There have been many Clares in Japan since the 1990s, drifting in and out of the job market after they graduate from school, the better to pursue some nebulous "ideal." When they run short of money, they might pick up a job working at a convenience store or a gas station, their reluctance to take full-time work keeping them always at the fringes of the working world.
在日本，從 1990 年代以降，早已出現很多像 Clare 這樣，學校畢業後，為飄渺的「理想」在職場遊走，缺錢時才去便利商店站櫃台或是在加油站打工，就是不願做正式工作的職場邊緣人。