A 57-year-old female employee at the Nagaizumi Town office in Shizuoka Prefecture was dismissed after taking home roughly 20,000 public documents slated for disposal without authorization. It also came to light that she used the backs of the pages as scratch paper to print her hobby mystery novels on the town’s copy machine, sparking discussion on 5ch with comments like “Printing on the town’s copier? Wouldn’t just buying the book be cheaper?” and “So cheap…,” along with speculation about how it was discovered and what her motive was.
“I didn’t want to spend my own money” — Employee dismissed for taking home roughly 20,000 discarded public documents without permission, used them as scratch paper to print hobby mystery novels = Nagaizumi Town, Shizuoka
Published 8/25 (Tue) 19:12
Shizuoka Broadcasting System (SBS)
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
So what was the whole Middle East crisis even about, in the end?
41 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:35:08.12 ID:Az+IKYP60
>>2
If 70% of the raw material for window sashes disappears,
then sash makers' work drops 70% too, right?
43 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:42:48.27 ID:Az+IKYP60
>>42
If materials drop 70%, production drops 70% too, so the work drops 70%,
and you cut staff by 70% as well.
51 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:55:14.23 ID:zlyhQQA/0
>>46
Because we've never been affected by it before.
So, mind if I save this?
I'm hoping you're not lying to me.
A 70% drop means if you had 100 orders a month, that falls to just 30-something.
That's easy enough to verify later, so I'm saving this properly — that okay with you?
52 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:58:58.36 ID:Az+IKYP60
>>51
Sure, go ahead.
41 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:35:08.12 ID:Az+IKYP60
>>2
If 70% of the raw material for window sashes disappears,
then sash makers' work drops 70% too, right?
43 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:42:48.27 ID:Az+IKYP60
>>42
If materials drop 70%, production drops 70% too, so the work drops 70%,
and you cut staff by 70% as well.
51 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:55:14.23 ID:zlyhQQA/0
>>46
Because we've never been affected by it before.
So, mind if I save this?
I'm hoping you're not lying to me.
A 70% drop means if you had 100 orders a month, that falls to just 30-something.
That's easy enough to verify later, so I'm saving this properly — that okay with you?
52 Anonymous Donburako 2026/03/20 (Fri) 05:58:58.36 ID:Az+IKYP60
>>51
Sure, go ahead.
Oh wait, she printed it on the office copier?
So cheap…
So cheap…
I want to ask someone who really knows this stuff — using the "yani-neko" (nicotine-stained cat) meme as an analogy, would the sash shop be the landlord??
>>7
Since it's worried about work stuff, isn't that more of a "yaku-neko" (drug cat) thing?
Since it's worried about work stuff, isn't that more of a "yaku-neko" (drug cat) thing?
Printing library books on scrap paper — how broke do you have to be?
>>10
Not broke, just stingy.
Not broke, just stingy.
>>10
It's the people who actually have money who turn into misers.
It's the people who actually have money who turn into misers.
Crimes involving public documents by civil servants are supposed to carry serious penalties — does she really get off with just dismissal? In the US, a case like this would supposedly get you sent to Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) as punishment.
>>23
What about in Azerbaijan? Or the Republic of the Congo?
What about in Azerbaijan? Or the Republic of the Congo?
Printing mystery novels on the town's copier?? Wouldn't buying the book be cheaper??
>>38
It says "town's," not "city's," so it's presumably the copier at Nagaizumi town hall. Black-and-white is probably under 1 yen a page, but I wonder what it all added up to.
It says "town's," not "city's," so it's presumably the copier at Nagaizumi town hall. Black-and-white is probably under 1 yen a page, but I wonder what it all added up to.
Even at 10 yen a copy, that's 200,000 yen. Government office copiers are leased, so they're paying even more than that. If General Affairs had just checked the counter, they'd have caught it. Well, copyright law violation — busted.
>>45
It's a per-page contract — black-and-white is probably under 2 yen a page.
And honestly, if she didn't care about owning the actual book and a copy was fine, she could've just taken photos and read them on a tablet.
It's a per-page contract — black-and-white is probably under 2 yen a page.
And honestly, if she didn't care about owning the actual book and a copy was fine, she could've just taken photos and read them on a tablet.
Seems like copying would actually cost more. It takes effort too. Heck, at that point just download it online…
>>50
It says "the town's copier." So she was siphoning off the town's budget. Dismissal seems fair.
It says "the town's copier." So she was siphoning off the town's budget. Dismissal seems fair.
Unbelievably cheap. She's probably paid decently too.
And here she was contributing to ISO 14001 (environmental standards — reusing waste paper and all).
>>53
It literally says "without permission," lol. At least ask first, lol. Not that it would've worked anyway, lolol.
It literally says "without permission," lol. At least ask first, lol. Not that it would've worked anyway, lolol.
Factor in the copier's printing costs and wouldn't it come out about the same as just buying the paperback?
>>68
The point is she was using tax money to copy stuff for her personal hobby.
Taking home discarded public documents without permission is bad enough, but this is just as bad.
The point is she was using tax money to copy stuff for her personal hobby.
Taking home discarded public documents without permission is bad enough, but this is just as bad.
Same as the idiot who drives 10km to a different supermarket to save 10 yen on eggs.
>>77
That's a terrible analogy, even as analogies go.
That's a terrible analogy, even as analogies go.
Printing on the town's copier — you'd think just buying it would normally be cheaper.
>>81
This reporter refers to the town office as "the town," so "the town's copier" just means the office copier — free to use. But using a ton of paper would look suspicious, so apparently that's why she used the backs of the discarded documents instead.
This reporter refers to the town office as "the town," so "the town's copier" just means the office copier — free to use. But using a ton of paper would look suspicious, so apparently that's why she used the backs of the discarded documents instead.
>>81
It's about the copier managed by Nagashima town [sic], lol. You'd notice if the paper ran low, but you wouldn't notice the ink, right? lol
It's about the copier managed by Nagashima town [sic], lol. You'd notice if the paper ran low, but you wouldn't notice the ink, right? lol
A photocopy wouldn't satisfy the urge to actually own the book. What's the point of going to all that effort just to copy it?
>>119
But it cost her literally zero yen, lol. Effort aside, lolol.
But it cost her literally zero yen, lol. Effort aside, lolol.
So there really are people out there who print out illegal downloads? That's a pretty unusual kind of person.
>>121
It's a copy of a book she borrowed from the library. And since it's on scrap paper, it must be brutal to read.
It's a copy of a book she borrowed from the library. And since it's on scrap paper, it must be brutal to read.
Oh, so she wasn't writing novels as a hobby — she was just photocopying novels she liked?
>>123
You actually need to file a request just to make a copy. Permission's only granted for research purposes, though — without authorization it's copyright infringement (violation of the reproduction right).
You actually need to file a request just to make a copy. Permission's only granted for research purposes, though — without authorization it's copyright infringement (violation of the reproduction right).
There's a real chance the copying was just cover for smuggling the public documents home — the punishment seems fair.
>>127
I bet the seniors and coworkers who already retired and got away clean were doing the exact same thing.
I bet the seniors and coworkers who already retired and got away clean were doing the exact same thing.
If they'd just digitized everything, none of this would've happened…
>>174
Not everyone here is necessarily a Nagaizumi resident — nearby Gotemba and Numazu cities do have digital systems.
Not everyone here is necessarily a Nagaizumi resident — nearby Gotemba and Numazu cities do have digital systems.
>>174
If the logic that "accidents caused by things like cars or smartphones aren't the thing's fault, it's the fault of the person using it" holds up, then this isn't really about digitization either — it comes down to "the person who did this is the one at fault." Though saying that to someone whose values have been thoroughly brainwashed by digital-absolutism (more a religion than a philosophy) — efficiency, convenience, savings, and all that — would probably go in one ear and out the other.
If the logic that "accidents caused by things like cars or smartphones aren't the thing's fault, it's the fault of the person using it" holds up, then this isn't really about digitization either — it comes down to "the person who did this is the one at fault." Though saying that to someone whose values have been thoroughly brainwashed by digital-absolutism (more a religion than a philosophy) — efficiency, convenience, savings, and all that — would probably go in one ear and out the other.
I wonder how this even got found out?
>>197
She got taken down by the next office queen bee who wanted to pull the same trick herself. Give it a few years and it'll probably happen again.
She got taken down by the next office queen bee who wanted to pull the same trick herself. Give it a few years and it'll probably happen again.
>>197
Nothing more annoying than someone hogging the copier.
Nothing more annoying than someone hogging the copier.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread “[Shizuoka] “I didn’t want to spend my own money” — 57-year-old female employee dismissed for taking home roughly 20,000 discarded public documents without permission, printed mystery novels on scrap paper — Nagaizumi Town.”
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