I’m leaving on a jet plane! Heading for California then North Carolina. I got to the airport too early, so now I’m bored in the lounge.
An idle mouse being the devil’s workshop, that means I’ve been drinking beer and exploring.
Which took me to some interesting places.
Feel like drowning your sorrows and also finding a way to catch the old lady cheating? Then this is the place!
A sign outside Detective Bar Answer asks “Is there a problem?”
Although they’re dressed like any other bartenders, and wield their cocktail shakers like seasoned pros, these men and women are, in fact, all private detectives themselves.
“Most customers want to know if we do a lot of investigation on whether people are cheating on their spouses,” said one who goes by the name Sawada, as he shaved a big ice cube for a cocktail. “Well, it’s actually true.”
But it isn’t just inquisitive customers who engage the staff in conversation. Some actually reveal personal issues they want the bartenders to hear — but in their detectives’ capacity.
It reminds me of the signs I see in Japanese along the train line advertising the Alwyn All Women Dectective Agency. Don’ have and can’ find a picture of their signs but they show a hot looking Japanese girl speeding down the road on a motorcycle. The sign says in Japanese that they are an all women detective agency. Then in the corner it shows a picture of the staff, who is all female.
I think I can guess where most of their business comes from.
According to Kenta Nagasaka, who runs both the agency and the bar, about 70 percent of the consultations they engage in through Answer are marriage problems. Among these, many are from both male and female customers who want to find out if their spouses, who they say have been acting suspiciously, are actually cheating on them. Generally, after the initial free consultation in the bar, if a customer wants to push things forward, they and detectives will have a further discussion at the small private room made in the bar for that purpose, and sign a contract if the project is considered feasible. From there, the bartenders will put on their metaphoric detectives’ hats and carry out the investigation, which often involves following a target to monitor their conduct. Then, when the investigation is completed, they’ll file a report for their clients just like detectives are supposed to do.
Hell hath no fury-like a woman who thinks she’s been wronged. Of course, when I read things like this I always want to ask just one question, “What were you doing to hack the program sweetheart? ”
Which is probably why women don’t ask me for marriage advice………………..
