Getting Paid By Doing Nothing
Date: May 21, 2022 (Saturday)
Would you want to get paid simply by doing nothing?
Knowing the reality of life and how hard it is to earn money these days, many people would want to just sit in the corner, do nothing, but still earning. I presume each one has ever wished to do something as easy as that, and maybe dreamt to become rich miraculously.
The thought may sound impossible, but there's this man who made this dream come true. Yes, really!
In Tokyo, a 38-year old man named Shoji Morimoto made everyone's dream come true simply by earning while doing nothing.
But, how did Shoji made this happen?
Don't get him wrong, Shoji is not the type of man that you might have crafted in your head after hearing about his overview. In fact, Shoji was a hardworking student way back when was still studying. He even graduated with a master's degree in Physics in Osaka University.
Not just that, he was also hired as a book editor way back 2017. Howbeit, things never ran smoothly in Shoji's career as he felt that the job he got was not something that he ever wanted and he want to stay with. Aside from that, he also felt that he's bad at doing the job and thought of pursuing what he loves doing which was to do nothing.
In 2018, Shoji posted on Twitter about his services of renting him by clients for doing nothing. Fortunately, the post became viral after people got interested on his peculiar offer.
The first objective of Shoji before was to offer a service that would give time for people to waste time with him and do nothing. He never thought thay it clicked in someway.
Not to mention, what Shoji is offering as of the moment is still being rented for doing nothing except for eating. Shoji get paid for about $95 per client plus travel and eating expenses, and can go about 3-4 clients a day. Needless to say, when he began his business last 2018, his clients continually rising and he already have about 3000 clients as of the moment.
Shoji's case may not be the usual thing in Japan as people there tend to be so hardworking and what Shoji's business is something ironic from the usual. People who even dreamt of just doing nothing but still earning looked up at Shoji a lot. Not everyone can land a reputable status on thay kind of living. Fortunately for him, it becomes a hit.
Shoji's job may have called as "Renting-Doing-Nothing", but looking at the details of what he is doing, he is not doing nothing at all. He is actually offering his companionship to the people. It may seem like it's nothing, but those clients that he once had appreciate having someone just beside them, listening to them and just being with them even if Shoji did nothing, but being present.
There was actually one of Shoji's clients who has his sad reason why he rented Shoji in someway. The client has this one friend before who he used to be with whatever undertakings in his life. However, the friend of him died that he was left alone. That friend was the only companion that he had and it made him so sad.
Fast forward, since the client doesn't want to feel alone on his birthday, he rented Shoji as his companion on his birthday. Even if Shoji was not doing nothing and just following and being on his side that day, it means to him a lot already. Having a companion on his birthday means to him a lot already. The look on his eyes are so vivid as well that he certainly miss his best buddy who was now in heaven.
Moreover, we can't blame Shoji as well for choosing the path. It's still a clean way of living though. It may not be the usual and it's peculiar, but he has pure intentions.
Now, somebody has finally reached the dreams of many. Let's be happy for him and wish him well always.
How about you? Do you want to get paid by doing nothing as well?
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It's sounds interesting for me, I guess it's ok in being paid without doing anything as long as you did not destroy someone's life or you do not contempt the life of others. Lets be fair