By bus / Low birth rate

  

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On Christmas Day, a bus driver dressed as Santa Claus in Busan, Korea's second city, made a stir around the world. I was also amazed that I had experienced a long-term (approximately 4 years) route bus driver life. It was good that the drivers in Santa costumes looked so relaxed. Moreover, Busan is the most difficult city to drive. Busan has the worst road conditions because there are many urban areas pioneered by refugees during the Korean War. It is rumored that the habits of drivers who sympathize with road conditions are also very rough. Most of the road conditions in Korea, which has a narrow land, are bad.

 

Route buses are close to public goods. It is an essential means of transportation for citizens at a low cost. With the spread of private cars, it has become more useful for the elderly and students, and the nature of public goods has become stronger. However, except for some, most of them are operated as market goods. However, creative management rationalization is unlikely to save money and generate profits

 

When you drive on the bus, you can understand how hard the lives of ordinary people are. All of them don't seem to be able to affordable. In the meantime, it is rare for passengers to take a bus with their child. In conclusion, a precious customer got on the bus running with difficulty. The world of childcare, which requires a lot of relaxation and care, and the culture of rough roads are very different. Whenever I looked at the intense and rough road conditions, I thought that Korea was a difficult world to raise children. It was actually like that.

 

Korean route buses also have a tradition of vertical relationships. There is also a bus tycoon in a situation close to a public good. Bus tycoon carefully observed what contribution it made to citizens' transportation culture, but found little benefit. However, the bus drivers were networked and strongly controlled. Bus tycoon absorbed competent bus drivers trained by other bus companies. Then, if there is an accident, discipline or education is not conducted inside bus tycoon, but is released again to work elsewhere. It is free-riding for the cost of education. Buses of other companies were in poor condition as training centers for new hires for the bus tycoon, and there were no complete buses. There was only a broken bus. As a result, the corporate culture of other bus companies was unintentionally very bad.

 

There was a principle that the bus tycoon did not hire an unmarried or divorced bus driver. The company used to educate bus drivers that it was difficult to drive buses for people who could not manage their homes. However, I laughed at them thinking that they wanted a bus driver who endured the harsh working environment because of their heavy responsibility.

 

The low fertility rate in Korea should be recognized as a broader and more fundamental problem. The low fertility rate is due to a life of unrestrained competition. It is a long-term suicide that stems from long-term life worries. If the nature of a liberal market economy is strengthened without getting closer to the welfare state, it will be difficult to hear the laughter of children.