do you follow rules?

i am an operations manager at a convention center in antipolo. i came up with guidelines and rules for participants to follow to keep this place conducive for learning. but i think pinoys have a knack for breaking one to many rules. this just ticks me off!

just last wednesday, the tips of 2 of the cue sticks at the billiards area appeared to have been snapped off by force. obviously, whoever used it left it there for everyone to see without knowing who was responsible for the damage. but they just acted like kids when i started asking around. no one would own up to it. they kept saying that they used it but left it in good condition. so i had no choice but to charge it to everyone who was there that night. fortunately 5 of the male participants had the good conscience to come to my office and apologize for what happened. they volunteered to talk to the others who played and split the cost among themselves. before they left both cue sticks were paid for and i had enough money to have them repaired. hats off to those guys who knew that they had to do the right thing.

but today is totally different. i received a report today that 4 male participants were playing billiards while drinking emperador brandy at that! my roving guard told them that it was prohibited to drink while in the center's premises. they stopped but apparently after the guard left they went back to their bad deed. hmp! these men are supposed to be educated people but what they did proved otherwise. it was just a simple rule and yet they couldn't abide by it. i guess i will just have to deal with them later after their seminar. i wonder how they did with their written exam? i'm betting they couldn't get their thoughts together.