Actual Japanese Business

I remember I had a "dumb" idea a few years ago about opening up a storefront type business where frustrated people that needed stress relief could come in, pay a few dollars for some glass jars, some goggles, and an empty room with a brick wall, and just start smashing the jars against the wall until they felt a little better. I figured the glass jars could be picked up free as recyclables at low or no cost, and the building for the operation would be basic and cheap. Give it a catchy name like "Glass Smashers Club" or something.

Anyway, I thought this would never fly. Thought there might be liability problems with possible glass injuries. Then I saw a story about a crazy Japanese business that was exactly the same as my idea.

So it worked for someone. I imagine that nowadays, people need stress relief more than ever with terrorism fears, people losing their jobs, going bankrupt, losing their life savings in the stock market. You might not be able to find enough glass!

I would think this would be VERY easy to get free publicity for. Crazy stories and businesses always get press. Sell monthly memberships like a gym!

So maybe someone out there has a space that is idle that they could use for this experiment. Who knows, you could become the king of stress relief. Franchise!