【《什麼都不做的出租先生》:「出租先生」森本祥司的真人真事與「什麼都不做」帶來的溫暖力量】
2018年從出版社離職後,森本祥司在妻子的支持下,決定出租自己來維生,但他什麼都不會做,只會靜靜陪在需求者身邊。
沒想到他什麼都不做的出租活動在網路上逐漸引起討論,接到的案子也越來愈多,有人要他陪搭車、陪抓保可夢、陪抓姦…這形形色色的相遇裡,意外成就許多感動暖心的故事!
森本祥司的故事甚至還被改編成日劇《什麼都不做的出租先生》,森本祥司說,在日本這個非用「自己在做什麼/從事什麼職業」來定義自己的社會,其實最需要的就是,什麼都不做,光是陪伴就能產生很大的力量。
Today, I’m starting a ‘rent a person who does nothing‘ service . . . Except for very simple conversation, I’m afraid I can do nothing.
Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a ‘do-nothing’ because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one tweet, he began his business of renting himself out . . . to do nothing.
Morimoto, aka Rental Person, provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. Sitting with a client undergoing surgery, accompanying a newly-divorced client to her favourite restaurant, visiting the site of a client’s suicide attempt are just a few of his thousands of true life adventures. He is dependable, non-judgmental and committed to remaining a stranger and the curious encounters he shares are revelatory about both Japanese society and human psychology.