In Shaanxi Province China, the employees of a furniture store who couldn’t fulfill the plan for the day were punished - they publicly ate alive worms and they did it willingly, writes the Zhenmin zhibao.

The incident occurred in Changchun. A member of the staff brought yellow worms to the square of the town, as well as two bottles of liquor. He called the names of the employees, poured liquor into glasses, and filed them with worms. About 5-6 people ate worms and drank the contents of the glasses. According to a representative of the store, they make reports every day, and the employees who has not been able to complete the plan for the day get punished. "Today they ate worms as a penalty.”

The store representative explained that the store plans a certain number of products for sale every day, and each employee takes an obligation to fulfil his duty. He said, that the sentence is not mandatory, but voluntary.