Hi Ho Hi Ho The Smile Police At Work
Workers have daily smile scans - Telegraph
More than 500 staff at Keihin Electric Express Railway are expected to be subjected to daily face scans by "smile police" bosses.
The "smile scan" software, developed by the Japanese company Omron, produces a sweeping analysis of a smile based on facial characteristics, from lip curves and eye movements to wrinkles.
For those with a below-par grin, one of an array of smile-boosting messages will op up on the computer screen ranging from "you still look too serious" to "lift up your mouth corners", according to the Mainichi Daily News.
A growing number of service industries are reportedly using the new Omron Smile Scan system for "smile training" among its staff.
I fear that the machine would receive a message back from me if I arrived for work expected to beam, something along the lines of a lump hammer into its lens and "see if you are smiling now".