Over-scheduled meeting

After 20 years of graduating, Mr. Hoang wanted to organize a reunion to meet his friends and show his gratitude to his teachers. Being an active class monitor with a talent for organizing events, when he proposed his wish, the key members who were class officers of the same class immediately elected Mr. Hoang as the head of the liaison committee. Since this event, every night Mr. Hoang has been texting on the group and calling everywhere. His wife, Ms. Minh, initially helped create a list of old teachers so that he could easily contact them to invite them to the reunion, but later she got fed up because her husband spent too much time on this. Taking advantage of the time when they were alone, Ms. Minh gave a clever suggestion.

- I think you should delegate some of the preparation work to other members. Taking on too much is not good.

Hearing his wife complain, Mr. Hoang said unhappily.

- My class hasn't had a meeting yet, so how would I know about it? There are hundreds of people in the class, not like a class reunion. Retired teachers are everywhere, so we have to find a way to contact them.

When her husband said that, Ms. Minh did not dare to give any more comments for fear of arguing again. About a month before the reunion, every week Mr. Hoang came home late and drunk. One day his friends called her to pick him up at a pub, another day they called a taxi to take him home. Whenever there was something that needed to be agreed upon or discussed, the association's liaison committee would go to a beer house. Three days before the reunion, Ms. Minh saw her husband ask his office for a few days off to take care of the reunion. Disgruntled because her husband had spent too much time on the reunion recently, Ms. Minh took advantage of Hoang's good mood to speak up.

- You shouldn't take time off from work to attend so many class meetings. This weekend, for your grandfather's death anniversary, can you arrange a day to take me and the kids back to the village to burn incense?

- Every year I take you and your children back. This year we have a reunion, so you should call a car to go home. Mr. Hoang said.

- But the reunion is not until Sunday. You can come back tomorrow morning. There's only mom left at home so I want the whole family to come back for fun. Minh said while wiping away tears.

Hearing the story of his son and his wife, Mr. Hoan was afraid that if he did not intervene to resolve the matter, he would not be at peace, so he called Mr. Hoang and his wife in to talk.

- Dad thinks that it's good that Hoang has the responsibility to hold class meetings, but he shouldn't go overboard. Dad doesn't agree with always having to go to a bar to get drunk to discuss work. Now that there are Zalo groups and Facebook groups, why do we need to meet to discuss work? Dad thinks that he should take a Saturday to go home to celebrate his grandfather's death anniversary. He just passed away, Minh is an only child so he needs to pay more attention to his family. Don't go overboard with class meetings and forget your responsibilities to your family.

Hearing that, Mr. Hoang understood. He promised his wife that he would arrange his work to bring his children back to celebrate his grandfather's death anniversary on the right day.