Stressed Chinese flock to 'Anger Release Bar' to beat up staff

[T_i_B]

I thought I'd post this here as it's just too daft for LBN

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5251952.stm

A bar in eastern China has come up with a novel way of attracting clients - they are allowed to beat up the staff.

The Rising Sun Anger Release Bar in Nanjing lets customers smash glasses, rant and even hit specially trained workers, state media reported.

The owner, Wu Gong, told China Daily that he was inspired to open the bar by his experiences as a migrant worker. Most of his customers were women working in the service or entertainment industries, he said.

The bar employs 20 men who have been given protective gear and physical training to prepare them for the job. Clients can ask the men to dress as the character they wish to attack.

[asthmaticeog]

1. If this opened in Cleveland,

every other bar in town would go out of business almost immediately.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

2. "Clients can ask the men to dress as the character they wish to attack. "

What if women want to kick some ass too? :7

[RebelOne]

3. Most of the customers ARE women.

"Most of his customers were women working in the service or entertainment industries, he said."

[sakabatou]

4. They have stuff like this all over the world

In Australia, a company lets its workers go to a junk yard and beat the crap out of the cars
In Japan, there's a shop specifically made for people to break stuff
In Africa (don't know where exactly), but there's a ceremony where the women get to beat the crap out of their husbands with sticks.

[rug]

5. I wonder if they have Rove and Bush characters.

[bridgit]

6. wow, find a need and fill it, eh...

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