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Catching late workers on film to dispel holiday lazePosted by Alice Xin Liu, February 3, 2009 1:54 PM
![]() In today's The Beijing News (新京报), a curious picture of two men — one looking stern, whilst the other had a pained expression. It turns out that they were part of a "watch team" from Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. Below is a translation of the Beijing News caption: The day before yesterday, members of the Yangzhou citizen watch team (扬州市市民观察团) had video cameras in hand. They were there to expertly "catch" those late to work. The first day of work after Spring Festival was the seventh day of the Lunar calender (大年初七): will civil servants arrive to work on time? Xinhua also reported on this:
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Comments on Catching late workers on film to dispel holiday laze
what's the point?
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
likewise, you can a force a civil servant to show up at the office on time, but you can't make him work.
Aren't they going to be late themselves?