My friend, Carter, took me to Waco Rage Room on 4/6/20, what would have been my son's first birthday. He passed away May 7, 2020. Since his death, anger has overtaken me on some of my darkest days and I've told everyone that has asked how I've been holding up, "I just want to break some stuff."
Dave greeted Carter and I upon entering and it was a pleasure talking to him. He was very kind, engaging, and informative--the guy I would want to be the first person my customers were greeted by, if I ever owned a business. He walked us through what the experience would be like and informed us that if we wanted to add more items after breaking the existing ones or if we needed the room swept/cleaned, that he would be there to help. We signed waivers, put on protective eye wear/clothing, picked out our bats and a sledgehammer, and were led to the room designated for us.
Upon walking into our room, I didn't expect to have such an emotional experience, but it definitely was for me. There were all sorts of things in there: from beer bottles, to plates, a creepy little doll lol, baby toys, and a cookie jar. I bawled my eyes out as I chunked every bottle, broke every glass/plate in the room, and my friend gave me the honor of destroying the mirror with the sledgehammer.
It didn't take a very long time for Carter and I to destroy everything in the room. I ended up breaking my bat, signing it, leaving drenched in sweat and oddly, extremely relieved.
This is a genius business concept and I know will help a lot of people that struggle with addiction, anger, grief, depression, anxiety, or just need a fun place to go and break other people's things without getting the law involved. Best money spent in a while. Thank you Winston and Dave. I can't wait to come back. read more