Rage rooms supply a protected, managed setting for folks with pent-up angst to blow off some steam. Rage room staff are not any strangers to observing prospects turn into aggressive, smashing plates with a hammer, or hurling previous electronics on the wall.

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But what occurs when prospects go too far?

In a submit on r/AskReddit, a poster asks, “Rage room employees, what’s the craziest ‘oh my god, this person needs actual professional help’ thing you’ve seen in one of the rooms?”

The rage room Redditors share a number of weird moments prospects went berserk whereas they watched quietly from the CCTV.

Several say they felt disturbed when prospects opted for actions in addition to smashing the supplied supplies, akin to speaking to the objects like folks. One employee says a lady started speaking to a useless relative as she raged within the room.

Others say prospects even risked damage whereas smashing sharp objects to items.

These are the 12 craziest encounters rage room staff had with prospects.

1. “They didn’t know a human could produce a sound like that.”

“Apparently, some man walked in and advised them they could wish to cowl their ears. They advised him it’s fantastic, they’re used to it. He simply sort of shrugged and went in and spent like one minute trying like he was pumping himself up, then set free this horrible roar that should have lasted about 10 seconds. They didn’t know a human might produce a sound like that; everybody jumped. They say they felt it inside them, like their complete physique was vibrating.

He apparently clove a desk in two with the baseball bat in a single hit, then threw the bat away so laborious it embedded itself right into a wall, and he simply began throwing the items of the issues he broke round as laborious as he might. Apparently, when the time was up, he was not okay in any respect. He was spasming and barely coherent. After he’d managed to relax a bit, he received his stuff, gave them a curt thanks and goodbye, and left.”—u/LeGrandLucifer

2. “Anyone who smashes up the stuff in complete silence.”

“At the rage room I went to, I asked the guy about his strangest experiences. He said that he’s always unnerved by anyone who smashes the stuff up in complete silence, but the worst were the disturbingly large number of people who requested ‘child-size mannequins’ to destroy.”—u/geese_moe_howard

3. “Having a full conversation with her dead mother.”

“A woman came in and spent 3 hours methodically destroying everything while having a full conversation with her dead mother, asking for forgiveness and sobbing. We didn’t charge her but definitely suggested grief counseling instead.”—u/NeroEnjoyerr

4. “A couple came in with 10-15 wedding photos of themselves.”

“We went for a work activity, and I asked the workers what the weirdest thing they had ever seen was. A couple came in with 10-15 wedding photos of themselves, lined them up around the room interspaced with other stuff, and just bashed the hell out of all of them and then hugged each other at the end and were both crying when they left.”—u/chokabloc

5. “Started carving his coworker’s name into the walls.”

“Regular customer started carving his coworker’s name into the walls with broken glass while muttering about ‘making them pay.’”—u/MistressMommyx

6. “Sat down and started screaming at them like they were real people.”

“I once heard a story of someone who didn’t smash the objects but instead sat down and started screaming at them like they were real people. That’s the kind of moment where you realize they probably need more than just a rage room.”—u/gospel100

7. “Whispered ‘I’m sorry’ to every single piece.”

“Watched a woman spend five full minutes hugging a printer before she finally smashed it, then whispered ‘I’m sorry’ to every single piece. Room went dead quiet.”—u/Mother_Soraka

8. “Destroy scarecrows dressed as living beings.”

“I don’t believe this person ever came to our business but here’s an email we received: ‘Hello. I have rage to release. Mind you, I am on mental watch, etc. I am no danger to living being. Legal reasons I am seriously mentally ill. But I am no danger to any living being but. I want a room where I can destroy scarecrows dressed as living beings.

I want a Bluetooth connection to speakers and various weapons, such as a sword or a hammer-like weapon, as I am a warrior (tank type)…You might save me from a counselor, maybe from medications.‘ Very sad for this individual, but jfc.”—u/CarobSpiritual1008

9. “Screamed at a stack of old TVs.”

“There was this lady who screamed at a stack of old TVs like they were her in-laws. I half expected her to start throwing the remotes! Someone get her an appointment.”—u/vodkalovergirl

10. “Started to pry out the whole wall.”

“Not a worker, but when I went to one, a worker told us that a 14-year-old girl took a crowbar to the walls, and started to pry out the whole wall.”—u/14themoney24theroad

11. “Promptly bled out.”

“Not an employee, but I know of someone who broke a toilet in a rage room and then promptly bled out after they got cut with the porcelain. I’m honestly surprised this hasn’t happened more often.”—u/whaletacochamp

12. “He looked like he needed some therapy.”

“A customer brought pictures of his ex-wife and started breaking everything while calling her name. He looked like he needed some therapy, so he went to a rage room.”—sofia_flow1450

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