A man was punished for regularly leaving for dinner three minutes earlier.

In the Japanese city of Kobe, a 64-year-old employee of a public water supply organization was punished for premature leaving for a lunch break. The man was fined and reprimanded, writes TJournal.

The management of the organization bows after an apology for the behavior of the employee. ABC Movie Screenshot

A company representative explained that the employee had a lunch break from 12 to 13 hours. In the seven months from September 2017 to March 2018, that 26 once went three minutes ahead of time. Thus, the man broke the law, which requires officials to "concentrate on work," explained in the organization.

The worker left to order lunch from a restaurant near the organization, but one day the director noticed him from the window. The official explained that he had left earlier because he needed a change of scenery.

After the incident, the leaders organized a teleconference, during which they stated that the actions of the employee "cause deep regret", and also bowed and apologized.

Users of social networks criticized the decision to punish the official. They wondered how this rule should apply to those who went to smoke or to the toilet. One of the users reminded that some politicians sleep from time to time during meetings, and proposed to dismiss them. Earlier, in Kobe, another official was fired for a similar violation: it was alleged that he had been absent from work for more than six months more than the prescribed 55 hours.

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