Seoul Metro Cut-Man, instead Push-Man

Between the end of 1980s and the beginning of 1990s, Korean economic was on a fast track. Korea growth rate made two digits. At that time, Korean rapid-rapid(빨리빨리) custom began famous in the world.

The rapid custom made some weird jobs. One of those is push-man who push people into a train. Seoul Metro used to hire push-man in order to load more people at one time. As the GDP is growing on the stable state, people is going to have my cars. Soon, push-man faded away into history.

In proportion as Korea stands up on the threshold of developed country, people begin to consider quality of life. Seoul Metro sets security screen doors at subway stations to protect from missing someone's step. However, rapid custom is not disappeared. People try to go through security screen doors just closed and get an accident. Because of the security problem, Seoul Metro have to bite the bullet and hire cut-man, instead of push-man 1990s. Someone is glad to hear this news concerning employment.

However, I don't agree with that. First of all, subway cut-man relates to a problem of labor flexibility. Professor Chang, Ha-Joon(장하준), author of Kicking away the Ladder said labor flexibility make more irregular jobs. Dr. Chang noticed that many irregular positions in service industry are a far away from productivity. Second, Seoul metro should have tried to design Nudge in order that people stop to take risk instead a cut-man. Cut-man could be helpful to decrease accidents in a shot term, but in a long term setting Nudge decrease cost as well accidents. In conclusion, cut-man is an evidence of social disorder.