While you're sipping and munching, here's another scheme out of Japan. You have to admit they do come up with some crazy ideas...but then there are so many people there that there's bound to be a market for almost anything.
Ossan Rental (or “Middle-Aged Guy Rental”) is the newest bizarre rental service in Japan. As the name suggests, it allows people to rent an average middle-aged Japanese guy for ¥1,000 ($10) an hour.
There are a lot of crazy people-renting services in the Land of the Rising Sun, from the now famous Soine-ya Prime rent-a handsome-boyfriend service, to simple rent-a-friend options and even a rent-a-bare-thigh advertising service.
So we have hot young guys and girls for rent, but what about middle-aged folks, is no one interested in paying for their time? Surely there has to be a market out there for them, too, right?
That’s probably what the masterminds behind Ossan Rental thought when they decided to open the first rental service for middle-aged guys in Japan. The company currently offers only two options to choose from, either the 46-year old Takanobu Nishimoto, a college lecturer in fashion and styling from Osaka, or Mikio Sendou, a former baseball player and current sports commentator from Gifu Prefecture. They both seem like interesting dudes, and the company’s roster is only going to get bigger once the business gets off the ground.
Do you think a rent-an-average-person would fly where you are? Might be an interesting and low-cost business? Let's mull this over and brainstorm here. Now that school is back in how about a rent-a-person-to-do-my homework or rent-someone-to-walk-the-dog or nah...they have those already, right? Go on...you can think of something. Let me know what you come up with, eh. You may be on to something!
See ya, eh!
Bob
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