Delayed work because of merger anticipation

In the office of a district A official, a few officials and civil servants from another office came over to drink tea and chat animatedly.

- I heard that my province will merge with H province. If so, I wonder where the provincial center will be located? - Mr. Tuan asked.

- If you ask that, who should I ask? I'm worried that if the district level is abolished, I'll go back to the commune or the province... But now that the province is merged, I don't know what will happen! - Mr. Long continued.

- Since the policy of abolishing the district level, my colleagues have been very worried. Everyone is worried about what the work will be like in the future. There are many tasks assigned to us for several weeks now that have not been completed - Mr. Tam shared with a sigh.

- My department is the same. When we assigned our colleagues to compile data to prepare a report for the first quarter summary, they hesitated because they were about to leave the district level and didn't know where to go - Mr. Huy continued.

- That's right. Everywhere we go now, we hear talk of mergers and streamlining the apparatus. I see many places are already busy organizing parties and going out to say goodbye - Mr. Tuan said.

The deputy secretary of the district party committee passed by and heard it, so he immediately went into the room to rectify the situation:

- I am also worried, comrades. But will worrying and worrying solve anything? As for working every day, I suggest that comrades urge and remind their colleagues to focus on doing well that day. You are all leaders and managers, so you must set an example for your colleagues to follow. What good is it to just sit at a tea table during working hours and discuss and gossip? The province has just directed to use the results of handling administrative procedures to evaluate cadres and civil servants when streamlining the apparatus. Many comrades have been delaying their work too much lately. If you continue like this, I am afraid you will lose your job before changing jobs!

The officials and civil servants knew they were wrong and automatically returned to their offices.