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Odd: Boss uses WeChat trick to catch absent-minded workers

Three employees of a private gas company in Chengdu, Sichuan province, were fined 500 yuan ($76) each on Monday, after they rushed to open a digital hongbao - a red envelope containing money - issued by their boss on the company's WeChat social media group. The boss, surnamed Luo, said he did it on purpose to check who wasn't focusing on work in the office and because the gas industry is a special business that can affect the safety of tens of thousands of families. The incident stirred wide debate on the Internet. In a poll conducted by news portal Sohu.com, 52 percent of people surveyed said Luo's method of inspection was improper.