News of the day...
News of the day...
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…
Japanese company makes TV apology on behalf of worker who left his desk for just THREE MINUTES each day to buy his lunch - as the country's grueling work culture is called into question
A 64-year-old male worker at the Kobe City Waterworks Bureau took the breakHe took a total of 26 three-minute trips to a nearby store over seven months.
Representatives at the company apologised to customers over the 'scandal'.
They also docked the worker a half-day's pay for wasting the company's time.
According to his superiors the man was leaving the office for a 'change of pace'.
- so fuckedmonospaced
- news in and out of japan is a bit messed up. There is a lot of geopolitical play going on. Same with everywhere! So I dont know how much I would put into this.mugwart
- Most Japanese I know wouldn't give to fucks about this.mugwart
- It's also the daily mail so they probably translated it incorrectly ;-)mugwart
- what they fail to mention, the store was actually 30 miles away and he traveled on the tops of trees like crouching tiger, hidden dragon.kona
- lol konafadein11
- was in guardian and legit. And not hard to imagine given the tales my Nihon-jin friends have told.shapesalad