A different set of considerations

Our driver lost the keys to the car the other day. He was driving Yomi who was all the way on the island, which could be a 2-4 hour commute back to our temp housing. I was just wondering how we would get him home. Normally, you might think to find the spares or get the dealership to make another set - end of story. Well here, my colleagues first reaction was that we needed to hold it over the driver's head. File a police report, dock his pay, threaten him to spend the night in jail. Because there is such a mistrust of workers, and likely based off experience, that the immediate thought is "did he really lose them?" So if anything happens, then he needs to be held responsible.

And then just now, a colleague heard that her daughter's school was on fire. She couldn't get through the phone lines. So I told her she should just drive to the school and I would continue calling in the meantime. But another colleague said "no, you should not go." That road is apparently notorious for traffic jams, and especially if there is a fire, the chaos would make it more jammed...which is a big safety hazard because wicked people will then take advantage of that opportunity and come rob everyone.

There is certainly a different set of considerations here and I clearly will need to think differently in this environment.