Japan shop worker issues single women with buying ice cream warning
- Women warned to buy a large-sized tub of frozen snack to ward off stranger danger
A woman in Japan shared her experience of being followed by a stranger while living alone and offered safety advice to single women.
The convenience shop worker wrote on X that women living alone who buy a single serving of ice cream at night are potential targets for criminals.
She said such innocent actions can reveal personal details.
For example, your home is probably within walking distance otherwise your ice cream would melt before you got there. The single portion also suggests you are likely to be living alone.
She advised single women to wait until daytime and to buy a larger-sized tub of ice cream.
The list of other items she suggests single women should not buy to protect their safety include instant meals for one and curtains with “cute” patterns.