High School Teacher in Japan Caught Stealing Toilet Paper

**Mike** · March 31st, 2007, 12:55 AM

OSAKA -- A staff member of an Osaka Prefecture high school has been dismissed for stealing toilet paper from the school, the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education said.

The 44-year-old female staffer was allegedly caught putting toilet paper -- worth 37 yen -- into her bag on Aug. 23 last year. The principal of the school subsequently filed a report with police.

The woman was summarily indicted and fined 100,000 yen. She reportedly has admitted to the allegations, but said she "didn't know" when asked why she had stolen the toilet paper.

The woman's colleagues had apparently been watching her behavior after toilet paper began running out at an abnormally fast pace around September 2004.

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**KarmaKiller** · March 31st, 2007, 11:08 AM

Of all the things to steal from your work, why the HELL would you steal T.P.?

**no1_vern** · March 31st, 2007, 11:59 AM

None at home?

**-FMA** · March 31st, 2007, 12:18 PM

Maybe she just needs a lot to get the job done and she's embarrassed to go out and buy x amount. Buy half & Steal half.

**KarmaKiller** · March 31st, 2007, 12:20 PM

Maybe it's some kind of odd collection

**PoonDoggy** · March 31st, 2007, 03:15 PM

May not have been that she "needed" the toilet paper. May have been a urge of kleptomania. She couldnt help herself. They should send her to an addiction program...heh.