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0 pointshuffmsa4y ago0 comments

Citizen, our records indicate you ate more than your mandate controlled 100g of chocolate and only ran 2.95mi of your mandatory 3mi on our freely available sidewalks.

Your employment has been terminated. You many apply for unemployment benefits after our records show compliance.

Combating obesity is for the good of society.

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zpeti4y ago· 2 in thread

I remember having a beer at night with an Apple employee who halfway through started walking around the table. Apparently his smart watch was telling him his group of 5 people were under their target miles for the day and he had to walk a mile right now to have his daily quote done. He didn’t want to disappoint his fellow staff. Including his boss I think.

Not quite what you posted but it certainty is similar.

a4a4a4a44y ago

What you're probably referring to is the "June Fitness Challenge", which is completely optional and just for fun (I don't do it, neither does my boss or half my team). You get a t-shirt or something if your team has a certain number of "active days" per month. It's not as draconian as it sounds.

zpeti4y ago

Yeah I’m sure it seemed worse than it was, it was just funny it happening during a night out, and how it seemed to work on a group obedience emotion in my friend

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