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I've never done an escape room for a couple of reasons.

One, I'm self-employed, and so my coworkers are just my dogs.

And I think escape rooms are often done as a workplace team-building exercise.

And in an escape room, my dogs would be no help at all. They really don't have

two neurons to rub together most of the time. Plus, we're already a team inescapably, so no reason

to build a team out of us. So that's reason one. Reason two, why I wouldn't do an escape room,

is I don't like the idea of being trapped.

It makes me uneasy. I don't think I have claustrophobia, but maybe I do because no thanks.

Of course, I don't want to disparage the world's fine, upstanding escape room proprietors

and their delightfully tricky rooms from which to escape.

And I don't want to disparage people who genuinely love escape rooms. It's the same thing with me

and a lot of contemporary country music. Not my bag, but nothing but respect for those that love it.

And also, I kind of get the appeal of escape rooms. You're in this place,

and you have to come to a complete understanding of its complexities in order to be free. You have to

read the clues, interpret their meanings, conduct some trial and error missions. You really have to

think some things through in order to evolve and progress. You,

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