Unusual job
Japanese allows you to pay for just being there
01/23/2022, 1:30 p.m
Not everyone finds a suitable job immediately. A lot of people have to try it out before they find it right. The same thing happened to Shoji Morimoto. For a long time he has to hear from his family that he doesn’t do anything all day – until he earns money with it.
Finding the right job is difficult – we all know that. While some find their calling, others fall by the wayside. It was similar with Shoji Morimoto. Because he was repeatedly accused, both at work and in the family, of being a slacker and doing nothing all day, he makes this special soft skill his income.
He created a Twitter account in 2018 and started “selling” his mere presence – nothing more. He has up to three appointments a day, the 38-year-old told CBS News: “I don’t start conversations, I answer small talk, that’s it.” Morimoto simply provides physical company. The meetings he has are different. Sometimes he serves as an audience for street musicians, sometimes he accompanies women for a visit to the café. Here an impression:
Is that funny? No idea. There are many unusual jobs. Some people also queue for others, so why not do what Morimoto does? If you are looking for a job with a lot of variety and new encounters, you could be happy with it. That Morimoto does “nothing” is not entirely true. After all, he sacrifices his time.
The article is first at business punk appeared.