Japanese punished after three minutes early break

A 64-year-old employee of a drinking water company in the Japanese city of Kobe was caught when he left the office three minutes early to have lunch.

The company apologized on television by bowing deeply. The man himself had to hand in half a day's salary.

'We regret this very much. We are sorry, 'the company said in a speech. 'The break is from twelve to one. He left his desk for the break. '

The man would have started to eat too soon. For example, it was seen from the window that between September 2017 and March 2018 the man went to his shop for a bento lunchbox 26 times a little too early at a store around the corner.

On social media they take it up for the employee, writes The Guardian. For example, the Twitterers are curious whether it is also being kept track of how long the hard-working Japanese go to the toilet and whether the smoking breaks are being monitored.

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