{"id":243,"date":"2017-11-05T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T08:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/11\/05\/chinese-wife-installs-card-reader-to-get-husband-home-before-9pm\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T19:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T11:38:03","slug":"chinese-wife-installs-card-reader-to-get-husband-home-before-9pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-wife-installs-card-reader-to-get-husband-home-before-9pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Wife Installs Card Reader To Get Husband Home Before 9PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The photo below may not seem very interesting at first glance, but the story behind it definitely is. That little round gadget is apparently a card scanner installed by a Chinese wife to make sure that her husband doesn\u2019t come home later than 9 pm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqA0kwi5mW42wvE-vucaCnWlnq1L?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"529\" height=\"529\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-wife-installs-card-reader-to-get-husband-home-before-9pm\/#Photo_Weibo\" title=\"Photo: Weibo\">Photo: Weibo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-wife-installs-card-reader-to-get-husband-home-before-9pm\/#Photo_World_of_Buzz\" title=\"Photo: World of Buzz\">Photo: World of Buzz<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinese-wife-installs-card-reader-to-get-husband-home-before-9pm\/#Photo_Weibo-2\" title=\"Photo: Weibo\">Photo: Weibo<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Weibo\"><\/span>Photo: Weibo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>When their husbands don\u2019t come<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\"> straight home after work<\/a>, some women start calling them every 10 minutes asking where they are, others text them insistently until they\u2019ve had enough and come home, or tease them with a photo of a delicious dinner. But one Chinese wife decided to think outside the box and came up with a very practical solution \u2013 installing a card reader at the entrance of her home, which her husband must use every time he walks through the door.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjHjq6Pg7b6LZy-1th5Oifsw0WYF?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"331\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_World_of_Buzz\"><\/span>Photo: World of Buzz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Wechat user \u2018EmmaYi\u2019 discovered the time-monitoring gadget at a female friend\u2019s home and wrote about it online. In her post, her friend <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a> that the machine was set up to help her \u201cmanage\u201d her husband who always worked late nights at an internet company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkLvaYX4yUGDqaLVIY7pcKWqhaE7?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"578.9473684210526\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Weibo-2\"><\/span>Photo: Weibo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If her husband comes home earlier and have dinner with the wife, he will be spared from washing the dishes. Buttt\u2026\u00a0if he\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/30\/\" title=\"View all posts in 30\">30<\/a> minutes or part thereof late, he\u2019ll be fined for 100Yuan (RM62). And if he crossed the 30-minute mark, then he\u2019ll have to do house chores for 1 day on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqOCOcWw-L2QKPmlvB-frWgg-7Dd?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.gif\" width=\"465\" height=\"367\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The wife even told her friend that:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8e8686;\"><strong>\u201cIf the punch card machine can manage my husband\u2019s working hours in the office, then it should work just fine for his non-working hours.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After the implementation of this system, the situation has improved a lot. And their marriage has significant improvement as well, according to the wife. \u00a0I\u2019ll only believe this if I personally hear it from the husband.<\/p>\n<p>After this <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts in news\">news<\/a> went viral on <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/social\/\" title=\"View all posts in social\">social<\/a> media, many netizens were shocked by the curfew system posed by the supreme wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife must work in HR,\u201d Weibo user @LiuLInchuan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is too much! You\u2019re stripping away his freedom!\u201d another netizen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey honey, maybe I should consider implementing this at our home too? :P\u201d another netizen commented.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not supporting the husband, but a punch card machine at home? 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