I found an article today. A Japanese company takes RPG-like rules into their company system seriously! The company sets experience value to each task and when an employee achieves it, he can get experience points. When he repeats it, he can level up and those points are set by costs and average time to make it. Of course when he finishes quickly his points are high, when he makes it slow, his points have to be lower. His experience points are reflected in his salary and it is important for the "game". When he makes certain points a fanfare sounds all over the office and he gets a new tool. It can be a name card, or he can order something he wants from Amazon or various prizes. Every system is controlled by the business RPG system.
Here is the web translation. Interesting
Since Japanese highways are not free, when people enter the highway once, usually they don't leave until they get to their destination. So usually there are some rest areas (we say service areas) and gas stands, restrooms, restaurants are in it. How is your country? I had a bad image for highway service area foods, it would be expensive and bad. But they are getting better and better now ( I picked it before in this post). This is the result of menu competition of restaurants in service areas. Looks nice. (But prices will be still expensive though.)
Wow! I like this! The page collects 2.5 dimension Japanese mood Flash sites. I like this Chiso (Kimono maker) most. Go to the page and wait for a while, when you go down to the bottom again, try to click a button on the black bar. Amadana is a cool design electric brand, they collaborated with NTT Docomo and they've released an Amadana model cell phone N705i. Their site uses 2.5 dimension flash with a cool Japanese mood too. Ohzan is a Japanese ryokan, you can see their facilities and foods by clicking.
By the way, I found nice Ryokan site, they introduce a nice Royokan with beautiful pictures, check it out.
his points have to be lower. His experience points are reflected in his salary and it is important for the "game". When he makes certain points a fanfare sounds all over the office and he gets a new tool. It can be a name card, or he can order something he wants from Amazon or various prizes. Every system is controlled by the business RPG system.
Here is the web translation. Interesting
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Since Japanese highways are not free, when people enter the highway once, usually they don't leave until they get to their destination. So usually there are some rest areas (we say service areas) and gas stands, restrooms, restaurants are in it. How is your country? I had a bad image for highway service area foods, it would be expensive and bad. But they are getting better and better now ( I picked it before in this post). This is the result of menu competition of restaurants in service areas. Looks nice. (But prices will be still expensive though.)
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I dunno about this RPG thing. The Japanese already work so much, whats to stop them from "grinding" just to reach the next level?
Posted by: Jeff | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 05:29 AM
I love the idea of RPG level up rewards for working in the office. It seems much better than ordinary appraisals and bonus.
In the UK, motorways are free. There are a few toll bridges and tunnels.
The motorways have service areas to stop or fuel and food. The food is usually terrible and expensive.
Posted by: RMilner | Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 06:21 AM
In the US, we have a mix. It depends on the road. Some highways are free and there are (generally) no rest/service areas. Also the roads are not always in the best condition. Other highways are toll roads and they have rest areas and the roads are well maintained.
Some roads can be non-toll and toll depending on where you are. Route 80, which goes across the entire country, is a toll road in some states and not in others.
The food at rest areas is not that bad, given that it's just regular fast food chain stuff. And there are Starbucks and some higher-end chains in some of them.
Whether we call them rest areas or service areas depends on where and who you are.
Posted by: Jeff | Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Japanese highways are the same as in Italy.
Posted by: Marco Bresciani | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 11:17 PM
In the UK all our roads are free :D
and we have rest areas aswell, we call them service stations.
Posted by: Joe | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:39 AM