Against Even a Small Bit of Inconvenience
One day several decades ago, Chairman Kim Jong Il visited a small branch of a general shop.
After learning in detail about commodity supply from the shop assistant, the Chairman asked her whether they always had sundry goods in stock.
The shop assistant replied that every item is always provided well for sale. As she said, the display racks were packed with dozens of various sundry goods. Looking closely at the miscellaneous goods of various sizes, shapes and colors, the Chairman said that he could not find needles.
The shop assistant looked over the department and hung down her head for shame. She was unaware that the needles had sold out.
Feeling sorry about it, the Chairman instructed that although a needle is a miscellaneous item, it is indispensable for people’s daily life and that if we do not pay attention to such small items, it might cause inconvenience in people’s life. The shop assistant was deeply moved. In the past, a lot of officials had visited the shop but no one had ever been concerned for such a small item as a needle.
It was only the Chairman who was so solicitous about the absence of needles, fathoming the people’s inconvenience that it might cause.
