Random Worst Things Escape Room Employees Have Seen (15 items)

• (#6) People Can Forget To Play Pretend

  From IntenseItalian: 

  "In one of our rooms, we have an actor pose as a spy, and the people in the room had to solve a case to figure out who the traitor was. After they finished the puzzles, it turns out the traitor was actually the spy the actor was playing. The spy then pulls an obviously prop gun (orange tip and whatnot), and the group has to defuse a fake bomb. One of the groups that did this room was a police squad that was doing this to bond. When the actor pulled the fake gun and said some cheesy lines, he was promptly tackled and restrained until the cops realized it was all a game."
• (#13) The Mannequins Aren't Really Out To Get You

  From Kingslayer266: 

  "Another room is a ransom type room where your child has been kidnapped. When the people (all 30's and 40's) popped open the secret room where the kidnapper was hiding, a lady literally sh*t herself when she saw the mannequin kidnapper.

  Straight up sh*t herself right there. I let my manager deal with it"
• (#11) Hardcore Escape Artists Really Do Exist

  From WitlessWit: 

  "I had a group pre-book several zones in advance for a big group of 10-15 people. They arrived from another city in a limo with matching t-shirts, announcing that they've 'conquered' their city and that they were here to conquer Toronto. This is my go to memory whenever other players ask me if anyone gets really into the escape zones."
• (#7) Night Vision Cameras See What You Do In The Dark

  From CheetahChester: 

  "There's a game where I work that's played completely in darkness. It's a 2-player game that begins with both players separated by a wall. There's a slot in the wall for the players to pass things through to each other... at about waist level. You can see where this is going. 

  A cheeky couple gets locked in and the man almost immediately whips it out and 'passes' it to her side, reassuring her that 'they can't see anything, babe.' We could see everything. The icing on the cake was the booming godly voice we used over the speakers to remind them that even though they couldn't see in the dark, night-vision security cameras are a different story."

   
• (#1) Surprise Marriage Proposals? Not Always The Best Idea

  From GloriousTuna:

  "We've had around 3 proposals in the escape rooms so far...The second was sh*tty. We were not informed at all. The girl was chained and blindfolded in a small, black box room. No idea why he thought that would be a good place to propose."

   
• (#8) Parents Can Be Pretty Tough On Their Kids

  From Se7enkb: 

  "Two parents brought their 3 children to our escape room and yelled at them for an hour because the kids 'weren't smart enough to break the record.' The parents didn't help at all they stood in the corner and literally yelled at all 3 children."

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