The problem with crazy business ideas is that many of them already exist.
As I walk by a shop in Saint Augustine that sells nothing but olive oil, I think, “That’s crazy. Can you sell enough olive oil to pay the rent?”
The person ahead of me in line at the convenience store is buying a candy bar to deliver to an Instacart customer. That’s crazy. Someone will pay to have a single candy bar delivered to their home.
Some people make a living frequenting thrift stores in search of items they resell online. The amount of money to be made in resales is crazy.
A Jamaican guy with a truck, a few friends, and a twenty-four foot extension ladder drives through our neighborhood every once in a while, offering to trip palm trees. We’ve hired him a few times, and as one guy scrambles up the ladder with a running chain saw attached to his belt, we say, “That’s crazy!”
The last time I purchased a thirty dollar electric toothbrush, the self-serve checkout screen asked me if I wanted to purchase the extended warranty. Yes, that’s crazy, but I’ll bet some people buy the purchase protection.
And yet, as soon as I start to think, “There’s nothing new under the sun,” another crazy business idea pops up in a strip mall, online, or knocking at my door. Some are legit. Some are scams. Some are profitable. Some aren’t.
So I should be able to come up with something crazy.
- I’ll come by your house once a week to make sure you have extra rolls of TP in all your bathrooms. You’ll never get caught short and have to yell across the house again.
- I’ll come and declutter a room (or rooms) for you. I’ve gotten pretty good at this. I’ll get rid of all the stuff I know you don’t use or need. You won’t even know it’s gone.
- I’ll write a poem you can insert into a card for a birthday, anniversary, Valentine’s Day, or other special occasion. You can sign it like it came from you. (I’ve gotten pretty good at this, too.)
- I’ll get in touch with your children and remind them to call you on your birthday, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. It’ll be completely confidential. If they get offended, there’s no connection to you and it’s no skin off my nose.
The craziest business of all may have been Crazy Eddie’s consumer electronics chain that was known for entertaining commercials and massive fraud. Family Auto Mart out of Orlando was pretty crazy, too.
Waite for it... 
Love this! I would definitely use a declutter-er ☺️
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Wow yeah see now you have come up with some better ideas for businesses than are potentially (and, as you say, likely) to already exist. I’m struggling with it, but you have smashed it. It’s exactly the case that such ‘crazy’ ventures have already began turning enough profits to keep going, and so you’re left questioning how on earth to redefine ‘crazy’, so that the word can hold anything more, before the word itself loses its meaning entirely!
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I never know where I’ll end up when I start writing in response to a prompt. I surprised myself with crazy business ideas! You are right. We need a new word to send us beyond “crazy.”
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