Lost my wallet in Manhattan one time. The guy who found it called a number that was in my wallet, got my number from that friend, called and texted that he found my wallet and met me at a convenient spot. All my cash was there and he wouldn't take a reward. Restored my faith in humanity a bit.
I did this in Los Angeles. I found someone’s wallet but they didn’t have a phone number so I found the address on their drivers license. I drove to the address to return the wallet but they weren’t home and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving it there so I left a note with my name and number. They called about an hour later and told me they had some emergency and left in such a hurry that they forgot their wallet. I drove it to them and they treated me like I had taken something. They went through the whole thing to make sure I didn’t take anything before letting me leave. I got a halfhearted thank you for my efforts too 😂
The guy who tried to get arrested was probably homeless and looking for a way to live that provides food and shelter. Thats probably the lowest anyone could feel. Poor guy
That's true. I thought it might have been what he thought his only option to get a break from work would be, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was this. Sadly.
Right? I was thinking the same thing. Cause for someone homeless, getting a roof over your head and 3 square meals a day doesn't sound that bad. And I've met rather polite homeless people as well. Usually they come in asking if we have free samples or free water, and if I have to say no they say, 'well thank you' and walk out. It's those homeless that I feel bad for. Cause they're people like you are me, but either are suffering from mental problems or are on hard times.
I kinda remember a case like that when covid broke out? A criminal walked up to the police station and punched an officer. When asked why, he said he needed some place safe from covid. 😅
I always forgot that umbrellas and bicycles are the most stolen things in Japan. The man asking politely to rob the convenience store really shows reality is weirder than fiction.
The ice cream thief, the watermelon thief, the woman who let her son die, the backward to the original shop thief and polite robber man is literally all manga stories to think of
Most countries offer dental work to inmates for free, so that's a famous American old man who robbed a bank for ONE dollar, then waited there politely while he asked them to call the cops so he could get arrested. Only felons in America get dental work done, so he had to arm rob them to make sure it was a felony, the amount didn't matter so he only asked for one dollar. I honestly think he got the charge dropped and a dentist fixed his mouth for free in the end. Innocent criminals are always so quirky.
I worked at a GameStop years ago and a guy tried to resell a used copy of a game that he had just bought from us hours before. And for some reason he was shocked that he wasn’t getting back more money?? 😂
I worked for EB Games who was under GameStop and I have had this happen. I just went "Do you have your receipt?" and he was "Uh no I threw it away." I went "I remember you, just let me reprint it and return it for you." He was like "wait you can do that?" "I'm the only one on today so yeah." Dude then remembered me a few years later when I was working elsewhere XDDD
Same story only at Staples. Dude walked in, went to the back. Picked up a printer and brought it up to the front saying he would like to return it and he didn’t have the receipt (was fine with store credit).
I feel like the sweets guy might have been saying he doesn't remember what he took from where. It sounded like bro just went "Oh that was absolutely me. But was that the house with the good jelly candy or the chalky ice cream?"
12:04 There was a news story in Hong Kong: Two old men living on the street robbed the same convenience store with plastic knives because they both wanted to go to jail to live and eat for free.
Now hold on, in my years of watching true crimes documentaries, that last guy was smart, and I hope many other who are suffering from mental health issue take notes from this guy. Instead of going down a full dark route. Sometimes, it's the small crimes with no drama that is the best way to get help these days.
Don't assume it was mental health that drove him to it. It could just as easily be a case of he was about to become homeless and hadn't been able to find another job, so rather than ASK for a help (due the shame of failure) he tried to commit a crime so he could go to gaol and have food and shelter. And possibly the opportunity for rehabilitation back into the community (food, shelter, a job, etc) after committing a 'crime'. It's actually a pretty smart thing to do if that's the case.
@@silkvelvet2616honestly, i wouldn't be surprised if it was a combination of both mental illness and incoming homelessness. They're pretty correlated as is, anyway!
the last one reminds me of the man who was sick but didn’t have healthcare so he attempted to rob a bank so that he would get arrested and promptly be treated for his illness
As a worker at a shop that also dealt with buying and selling used things- we had a similar experience of somebody stealing from us, only to then a few days later, attempt to sell those items back to us. They even left our price tags on them still. I still laugh about it to this day.
Aki: "I'm not going to go as dark as I usually do" Litterally 1 minute later: "so they found the corpse of her son on the futon in her appartment and it seems she cut his neck before of after he died..." 🤭👌
The speaker guy forgot to quick save before attempting sell stolen goods and did not want to load a hours old save. He should know better, always go to the thieves' guild to sell stolen goods.
12:12 Imagine if he's a worker at a black company, only he can't bring himself to quit his job, so he figured the company would fire him if he got arrested for something.
I've heard that some homeless purposely commit a crime so they can go to jail and have a place to stay and food to eat... it's quite a sad thing... idk if it's still a thing to do though.
America's Dumbest Criminals TV show had a story where a criminal steals a guy's beeper from his home. Suddenly the cop and the victim get this idea. Hey, let's call the beeper/pager, sure enough the thief calls the number and traces him back to his house. Only in the 1990s could this happen.
It doesn’t surprise me a country as socially wound tight as Japan is where they’re not even allowed to go up to 2 from 1 it really doesn’t shock me that they go from 1 straight to 100 when it comes to things such as crime. Also as much as I love visiting Japan their justice system is one of the many reasons I would never live there
When my husband reads some of the stories out I often have I think is it real????? Or was A story teller just really bored that day. But yes I often do really like reading these type of stories
Lmao at my old job we sometimes get shop lifters trying to get refunds with our pretty unique merchandise as soon as you ask for their receipt they leave saying 'they'll look for it' and never come back, mostly leaving the items on the desk too
4:13 I think he was embarrassed that he had broken such a small law, and he was worried that he would be mocked as an ice cream thief by other prisoners in prison.
10:27 _”Hello yes I would like to sell this Speaker”_ Stroke worker: Alright that will… Wait… That’s ours, you stole this _”S h i t”_ Honestly like Aki said, this would work in a game, but in real life… Come on, what did you think was gonna happen
The convenience shop 'robber' might just be actibg like he'd rob it so that he could get arrested in hopes of a roof over his head and a meal. It's sadly a real issue for the elderly for whom pensions aren't enough anymore. 😢
As a salesperson who works retail in the US I'm always surprised and happy when people are honest and turn in lost keys, wallets and phones to our front desk. Our managers store them for safe keeping in a lock box in their office. These stories were good please share more in future videos.
I don't even know if I'd be that mad that he "stole" my bike, I mean, he brought it back, and gave a gift essentially saying sorry. I think I'd be more confused than anything
My favorite is one of these: A guy tried to rob a konbini with a pair of nosetrimmer scissors with rounded points. He told the clerk to not move and hand over the money. When the clerk said they couldn't do that since they would break the order not to move if they were to hand over the money, and if they didn't move they couldn't hand over the money. While the robber got confused the clerk fled the store and since the robber couldn't open the cash box he left as well and was still caught by a patrolling cop. A store manager tried to rob his own store and when the staff recognized him he went for the "eh haha you um passed the test, that's right it was a test and you passed it, the test that you just passed" as the staff called the police. And let's not forget the guy wielding a hammer that went into a 7-11 and demanded "Give me your money! You got money, right?", to which the clerk responded "We don't.". No point in trying to rob a place that got no money, so the robber just left.
A few years ago, I had my bike stolen and returned to the spot one week later. I was so confused, when I went to the bus stop and it just stood there, 2 meters away from where I had left it. The lock was gone but it was in perfect shape and the thief had even inflated the tires. Told the police that it had re-appeared. They must have thought, that I had been drunk when I reported it missing.
I think the old lady with her dead son corpse shouldn't have been charge. Like you said she could've suffer dementia and probably couldn't remember to call for help. Until many days later when she report a foul smell.
Oh my gods, the polite robber.... I bet he'd lost his job, couldn't find another, and was about to become homeless, so he thought robbing a combini would get him food and lodging for a while...
@ImRezaF exactly. One can never really understand the motivations of someone committing (trying to) a crime in that manner. The clincher was the knife he never even got out. And doing such a thing was less humiliating than actually asking for help.
nakano itsuki would attempt to rob a store, get flustered because the staff refused to cooperate & drag herself to nearby police booth to turn herself in all she did in keigo
I have had the fortune of having my iphone returned to me twice at Universal Studios in Orlando (left in a ride once and the next time in a bathroom stall), but I always assumed it was returned by tourist guests from overseas, never our people 😂
Lost my wallet in Manhattan one time. The guy who found it called a number that was in my wallet, got my number from that friend, called and texted that he found my wallet and met me at a convenient spot. All my cash was there and he wouldn't take a reward. Restored my faith in humanity a bit.
And restored mine.
Bet it wasn't in Harlem.
I did this in Los Angeles. I found someone’s wallet but they didn’t have a phone number so I found the address on their drivers license. I drove to the address to return the wallet but they weren’t home and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving it there so I left a note with my name and number. They called about an hour later and told me they had some emergency and left in such a hurry that they forgot their wallet. I drove it to them and they treated me like I had taken something. They went through the whole thing to make sure I didn’t take anything before letting me leave. I got a halfhearted thank you for my efforts too 😂
@@littleshedevl just so you know you did good and thank you for your services 😂
@@dharvinar.k4750 😂😂😂
"Excuse me. I would like to rob your store."
"No, sorry."
"Understandable, have a great day."
"I would like to rob your store."
" I would prefer that you didn't."
"But I really want to."
"Well, in that case, go ahead."
You can always get away with stealing if you just give a watermelon as an apology.😂
I will remember this if i end up borrowing a bike like that 🤔 🍉 🚲
You have to do the sliding apology.
SUIKAA!!
The guy who tried to get arrested was probably homeless and looking for a way to live that provides food and shelter. Thats probably the lowest anyone could feel. Poor guy
This happens in the USA. Sometimes its the only way to get "help"
That's true. I thought it might have been what he thought his only option to get a break from work would be, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was this. Sadly.
Right? I was thinking the same thing. Cause for someone homeless, getting a roof over your head and 3 square meals a day doesn't sound that bad.
And I've met rather polite homeless people as well. Usually they come in asking if we have free samples or free water, and if I have to say no they say, 'well thank you' and walk out. It's those homeless that I feel bad for. Cause they're people like you are me, but either are suffering from mental problems or are on hard times.
I kinda remember a case like that when covid broke out? A criminal walked up to the police station and punched an officer. When asked why, he said he needed some place safe from covid. 😅
I always forgot that umbrellas and bicycles are the most stolen things in Japan. The man asking politely to rob the convenience store really shows reality is weirder than fiction.
Mrballen reference spotted 🕺
The ice cream thief, the watermelon thief, the woman who let her son die, the backward to the original shop thief and polite robber man is literally all manga stories to think of
Now I want an anthology manga that gives one hilarious retelling of a real bizarre crime like this per chapter lmao
Most countries offer dental work to inmates for free, so that's a famous American old man who robbed a bank for ONE dollar, then waited there politely while he asked them to call the cops so he could get arrested. Only felons in America get dental work done, so he had to arm rob them to make sure it was a felony, the amount didn't matter so he only asked for one dollar. I honestly think he got the charge dropped and a dentist fixed his mouth for free in the end. Innocent criminals are always so quirky.
Not a Florida Man then!
I worked at a GameStop years ago and a guy tried to resell a used copy of a game that he had just bought from us hours before. And for some reason he was shocked that he wasn’t getting back more money?? 😂
I worked for EB Games who was under GameStop and I have had this happen. I just went "Do you have your receipt?" and he was "Uh no I threw it away." I went "I remember you, just let me reprint it and return it for you." He was like "wait you can do that?" "I'm the only one on today so yeah." Dude then remembered me a few years later when I was working elsewhere XDDD
Same story only at Staples. Dude walked in, went to the back. Picked up a printer and brought it up to the front saying he would like to return it and he didn’t have the receipt (was fine with store credit).
I worked for cex and had customers come back and complain we dont pay as much as the pawn shop. Like then go to the pawn shop why come back here😂
Man: "May I rob you?"
Employee: "No."
Man: "Understanable, have a good day 👍"
You are always so smooth when it comes to the sponsor transitions lol. it gets me every timeee
It's honestly a bit fun trying to figure out when you're gonna be hit out of left field with a sponsor.
7:20 I love how Aki's like "OMG Becky look at the WATERMELON!!"
I feel like the sweets guy might have been saying he doesn't remember what he took from where. It sounded like bro just went "Oh that was absolutely me. But was that the house with the good jelly candy or the chalky ice cream?"
12:04 There was a news story in Hong Kong: Two old men living on the street robbed the same convenience store with plastic knives because they both wanted to go to jail to live and eat for free.
Plastic knife 😂
Weirdest crime always happens in Japan
This is Florida erasure lol
Confirmation bias.
These are the strangest crimes I’ve ever heard of as a mixed Japanese. 😂
Now hold on, in my years of watching true crimes documentaries, that last guy was smart, and I hope many other who are suffering from mental health issue take notes from this guy.
Instead of going down a full dark route.
Sometimes, it's the small crimes with no drama that is the best way to get help these days.
Don't assume it was mental health that drove him to it. It could just as easily be a case of he was about to become homeless and hadn't been able to find another job, so rather than ASK for a help (due the shame of failure) he tried to commit a crime so he could go to gaol and have food and shelter. And possibly the opportunity for rehabilitation back into the community (food, shelter, a job, etc) after committing a 'crime'. It's actually a pretty smart thing to do if that's the case.
@@silkvelvet2616honestly, i wouldn't be surprised if it was a combination of both mental illness and incoming homelessness. They're pretty correlated as is, anyway!
@kyomado one frequently begets the other, but not every homeless person has mental health issues, sometimes they are just dammed unlucky.
the last one reminds me of the man who was sick but didn’t have healthcare so he attempted to rob a bank so that he would get arrested and promptly be treated for his illness
Whenever I hear about the crimes in Japan, I can't help but think "maybe their low crime rate isn't such a good thing.... They're all NUTS!" 😂😂😂
That's how polite Japanese people are, he asked to rob the convinient store.
As a worker at a shop that also dealt with buying and selling used things- we had a similar experience of somebody stealing from us, only to then a few days later, attempt to sell those items back to us.
They even left our price tags on them still.
I still laugh about it to this day.
Aki: "I'm not going to go as dark as I usually do"
Litterally 1 minute later: "so they found the corpse of her son on the futon in her appartment and it seems she cut his neck before of after he died..."
🤭👌
Ikr 😂😂
Aki's earrings are super cute!
Love you ❤️ 9:33 😂 the Paper Trail guy is wild for that
The speaker guy forgot to quick save before attempting sell stolen goods and did not want to load a hours old save.
He should know better, always go to the thieves' guild to sell stolen goods.
hahahaha aki you need to make a few more videos of this stories, please do, i want more and want to hear more of these.XD thank you for todays video
3:23 - But wait, the burglar's into ice cream and pudding, not cereal? ;)
The guy that doesn't remember eating the sweets probably swore to someone he wasn't doing that and don't want them to know
I could see why to not admit eating sweets as to not have to go on a diet plan.
Feels illegal to be this early
Fr
agreed lol
Onggg
Yeah
True but glad we here
12:12 Imagine if he's a worker at a black company, only he can't bring himself to quit his job, so he figured the company would fire him if he got arrested for something.
This is the weirdest and strangest crimes that I've ever heard that Japan got ever.
Why did he even leave the shop? He could have picked it up from the shelf and walked straight to the clerk to 'sell' it.
The polite robbery guy could have possibly tried to get arrested if he was homeless, I mean, it’s a free place to live 🤷♂️
I needed a good laugh. Thank you so much for this!
That transition into the Sponsored segment was IMPECCABLE AKI
I've heard that some homeless purposely commit a crime so they can go to jail and have a place to stay and food to eat... it's quite a sad thing... idk if it's still a thing to do though.
Crazy how all of these crimes could possibly be substories from yakuza LMAOO
The sponsor has such a smoothe transition that I immediately lol, subscribed and liked the video 😂❤.
You never fail to make my day aki thank you 🤣🤣🤣
America's Dumbest Criminals TV show had a story where a criminal steals a guy's beeper from his home. Suddenly the cop and the victim get this idea. Hey, let's call the beeper/pager, sure enough the thief calls the number and traces him back to his house. Only in the 1990s could this happen.
The polite “May I rob you? No? Okay, just gonna turn myself in real quick” guy almost sounds like a satire of Japanese politeness culture.
People steal from Wal-Mart then walk right back in to get a refund all the time. Working there was so frustrating.
It doesn’t surprise me a country as socially wound tight as Japan is where they’re not even allowed to go up to 2 from 1 it really doesn’t shock me that they go from 1 straight to 100 when it comes to things such as crime. Also as much as I love visiting Japan their justice system is one of the many reasons I would never live there
When my husband reads some of the stories out I often have I think is it real????? Or was A story teller just really bored that day. But yes I often do really like reading these type of stories
Lmao at my old job we sometimes get shop lifters trying to get refunds with our pretty unique merchandise as soon as you ask for their receipt they leave saying 'they'll look for it' and never come back, mostly leaving the items on the desk too
I think Japan and Florida should get together and go bowling
Ok... the story with the speaker thief, almost sounds like a bad SNL skit. I can't be alone in thinking this.
4:13 I think he was embarrassed that he had broken such a small law, and he was worried that he would be mocked as an ice cream thief by other prisoners in prison.
10:27
_”Hello yes I would like to sell this Speaker”_
Stroke worker: Alright that will… Wait… That’s ours, you stole this
_”S h i t”_
Honestly like Aki said, this would work in a game, but in real life… Come on, what did you
think was gonna happen
I must say Aki you’re the queen of commercial segue 😂
The convenience shop 'robber' might just be actibg like he'd rob it so that he could get arrested in hopes of a roof over his head and a meal. It's sadly a real issue for the elderly for whom pensions aren't enough anymore. 😢
I dig this series of videos. Please keep it up
As a salesperson who works retail in the US I'm always surprised and happy when people are honest and turn in lost keys, wallets and phones to our front desk. Our managers store them for safe keeping in a lock box in their office. These stories were good please share more in future videos.
The man asking to rob the convenience store and then turning himself in is the most Japanese thing I could think of 😂
A lot of area's of the world that have low crime rates seem to have the this problem of the crimes being committed are quite serious.
11:12 that's the most polite criminal I ever saw 😂😂😂😂
These Bizzare Japan crimes is like the tame version of Florida man stories
We need a matchup of Japanese Man vs. Florida Man.
I don't even know if I'd be that mad that he "stole" my bike, I mean, he brought it back, and gave a gift essentially saying sorry. I think I'd be more confused than anything
That sponsor segment entrance and diabolical laugh got me good. 😂😂
Japan usually has crazy crimes. These are a fever dream
Thank you for this video and so many others... just discovered your channel recently, love your vids, keep up the great work!!!
Amazing video akidearest,fantastic job.
4:37 this crime sounds like a comedy sketch 💯
My favorite is one of these:
A guy tried to rob a konbini with a pair of nosetrimmer scissors with rounded points. He told the clerk to not move and hand over the money. When the clerk said they couldn't do that since they would break the order not to move if they were to hand over the money, and if they didn't move they couldn't hand over the money. While the robber got confused the clerk fled the store and since the robber couldn't open the cash box he left as well and was still caught by a patrolling cop.
A store manager tried to rob his own store and when the staff recognized him he went for the "eh haha you um passed the test, that's right it was a test and you passed it, the test that you just passed" as the staff called the police.
And let's not forget the guy wielding a hammer that went into a 7-11 and demanded "Give me your money! You got money, right?", to which the clerk responded "We don't.". No point in trying to rob a place that got no money, so the robber just left.
if only the US was this good 😭
Someone stole my umbrella in Japan when I left it at the umbrella rack at Famima! I got that umbrella from Keelung in Taiwan!
You made my day. Thanks much!
Hi aki, this is a great video and i love your videos because they educated me of japan this is the reason why i love your video's
A few years ago, I had my bike stolen and returned to the spot one week later. I was so confused, when I went to the bus stop and it just stood there, 2 meters away from where I had left it. The lock was gone but it was in perfect shape and the thief had even inflated the tires. Told the police that it had re-appeared. They must have thought, that I had been drunk when I reported it missing.
Sounds like the last guy was just looking for help and that was the only way he could think of to get it.
"we're not gonna get too dark and morbid here evereybody" *Woman calls cops to complain about a foul odor coming from her sons rotting corpse*
⁉️ What kind of punishment would the man who stole the speaker receive? He wouldn’t get prison time in the UK or USA.
That sponsor transition was smooth 😂 well done 👏🏻
I think the old lady with her dead son corpse shouldn't have been charge. Like you said she could've suffer dementia and probably couldn't remember to call for help. Until many days later when she report a foul smell.
3:21 You're sure he didnt have the munchies ??!!!😂😂😂
Ok, that sponsor transition was so smooth!!
side note: i'm obsessed with your earring *_*❤🔥
i love this can you make a series?
their WW2 war crimes were pretty bizzare as well
"Hey can I rob this store?"
"Uhm..... No?"
"Ah, understandable, have a great day."
Keep up the awesome work and videos Aki love the video
Aki I freaking love your My Chemical Romance shirt, I used to own it as a teen and now mourn its absence in my wardrobe 😭
More of these funny ones, please. They're awesome. My favorite had to be the watermelon bike story.
3:55 over here in Germany and just came home from work soooo
You should also do a video on Florida, man.😂😂😂😂 There were some hilarious crimes that came out of Florida.
Aki is looking so pretty today
Honestly, these crimes are just silly but I guess that's why they're so lighthearted
Oh my gods, the polite robber.... I bet he'd lost his job, couldn't find another, and was about to become homeless, so he thought robbing a combini would get him food and lodging for a while...
Better prison than hypothermia living under the bridge i guess
@ImRezaF exactly. One can never really understand the motivations of someone committing (trying to) a crime in that manner. The clincher was the knife he never even got out. And doing such a thing was less humiliating than actually asking for help.
What a SMOOTH segue for the sponsor, SAKURACO eyyyyyy
@11:10, no way! That looks like the same dude who stole the speaker.
The crime rate in Japan is so low I can barely find any true crime stories.
Tried to order just the one box but it kept trying to charge for an entire year without a discount
nakano itsuki would attempt to rob a store, get flustered because the staff refused to cooperate & drag herself to nearby police booth to turn herself in
all she did in keigo
This was interesting
a odd story.
google translate
2vv is trash 2
6:32 bright and fower_ery (air) but flower '6:40'
I have had the fortune of having my iphone returned to me twice at Universal Studios in Orlando (left in a ride once and the next time in a bathroom stall), but I always assumed it was returned by tourist guests from overseas, never our people 😂
Aki ily, you make my room cleaning more entertaining
May I ask where you got your kitsune mask earring? I absolutely love how it looks!
I can't believe I'm a little early for Aki ❤