Man In Japan Gets Paid For Doing Nothing With Strangers

A man in Japan specifically from Tokyo lives a really happy life. This is because he gets paid for doing nothing with any stranger. For those who might not know, the man is actually Shoji Morimoto and he is 38 years of age. He is definitely living his dream life.

According to the Mothership website, Shoji Morimoto gets paid for 10,000 yen per session. After conversion, the amount would be as many as RM311.02. His job is none other than to exist and to reply all simple questions when going out with the stranger.

The man in Japan stated on his Twitter bio, “I will lend you a person that is me who does nothing”. He also added, “I cannot do anything other than eating and drinking and answering very simple questions”. That is undeniably so easy for him to do alone.

In an interview that Shoji Morimoto did with BBC which he added, “Everyone used to tell me that you are the only one who does nothing. I thought it would work out to lend myself, do-nothing guy, to people”. For his service, all his expensess will be paid by the client everytime he goes out with them. To be exact, he is not doing fully nothing as he alos needs to follow his client around.

Sources: Mothership, Twitter, YouTube.

Adib Mohd

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