Escape room employees, what is the most bizarre thing you've seen?

[@sirshauniv511]

I remember being in a horror-themed escape room, and while I was the one in my group who got the least scared, the stress meant that when I was using the radio to communicate with the host, I ended up using rigid textbook radio lingo. I hope she wasn't too annoyed with me.

[@Thebigpiigg]

Lingo like?

[@arcanegale285]

@@Thebigpiigg I'll assume it was like "Escapee Sandstorm here" "Roger/Copy" and ending every sentence with "Over"

[@vurmonistrang5544]

escape room employees are former theater kids by trade i bet they got a kick out of it

[@xanithdegroot5407]

The yoga girl using grandpa's crutch feel like a James Bond type move.

[@scailliet]

The dads who would verbally abuse their kids during the Escape Room, are the same dads who will verbally abuse theirs and other's kids during little league games, and then end up in jail for picking a fist fight with someone.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

That's just a south park episode

[@tatianabritton6258]

@@benamisai-kham5892”I thought this was AMERICA”

[@Archiv1st]

I know a place that, at night, does a sort of IRL phasmophobia escape room across the entire building (multiple rooms and hallways) and there’s someone in a ghost costume that, if they tag you, you have to leave. No ifs, ands, or buts, you’re sitting the next 40 minutes out in your car in the parking lot.

[@catsyrhy662]

that just elevates the stakes and makes it that much more exciting xD

[@reaganbryant6520]

Not an employee, participant. We tried to sacrifice one person to the "kidnapper" because he would not shut up about something that was irrelevant to the puzzle and was driving us crazy. We offered him for a clue.

[@deisisase]

Sounds like a lot of people forget that escape rooms are bugged all over. If you're in the room an employee can see and hear everything that is going on.

[@vurmonistrang5544]

My family broke an escape room employee once by bypassing half the clues. How? It was a chemistry-themed room and my sister (autistic) and I (frequent infodump recipient) knew all the information about chemical elements you were supposed to use the giant periodic table for and the names of a bunch of the scientists involved. Our parents just kind of became the clue holders and we'd be like "hey where's that Mercury magnet - no not Mo that's Molybdenum Mercury is Hg" 10 mins and 4 locked chests later

[@NekoKuro-il8rz]

I feel like this would be me. I'm a combo of both of you lol. I'm Autistic and have ADHD and I love gathering random info. I'd love to try an escape room with one of my many random interests as the theme 😅😂

[@Fayanora]

Astonishing the number of people in the world who will blatantly abuse their kids in public, especially in areas where they know for a fact there are cameras watching their every move.

[@theakaneko]

I was doing a Sherlock Holmes one, and there was a hot water puzzle. I spent like 10, 15 minutes trying to steam up a mirror with a teapot... When the code was on the cup.

[@fasmir5688]

Me and my friends failed an escape room once purely because 3 of the codes didn't work. 3 of the things that let us progress simply didn't work and we had to get manual help which then took an extra 10 minutes to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it and let us keep going. Still incredibly fun, though a bit annoying afterwards when we learned even after all the screw ups we were on the final part

[@Legacy-sw7bv]

Some guy using the escape room as a bathroom. There wasn't even a toilet prop.

[@lorisewsstuff1607]

I've seen parents change babies on restaurant tables. Some people are just freaking nasty. 🤢

[@mo-s-]

okay but, what's the context?

[@lorisewsstuff1607]

@mo-s- in the video, someone complained about parents changing their baby on the escape room table. Some people think any surface is fair game for baby poop.

[@BeanKally]

I was in an escape room with a group of friends when I was about 11, I remember I spotted the camera in the corner and just stared into the soul of the guy watching us for several minutes because I thought it was funny I guess I haven’t changed much have I

[@achimsinn6189]

I was one of the weird participants. I did an excape room with some coworkers and my boss as a teambuilding event. We ended up being pretty good untill THAT puzzle. It was one of those classic problems where you have to split an 8 lt bottle into two amounts of 4 lt, but only have a 5 lt and a 3 lt bowl. No real problem, solved those several times in online adventure games and such. Only issue - the controls were really weird and we didn't get, that one could not only select right or left, but is also supposed to select a neutral position which meant we were rotating the virtual fluid represented by electronics in a loop for like 20 minutes, while my boss kept on insisting that using the controls gently would make the fluid go only to the next container and stopp the loop. Also he insisted on not calling for help. At the same time a third coworker and I solved the puzzle together on a piece of paper to be prepared for when our boss and the last teammember figure out the controls. So when the guy watching us finally went in to interfere, I explained to him, that we actually have solved the puzzle, he only needed to enter the solution into the machine, as we just can't figure out how to do that. He then showed us the neutral position, we all grinched really hard and then my coworker and I solved the thing in less than a minute with our solution we already figured out.

[@pseudohippie55]

Escape room employees are watching the rooms. Why did they employees in #2 not notice for 20 MINUTES that the only 1 person was still handcuffed?? They know how their game works, they should have realized something was wrong.

[@ashen_halo6219]

prob bc they thought they were just leaving them locked up and the person locked up was obviously fine with it i think? some people are weird

[@hellfire_rxse7512]

Im physically disabled and always pull stuff with my cane in escape rooms LOLLL esp if its dark and no one can see i make sure no one falls or trips

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

Lmfao you have a cane 😂😂

[@RęñgøkūsBbg0408]

@@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD Ha ha so funny 😐

[@kingwoof3444]

I had a funny one themed for WW2 where we were supposed to do a whole bunch of puzzles to translate something (I believe it was in german) but my mum had taken the language in school and could read/write it fluently so the staff was very confused.

[@idkidk4334]

Cheesed the escape room by using lock picks and decoding the combo locks😂😂

[@TheChibiGingi]

Not the employee but the participant: me running across the room with an Annebelle (you know, the cursed doll) replica in my hands, tripping on the carpet, faceplanting on the floor, then yeeting the damn doll towards my friends so they can lock her back up in her glass box, thus winning the game. Worth the carpet burns. I hope the employee watching got a good laugh out of it.

[@tatianabritton6258]

I hope you’re okay but I would’ve been on the floor in tears 😂 that’s hilarious and I would’ve asked for a copy of those final moments

[@psychickumquat]

General rule is that if the staff tells you not to do something very specific, some dope has tried it at some point.

[@AuroraTheWoIf]

I was in an escape room with my 3 cousins. The actor was behind the door talking to us in somewhat in character way and playfully insulting. One time he cornered me and 2 my of cousins in the corner of a room and I in a moment of sheer stupidity or genius said "You have a beautiful mask sir" and he without missing a beat replied "It is prettier than yours" I always laugh remembering it

[@PaleNoFace]

My group and I were chained in a cell and needed the keys hung on the wall, on the other side of the room. Somehow, we missed the perch we were supposed to use to get the keys through the bars - instead, one of my friends made an impressive show of lasso-throwing with a rope that was here for decor.

[@midknightTD]

One time I got stabbed during an escape room with my friend.. some person probably saw it on camera though

[@tamsel814]

I recall one puzzle that we failed terribly. We had to determine the flavour of three chocolates. Two were easy, but I was unable to name the last one. We had duplicates of the chocolates so a friend tried to name the flavour. They also failed. So the employees gave us some extras. More people tried and failed to identify the flavour. They ended up just giving us the awnser.

[@neuralinferno1765]

What were all the flavors including that last mystery one if you remember?

[@tamsel814]

@@neuralinferno1765 one was coffee, one was orange and one I don't recall. I do recall being able to identity the coffee flavoured one (I dislike the taste) but I'm not sure if we failed with the orange one or the one that I forgot.

[@NewLegacy93]

The most important things to remember when doing an escape room; the room is designed so any type of people can solve it, and also the solutions are designed so they can be reset in 5 minutes. You will never need to climb or break anything, move anything heavy, or know niche knowledge, because it breaks one of these two rules

[@BeeWhistler]

No, grandma smacking the kid until he cried wasn't awkward, it was your cue to call the police. And yeah, I recognize you aren't a mandatory reporter but you also have cameras on someone smacking a child. It's possible their parents don't know grandma does that and she brings the kids back claiming they misbehaved, things like that.

[@bothenumberblockslogoedito1339]

yep. Escape rooms can be weird.

[@pizzaplatinum]

It’s called *Alcoholics* Anonymous, not MDMAnonynous 😂

[@americanhoney877]

I did one with my then-boyfriend on Valentines. The other couple we were with, they tried to pull a clue out of a locked file cabinet, then the man literally unscrewed what I think was the lock on the file cabinet with a SPOON! The poor 20-something comes in and just stares at him dumbfounded. He had to bring in a drill to fix it while me and my partner were over in a corner having literally nothing to do with it lol. They changed the spiel to include not doing that as soon as we got out. 🤣

[@idkwhatimdoing1459]

OML HOW ARE YOUR VIDS ALEAYS THE BEST!

[@Eddiember]

One escape room I in: "You will not have to move anything to escape the room." Yeah, if you mean taking apart a bookshelf and punching out the backside of it as "Not moving anything." It was a sour first taste for Room Escape. And yes, what I describe WAS the intended solution.

[@flowerblue8759]

I went to my first escape room with my sister and her girlfriend they both believe in the super natural but refused to touch the Quija board. So me being mesmerized by being able to touch one I immediately said I would do it.

[@ryanrester]

There was a Houdini one I did with friends for a birthday. There was a set of lock picks that was meant for ONE of the puzzles. I ended up picking ALL the locks. They said they’d never seen anyone that could pick all the locks… skipping most of the puzzles. Oops. Lol

[@flamingmonkeyxii]

Story 2: This is why it's always good to have a sub in the friend group.

[@m3galodon_22]

I was in this doctor-gone-bad themed room where we had to escape before the evil doctor caught us. When we were briefed beforehand, the employee specifically told us (me, my brother, his girlfriend, her best friend) that once we got through any doorway, we did not need to go back for ANYTHING. One part of the room required us to crawl through a fridge into the next room, however, the fridge couldn't be closed from our side, only the other side, and the employee would have to come into the room to close it so we didn't and couldn't go back through. Now I don't get scared, of anything. When there is a creepy noise in the house, I go investigate. Want someone to drive with you/drive you somewhere at night through a dodgy area? I'll go, despite being a woman. However, the other 3 people in my group were scared shitless in a fun way, at the prospect of being caught by the doctor. Anyways, the employee comes into the room to close the fridge, but in an attempt not to startle the players, she starts whistling to let them know someone was there. Well, this has the opposite effect, scares the other players in my group so badly that they shove me into the fridge crawl space we had just come through, hide behind me to use me as a human shield, and told me to fight whoever comes through that door. This threat becomes significantly more scary when you see me. I'm 6'1, visibly fit and strong, and at the time had black and red hair with a wraparound undercut, dressed in full techwear. Plainly put, I looked terrifying. I didn't end up needing to fight whoever was there, but when we made it out of the room (1 minute shy of breaking the record), the employee told me that she was actually scared I was going to hit her, because she heard them telling me to, and on the footage you can clearly see me getting ready to deck someone 🤣 bless her soul. I think after this they realized that sneaking in scares people just as much as ominously whistling does, and warn the players that at one point an employee will enter the room, and to not be scared. I still feel kinda bad for that.

[@holopearl1829]

Was in an escape room where a guy could come in and taze you. I cried so hard the group had to leave. Edit: Intense Escape, the room was called "Basement". Obviously they had you sign a waiver, but the theme of the room was being caught in a killer's basement.

[@IWatchYouTubez]

That sounds pretty dangerous considering you can get heart attacks if you're tazed

[@pedroguedes7437]

Now I feel genuinely sad because I never been in an escape room... I wonder if I'd actually be able to solve it and how stupid I'd feel if I didn't because I'm an overthinker... But must be fun nonetheless

[@the_kombinator]

That sounds like a kick ass place to work for a teenager and early 20s person. Minus the threats of stabbing and following people home at night.

[@caitb7089]

We were told not to pull things out etc that the clues would be obvious and then we didn’t escape because we were supposed to pour water from a water bottle down a random hole. Sir…. I am not getting sued.

[@TayMatty13]

In my 30 years I have yet to go to an escape room 😭😭 I have young kids though and they only recently got popular where I live. My friends call me a female macgyver 😂 and I love riddles. Looks like I know what date night idea I am going to use next. If that ever happens 😅😅😅😅

[@mandragora8381]

I have joint hypermobility, a pretty weird case, expecially on my hand that can pretty much deform itself at will and go back to normal in a instant, so there was one time I was in a scape room at comic con and part of the challange included picking up a key that was inside of a cage to free a actor pretending to be a prisioner chained to a "eletric chair", so I said "oh well" and just put my hand inside of it and... picked it up. Last thing I saw was the actor just looking at me incredulous because getting the key was kind of half the challenge and my weird joints just made my team leave the room in a record time

[@catherinep2034]

Going to guess the parents thought it'd be fun for grandma to do an escape room with her grandkids, or she bragged how she could easily get out & hated how she was wrong. Poor kid.

[@av6728]

I'm not an escape room employee. I have nothing further to add.

[@jo-vf8jx]

Aye aye Captain, same here! 😂

[@catbatrat1760]

5:41 XD This brought on a lot of giggles, thank you!

[@Soloest]

Love your videos!

[@SabellaSummers]

When I went with my boyfriend to our first escape room he told me I wasn’t allowed to use my lock pick kit to open various locks that required keys then broke one of the props to get a key.

[@gretedemirci4650]

If people really want to take photos and stuff with their phones, The Escape Game allows that.

[@animetalk8132]

That balloon one I hope they were out of town or something but as a person who can't spell words are hard

[@deusex4905]

I got to my first escape room a few weeks ago and he guy who animated it told us that once someone licked a light bulb. Still less crazy that what the hell is going on here

[@Owl_lover64]

Story 14 starting to sound like red fish blue fish

[@clarissateixeira3575]

Get Away!

[@darkglacier9786]

Me and my friend tried to check behind a hanging wall clock and it fell and all the glass shattered :(

[@shitneyb5562]

I don't think they put the camera back there to solve the puzzle. I think they do it because putting stuff up there is the tits

[@Aiden-by7ld]

I need more of these stories 😂

[@symbungee]

What the actual f is a promposal? 😂 And a real proposal - that's just a proposal. Ffs PROMPOSAL? 🤔 An improper proposal? A pompous proposal? A promise of a proposal - with a purity/friendship ring? I'm out of guesses... Somebody help me 😂

[@amberstuckey1026]

Probably some teen is asking another teen if they want to go to prom with them.

[@symbungee]

@@amberstuckey1026 oh right. We don't call it prom here. So that makes sense. Leavers dinner proposal or graduation proposal doesn't sound as snazzy. Thanks for the clarification.

[@PeriwinklePig]

High school students asking their potential dates to prom. It's a pun.

[@loffafm]

12th video seems like one recently 😮

[@Koolkole27]

Love the cod footage!

[@sasukedemon888888888]

I guess it's not a reddit video without the 1st response not even being about the question asked.

[@Lavendeer201]

1:18 what even is this story 😭

[@thatdesiguy0]

1k VIEWS IN AN HOUR?

[@AIROXX-_-XXORIA]

Best video ever, i can tell😊 Also, First!!!😊

[@AnOmoriFanatic]

SELENA GOMEZ????😭

[@lewisirwin5363]

Bloody celebs always get special treatment (unless this was like a pre-arranged publicity thing)

[@AnOmoriFanatic]

@@lewisirwin5363 true

[@Vanilla_Neko]

The anti phone thing seems so bizarre to me Like what are they expect I'm going to do like just take a video inside the game and then search for every possible local communities web page for escape room enthusiasts and spoil it for them or something? I feel like this business is not nearly popular enough to really warrant this level of secrecy around "not spoiling" the game Like do they expect I'm just going to walk out and be like hey @ we love escape rooms did you know that the escape room on 2nd and 3rd Street can be solved by setting the third lock to 4386 Like bro nobody's going to do that Just let people take photos

[@bloodyballad]

15:43 how tf he do that?? this mf the next nokia tesla

[@editzzflopped]

EARLYYYYYY ANYWAYS HI ❤️