Japanese people hire strangers to stand in lines. Professional queue-standers called daikō charge $40 hourly. They wait for restaurant tables and store openings. Some queue for 12 hours straight professionally. Busy customers arrive when called to the front.
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Bizarre Human BehaviorMar 26, 2026
In Japan, there are professional line-standers called 'daikō' who wait in queues for busy people for up to $40 per hour
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