It’s your birthday, and instead of the usual club or bar hopping scene, you and a group of your friends decide to play an escape room. You think you know these people; they’re your best friends! You dormed with David at West Georgia. You’ve known Tina since Mrs. Simmon’s 9th grade Intro to Agriculture class. You became friends with Chris and Jason after all those years playing basketball together. They are your peeps. But how well do you really know them? In the high pressure environment of an escape room, our true selves can’t help but to be exposed. You just might end up looking at your friends in a whole different light. Here are the 4 different personality types you might come across while being locked up inside one of our escape room for an hour:
The Bossy One
We all have that Type A friend or family member who needs to have complete control of the situation at all times. When you’re locked up in a strange place with only one hour to escape, it’s their time to shine. The Bossy One might suggest that you all split up and delegate tasks. He or she might stand watch over the clue monitor and read each one out loud. It’s not clear whether The Bossy One is an asset or a detriment to the team, but they will always be heard.
The Overly Aggressive One
For whatever reason, The Aggressive One thinks that the game is more active than it is logical and when the adrenaline kicks in, oh boy does it kick in. The Aggressive One might lose sight of the fact that in order to move forward in the game, they must use logic over strength and pull a bolted cabinet off the wall. They might also lose sight of the game altogether and just start trying to kick the door down once panic sets in. The Aggressive One isn’t going to be your strongest player despite being the strongest human, but they add their own little flavor to the game.
The Clueless One
The escape room is still a novel idea to some and that can make it a difficult game, but there is always that one person who doesn’t pay attention to the introduction and has no idea what they are doing. In fact, the first words out of his or her mouth will probably be, “What are we supposed to be doing?” despite the fact that everyone else is hard at work doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. The One Who Has No Idea What’s Going On will most likely find a seat halfway into the game and pull out their phone. Always putting in a good effort, bless their heart.
The Quiet One
There is always one chosen one. The one who makes up for everyone else’s shortcomings. The one who goes in to do just one thing: escape. The Quiet One Who Solves Everything will at first step back and absorb the room. Then once they get going, blazes a trail of opened locks throughout the room. Every clue looks like it was written for them because they’ll read it and immediately understand what to do. While everyone is shouting out wrong answers, The Quiet One will whisper the right one and open the lock themselves after every else has given up. The Quiet One comes in with the clutch while The Bossy One is screaming, The Clueless One is texting, and The Aggressive One is using their head as a battering ram on the door. And even though they solved most of the puzzles, The Quiet One will attribute the team’s success to everyone involved.