情节奖，年度最让人心酸故事奖，年度最佳搞笑短文奖，百姓评委会特别奖

今天是周末，我们高中同学要在天安酒店搞一次同学聚会。自从毕业后，好多同学都混得有模有样，我却默默无闻，在一家工厂当制图员，每月和丈夫一起靠着不多的收入共同撑着这个家。我本不打算去，可禁不起同学们的一片盛情，只好答应。


丈夫正在帮儿子复习功课，儿子就要上初中了，为了上一所好中学，这段时间丈夫没少操心，东奔西走，至今还没着落呢。看了儿子一眼，我走出了家门。


天安酒店是高级酒店，我走进包房的时候，同学们都已到齐。还没坐稳，一张张名片就飞了过来，一看一个个不是总经理就是带长的，就连以前成绩总是甩尾的阿辉也当上了派出所所长。望着服务小姐端上眼花缭乱的菜肴，我真感叹自己孤陋寡闻，光这一桌就足以抵我三个月的收入了。阿辉像宴席的主人一样不停地招呼大家吃，不时地为这个斟酒、为那个夹菜，嘴里还说：“只管吃，算我的。”大伙也没任何拘束，一轮接一轮地交杯把盏、海阔天空地闲聊。

酒足饭饱之后，天色已不早，此次聚会该结束了。可究竟谁埋单，我看大伙好像都没有要慷慨解囊的意思。这时候阿辉掏出手机，按了一串号码，然后说：“小李，今晚所里扫黄抓到人没有？哦！刚抓到———好！好！随便送一个到天安酒店来给我埋单。”说完，他得意地把手机放进了口袋，一旁的同学跟着哄笑起来。


十五分钟不到，一个中年人就进来了，他看了账单，不禁皱了皱眉头，看来他身上的现钞也不足。他随即也拿出手机，拨了一串号码，说：“张工吗？我是马校长呀！你儿子要读我们学校的事，我今天就给你拍板定下来了……不过我今晚请朋友吃饭，你过来埋单好吗？在天安酒店203包厢……”


二十分钟后，有人敲了敲包厢的门，门被打开了。当我见到戴着副高度近视眼镜的丈夫站在门口时，我晕倒了。

大球球

hehe

月亮

确实满辛酸的

cattor

春节晚会上来点这样的节目，何愁晚会不火？

发轮功全球新年晚会上来点这样的节目，何愁GCD不灭？

jungle

呵呵，其实她是没白吃啊，花了三个月工资的钱，就把儿子上学的事情搞定了，而且再加上自己也吃了一顿。这钱，可花的值啊！

虽然比较夸张一点，但这篇文章的确很生动地反映了中国社会的现实，其本质就是公权力的私有化和商品化。

astina

extremely ironic

lanan

太让人心酸了。。。

tracy@syd

讽刺啊

dfg

三个月的工资使得她孩子上了好学校，的确不贵，但最后她还是晕倒了。还是面子问题。

[ 本帖最后由 dfg 于 2007-5-1 18:17 编辑 ]

Pluggedboy

现在没权,没钱就只能处在社会食物链的底层

mileswei2006

公权力的私有化和商品化。

bulaohu

The irony here is that this couple submitted to the unwritten rules but are not actively using them to achieve anything. They are not morally higher than anyone in this story.

Sometimes a good person is a good person only because he is not capable of being bad.

snowberry

酸，很难受

江上往来人

真实写照

astina

原帖由 bulaohu 于 2007-5-3 00:20 发表
The irony here is that this couple submitted to the unwritten rules but are not actively using them to achieve anything. They are not morally higher than anyone in this story.

Sometimes a good p ...

对小人物的要求是不是过高了点?

bulaohu

原帖由 astina 于 2007-5-3 10:21 发表



对小人物的要求是不是过高了点?

Yeah, I agree. Looking inside myself, I now figured I'm actually pissed by the author - must be a smart but heartless crook.

coolyn

挺辛酸的，而且到头来这三个月的工资能不能买来这个名额，还两说呢。

whatever

人活着都不容易

clickle

原帖由 bulaohu 于 2007-5-3 00:20 发表
The irony here is that this couple submitted to the unwritten rules but are not actively using them to achieve anything. They are not morally higher than anyone in this story.

Sometimes a good p ...

If you r submitted to sth/do sth, how can u be "ACTIVELY achieving" sth/doing sth?

Especially it's a mechanism you sold your heart to.

Terminologically it's called "rent dissipation", easy words, "value's gone", of cuz, "rent" here quoted is a "quasi" one.

Any rules except "Money talks", more or less, share the tantamount syndrome.

daidailx

不知道是作者构思够巧还是自己或者身边人就亲身经历过,有点残酷

Orchid

残酷的现实，残酷的社会。

阿宝

哎~~太令人难受了。
忍不住想开骂。

lyrixyang

可怜

denver

买官卖官
官买官卖

bulaohu

原帖由 clickle 于 2007-5-3 20:12 发表


If you r submitted to sth/do sth, how can u be "ACTIVELY achieving" sth/doing sth?

Especially it's a mechanism you sold your heart to.

Terminologically it's called "rent di ...

You always have the choices don't you? when you face something, you can choose to ignore it, or to fight it, or passively accept it, or actively adapt to it. From my point of view, the last two are morally equal to each other. The author want to make us feel that the couple here deserves more sympathy than the rest, that's what I disagree - they don't. By passively accepting the unwritten rule, they helped making the world worse. Imagine there is another poor kid from rural area who is as good as their son. Now he's got no chance, because his dirt poor parents can't even afford paying for one dish on that table, while this couple, although struggling, can afford and did just that. Isn't his chance getting robbed by this "sympathy-deserving" family?

And it seems I forgot to mention another choice, which is the choice many people on this forum made - we left that world and found ourselves a new one. This new world is not perfect either, but it's way better. The thing is, if we do what this couple has done when the pressure mounts in, one day we'll make this new world as bad as the old one.

Cathyyun

我觉得与其说这对夫妻道德不高尚，不如说中国社会的现实逼的普通百姓都不高尚了。根本原因不在这对夫妻身上，他们值得同情。谁知道其他人又是用哪些肮脏的手段才得到现有的权势和地位？起码这对夫妻没有。

astina

原帖由 bulaohu 于 2007-5-17 07:09 发表


You always have the choices don't you? when you face something, you can choose to ignore it, or to fight it, or passively accept it, or actively adapt to it. From my point of view, the last two ...

话是这么说,理论上都没错,可是要小人物去超越他所属的社会和时代环境,把维护道德的责任放在他们的肩上,未必不是一种知识分子居高临下的苛刻

longyu68

原帖由 astina 于 2007-5-18 22:57 发表


话是这么说,理论上都没错,可是要小人物去超越他所属的社会和时代环境,把维护道德的责任放在他们的肩上,未必不是一种知识分子居高临下的苛刻

同意！

wuyu

听说现在都要follow那些不成文的游戏规则，否则你会被视为“白痴”。

clickle

"follow不成文的规则"一定是短期现象；而那些不合理的"成文"规则因为执行费用高，本身就会运行不下去，这是由制度内生逻辑决定的。

客观上是不用任何人推动的。