Toilet paper thief arrested!
March 29th, 2007 by James
In another hard-hitting national news story, a staff member at high school in Osaka has been punished for stealing toilet paper:
The 44-year-old female staffer was allegedly caught putting toilet paper — worth 37 yen — into her bag on Aug. 23 last year. The principal of the school subsequently filed a report with police.
The woman was summarily indicted and fined 100,000 yen. She reportedly has admitted to the allegations, but said she “didn’t know” when asked why she had stolen the toilet paper.
The woman’s colleagues had apparently been watching her behavior after toilet paper began running out at an abnormally fast pace around September 2004.
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100k yen?! Did she steal toilet paper from orphans or something?
We can all feel safe now.
She shouldve murdered someone, then she wouldve got away.
A 100k fine for 34 yen worth of paper?!? Is tp in that short a supply?
I guess it was because it was for about 3 years’ worth of toilet paper or that’s what the fine is for theft under $5,000 in Japan? *shrugs* But at 37 yen… If my math is right (100,000 yen divided by 37 yen = 2702.70 toilet paper rolls… But for every year for 4 years, she would’ve had to taken about 6 rolls for everyday…?)
I don’t know if she was taking from the orphans, but she sort of was taking from the children/school system, and who knows how well-off the public school system in Japan is.