Coming out of the closet

Looks like this is a week of bizarre news, here is another one.

Lady in the closet

For those of you who are too lazy to click on the link, here is a short summary

In Japan, in a town called Fukuoka, a woman has been arrested for sneaking into a man's house and living in his closet without him knowing. Apparently, she was doing that for a year. He finally figured it out using surveillance cameras after he began noticing that food went missing from his fridge.

At this moment, you are thinking “There is actually a town named Fukuoka !!!”.

I am sure this has caused a lot cultural misunderstandings.

“Hi, I am from Bangalore, where are you from ?”

“Fukuoka”

“Whoa !!, I was just trying to be nice. Fukuoka yourself, buster”

Coming back to the incident in question, I am kind of in awe of the woman who managed to get away without paying rent for a whole year. Sure, the living conditions were not exactly five star standards but remember it came with a fridge full of food and that is a huge money saver. If you think that’s not a big deal, you should try consuming the stuff in the fridge of a five star hotel room. That’s the fastest way of getting from a star hotel room to living in somebody else’s closet.

But one cannot help feeling sorry for the man. He was in a live-in relationship for a year and he did not even know it. So basically, he was clueless about the woman in the house. This is even worse than being...you know...married. Married men at least know that they are clueless.

If only the lady had been a little more discreet about how much she ate, she probably could have carried on for ever. Both of them could have gone on with their lives with really knowing each other. Again, the mark of many a married couple.

Anyway, her jig is up, she has been evicted from the home in question. So you better keep your closet door locked and your fridge empty.

Hey, where is the pack of chips that I had left on the table ?