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I often to go places where people live alone. They never say 'I want to clean the house' in their requests, but asking me to their homes certainly seems to prompt a desire to clear up. So, although I just go to 'be' there, I have an automatic side effect of getting the house tidy. People seem to be embarrassed at even a complete stranger seeing their rooms in a mess.

— Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto (Page 138)

If I meet someone or the type of person who thinks any human activity must be a way of living, I tell them I'm a writer. 'I'm researching at the moment', I say.

— Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto (Page 119)

Of course, the amount of money people are paid for work (in my case writing fees) depends on the market and no account is taken of the stress involved. This didn't feel right to me. It seemed unfair that people who wanted to do the work, and didn't feel at all stressed by it, got paid the same as people who didn't want to do it and did feel stressed about it. It seemed wrong that I was getting nothing for the mental burden the work was giving me.

— Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto (Page 8)