Wrong Shoes, Pal! Drop and Give Me 50!

(West Java, Indonesia) Effective July 1st, all government workers will be required to wear shoes made in Indonesia. The policy, announced Friday, is in accordance with a 2009 presidential decree.

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan said that the Indonesian shoe policy will be enforced by routine shoe checks. Violators will face punishment of various forms, including push-ups.

[Heryawan] said it would be up to officers-in-charge to ensure that their employees were toeing the line, adding that checking shoe brands would be “easy.”

However, Heryawan said district- and municipality-level officers will not be required — but encouraged — to follow the rule.

Typical. The bosses are exempt from the shoe law.