China's toll booth worker is trained to smile and wave like a robot

This toll booth worker really did stop traffic in China - for his eerie, almost robot-like movements. A trending video shows the man greeting and taking cash from drivers like a machine, and apparently he did so to impress his boss. But many Chinese web users claimed the worker's big grin and rigid actions have left them feeling a bit creeped out. The toll booth worker, named Deng Chuan, reportedly works in Nanjing on the Nanning-Hangzhou highway, according to reports on Chinese media. Footage of him turning his body towards the window, showing a big grin slowly and waving at passing drivers in his small office appeared on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, on June 13.