What will they think of next?
Chinese 'anger bar' is a big hit
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...
"Pressure in today's society comes from just about anywhere, from family or from work, from your boss or your girlfriend. We get no place to vent anger," said salesman Chen Liang. "The idea of beating someone decorated as your boss seems attractive."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5251952.stmIt's interesting that most of the bar's customers were women working in the service or entertainment industries. Why do you think that's the case?
In other Chinese bar news, a crying bar has been opened. For $6/hour patrons can come and cry.
Hat tip:
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/09/the_crying_bar.htmlThe owner opened the crying bar when patrons of his previous bar told him that they often wanted to cry but didn’t know when or where it would be appropriate to do so.
On a different topic, also from Asia, a recent book of poetry has been recalled. Here is this from the Poetry Foundation:
The volume contains graphic poetry about children killing their mothers. One poem, entitled “On a Day You Don’t Want to Go to Hakwon” explains how to eat your mother’s heart, while another poem is about a “knife-wielding” doll. Eek! From United Press International:
The poetry book, A Single Dog, was released March 30 by publisher Chulganil and soon drew criticism for the content of some of the poems, including a 10-year-old girl’s poem about eating her mother that was accompanied with an illustration of a girl taking a bite out of a human heart while kneeling in a pool of blood near a body.
The poem, by a girl named Lee, is titled “On a Day You Don’t Want to Go to Hakwon.”
The poem reads:
When you don’t want to go to hakwon,
like this
Chew and eat your mom
Boil and eat her, bake and eat her
Spoon her eyeballs and eat them,
Pick out all of her teeth
Tear her hair out
Turn her into lean meat and eat as soup
If she sheds tears, lick them up
Eat her heart last
So it’s the most painful.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/05/south-korean-childrens-mom-eating-poetry-frightens-parents-publishers-will-recall-and-destroy-all-remaining-volumes/
