Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 124: Reviews of Escape Rooms

Episode Date: April 14, 2021

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Call 1-866-531-2600 or visit connectsontario.ca. Please play responsibly. Welcome to Beach to Sandy, Water to Wet, a podcast featuring real reviews written by people who just need the world to know what they think. need the world to know what they think. Between you and me, I wanted to like this podcast, but I'd give it zero stars if I could. You do the intro, because I don't know what number we're on this is episode 124 and it is called beachy sandy water to it the crap this is beachy sandy water to it the podcast where we read the worst reviews in the most dramatic fashion this is episode 124. The theme is escape rooms. I'm pumped for this episode. But first, I just want to say thanks everyone for the awesome reaction for last week's episode,

the Lil Nas X one. Lil Nash. Yeah, people were really nice about it and excited about it. I was like, wow, people were into it. I wasn't sure if it was going to be a hit or a flop. And it was an average episode. It was was pretty good i think people were really happy yeah people we got a lot of positive feedback so thank you all one person tweeted at us i don't think this was specifically about this episode but about us eating while we record and i'm like when was the last time we ate while we recorded i mean i ate a lollipop there's no way because i would have known if i could hear that shit all i cut out any part where it was even remotely part of the episode don't worry but

yeah i i agree with you when it comes that person when it comes to lollipops but other than that i don't know i don't think we eat often but maybe i'm like eating our lunch it's entirely possible i've secretly eaten in the background that's really not secret and i think it's secret but um i don't think i have done that in a long time anyway uh this theme was sent in by melissa but when i searched for it on our inbox a lot of people have suggested it so but melissa you win melissa gets the special golden award um so melissa thank you for the suggestion thanks everyone else who sent it in the first review i'm gonna read i'm gonna first start with the emailed in ones this is uh from renee she her

who says love the show and enjoyed today's episode on will now thanks thank you uh still laughing about the pentagon shoes me too and said here are a couple of reviews from our local escape rooms in, quote, haunted Savannah, Georgia. Yeah, I love Savannah. So here is a one-star review. I truly love escape games. It's my favorite pastime by far. However, I did not enjoy this one. My family and I booked a game for all six of us to play.

They booked the same time for a family of four. One adult and three children. And they put us into a room the size of a closet. Everyone is going in a different direction. You can't move without bumping someone. Was it like the Harry Potter theme? I have no idea. They put you in a closet and say, find your way out.

It's part of the experience. They just go to the closet and say, find your way out. It's part of the experience. And at least three people have nothing to do because of the abundance of people. I had to get out. I didn't even finish the game. Screw the $30. I just wanted out.

They really, really need to lower the amount of people they allow in. It was comparable to trying to comfortably fit 10 people into a fiat. Not worth $30 a person. Not at all. Not to mention, one woman who works there was quite loud. The game is supposed to be immersive, but it wasn't because of the very loud talking. I now know things about the woman that I didn't want to know. I overheard her saying she has paranoid schizophrenia. She's a liberal. She hates people who aren't liberals, which I'm not, by the way. Yeah, we can tell. And she's scared of the Mandela effect. End of reveal.

Oh, wait. Shit. Where was this, Savannah? I think this was you. I think I was in that exact closet at the same time. That just went in a direction I didn't expect. Nope, not at all i there was somebody i saw in a yelp question and answer for a question that's a section that said

hi can i come here if i have claustrophobia and the person running it was like i do not have the qualification to say whether or not you'll be comfortable here like that is not something i feel comfortable assessing from afar. I'm trying to think. The ones that I've done that were cramped. Oh, remember that one we did in LA where you start off in like a jail cell? That one was cramped. That was very cramped.

You have to climb into a literal casket. Yeah, that one was cramped. Wasn't there a casket? Okay, Christina, that was, you did that on your own time. We're thinking of different events. Oh, no, that was in savannah georgia actually we were all 10 of us were inside a casket um anyway i don't remember that we started in a jail cell and you're like we had some people that we didn't know in there and you had to like all find your

way out of this jail cell before it opened up so you like very you started that way but there was also a door right there and they said if you need to get out, just there's a door. It opens. Don't worry. You're not actually stuck in here. Well, you say that now. Just wait till we get to some of the ones I'm reviewing. Uh-oh.

Oh, shit. OK. OK. This is a review of Boda Borg, which I guess is an escape room place in St. Malden, Massachusetts. Bodaborg, which I guess is an escape room place in St. Malden, Massachusetts. And interestingly enough, everybody who reviewed it made sure to say the name of it like six times in their review. I don't know why everyone likes to say Bodaborg. Because they knew you'd read this on a podcast one day and they just wanted to hear you say Bodaborg over and over again. I've said it a lot.

This is one star by Ben. Worst place ever. I went there having a little bit of fun. There were only two good courses guys just so you know if you walk perfectly normal that's known as running by the not so intelligent staff i was actually kicked out by some guy that i'm guessing was probably blind i was walking to another puzzle when he stopped me and brought me upstairs to cut off my wristband he thought that walking was running also i found out that the he thought that walking was running like look at this idiot it's like he's blind or not intelligent nobody knows also i found out that the girls that attended going with me got multiple warnings and didn't get punished. Most boys were kicked out for no reason.

What a sexist, unfair, broken place. Never going there again. And if I were you, I wouldn't go either. I love how they frame it like it's a systemic problem within Vodaborg. Vodaborg is the core of sexism against men in America. Like, oh my God. I mean, boys. I mean, boys.

The owner responded. I'm not going to read the response, but essentially what you need to know is that this is a middle schooler who wrote this review. And the owner responded and said, your entire middle school class attended and you were the only group that got kicked or you were like the only person that got kicked out. And they said in a very nice way, like, we hope you try again. You know, when you're older, when you're no longer, you're not a literal shit. They were like, we strive to make everyone feel equal.

I was like, don't this is a this is a child calling you sexist against boys. OK, just ignore them. But it was a kind response and they said basically you were the only person that got kicked out of your entire middle school class oh my god so ben nice try it makes a lot of sense when you hear that he's like 12 yes okay my next one is from renee again so she had sent two So the second one this is by One Star Review by Tracy I would say this is

A complete waste of money Three of our people got food poisoning And would not give a refund I understand that is your policy But things happen and we don't live there And we can't control three of our people Not being able to come But usually companies make exceptions And they won't return your phone call and give you a non-working email.

And we did the haunted room and our room attendant was under a blanket under the table. What? Sorry. I love this place so much. Isn't that amazing? Under a blanket. The key is over to your left. It's like, where is that coming from?

They lift the blanket and there's like, it's like Wizard of Oz style. Like, don't look, don't look. You know when they tell you like, don't touch the wires, don't touch like any of the electrical stuff and also don't touch that big lump underneath that Sherpa throw in the middle of the room. Like when I pretended to be a robotic dinosaur to trick Logan on the bus. Oh, poor Logan. Yeah, we were not nice. Okay. Alyssa and I said it was our science, that you were our science project.

And we told Logan, he had to hit, we put you under a parka. And we said, if you hit this button right here, the dinosaur project moves. And so he would poke the button and you were like. We were not intelligent. Okay. And we did the haunted room and our room attendant was under a blanket under the table. What? All the other escape rooms we went to were up to date and had cameras,

intercoms, and iPads with timers. That was a biggest waste of $ 90 spent on those three people who couldn't come i guess since i can't get a response on phone or email i'll give a review so maybe i can save someone else some money because it's not worth it save your money end of review oh boy this is something and it's like a theme for all the reviews about refunds um i feel like the refund policies make sense unless it's like the room's fault or the company's fault like if you don't show up like they book them out and you need to reserve them for a reason because they only have so many time slots so if they lose that

money they lose that money they can't like refill those slots well and if it's food poisoning like you probably are calling the day of yeah you know so it's like they don't really have much room to bargain with you there i think most of them give like 20 you have to give 24 hour notice yeah but yeah and like i'm one of those people where like if i'm i show up to an escape room and if my like everyone else isn't there yet like in my party i'm like freaking out i'm like we gotta be here on time. And I don't know why it is, but with escape rooms in particular, I feel like you just want to be there on time. It makes sense because they only have, I don't know. This is an experience you know, and I don't totally understand.

I don't know. I'm just weird about being on time for escape rooms. So whenever I read these reviews, I'm like, come on, just show up. And if you don't, yeah. Consequences. You're so quirky. Is it my hair? It's your hair.

No, it's not even your hair. It's your strange love of, we haven't talked about my hair on precision on this show. Oh, sorry. Do we have to talk about your hair? I want,

I wanted to find a way to talk about it. So I found it. It's purple and it's really cool. And I look really, really, really good. That's all. That's end of story. It's purple. It's really cool and i look really really really good that's purple that's end of story it's purple it's great okay this uh now i have um an email here as well you guys

really came in hot with the emails this week this was sent in um in 2019 by tuck and laurie in separate emails and i love it because it was like early 2019 so alexander was still responding to all the emails even though i was telling him like you're not going to be able to do this forever and um it's very kind of you but uh the responses were like very wait what did you write i don't want to know what did i write definitely find this interesting i did not yeah you did i probably did find it interesting though it was funny was funny. So, I mean, it is interesting, to be fair. There you go. You responded to both of them.

It's very sweet because they sent them right. It probably went around the internet at the same time. So thank you, Tuck and Lori. This is a focus on an owner response of an escape room. And since it was posted on Reddit, it doesn't really have. It's redacted as far as, like, where it is. This is a one-star review. Definitely never going back. Went there for my brother's birthday and were disappointed by our experience. We played the attic room, which I think was the most difficult

room. At the beginning, there was just a bunch of rules on what we shouldn't do and stuff we shouldn't touch. If it's not a part of the game, then put something better than a dumb red stickers on it. The clues had nothing to do this, the story, and there was no fun clues or riddles. The whole thing was just an endless series of finding codes or locks and looking for keys. When we finished the room, we met the owner who was rude and didn't seem to know what he was talking about. I'm guessing he was just butthurt that we didn't like it. We will not be returning to this place. It was super disappointing. Okay, that's the weirdest Vegas thing.

It's also like the definition of an escape room. Like it was all about finding clues and keys and codes. Yeah, so this is a response from Owner. We appreciate all feedback. So thank you for this somewhat shocking review. Like most escape rooms, we clearly mark items which are not part of the game. This was also stated to your group, including oral intros on the website during registration and on the signed waivers. Naturally, it is impossible to exhaustively and comprehensively list every conceivable activity one should avoid. For example, we do not explicitly warn guests against attempts to set the building

alight because most recognize the benefit in avoiding such acts. We like to think the creativity of our puzzles will electrify guests, but unfortunately in this case we are merely pleased our safety precautions ensured guests were not literally electrified. As you know, though you do not mention in your review, members of your group ripped wires out of props. your review members of your group ripped wires out of props why were they planning like was their car in there to jump start or something like what kind of escape room is it as you know that you do not mention in your review members of your group ripped wires out of props wires which were wire tied taped and had markers on them indicating they should not be touched a member of the group then pulled the wires apart and thrust bare wires until what oh my god i'm so scared if there's like

a fish tank or something i'm gonna like oh or if they stuck it in themselves, that also is not good. Up your nose. No. A member of the group then pulled the wires apart and thrust bare wires into a live electrical outlet. Was this the same middle school class or something? Oh my god, maybe. Oh my god. I just can't believe that you would be so vague in leaving a response. Thinking. A member of the group then pulled the wires apart and thrust bare wires into a live electrical outlet, also marked with warning stickers, damaging the prop and tripping a breaker.

When asked why they'd stick bare wires in an outlet, one responded, I know a lot about electricity. Sorry. why they'd stick bare wires in an outlet one responded i know a lot about electricity sounds like the start of like a superhero thing like suddenly get shocked like now i know everything there is to know about electricity and harnessing its powers imbued with the power of your strip malls electrical power. Fuck. I just love that also they didn't say like, I'm an electrician. They said, I know a lot about electricity, which is like, what do you mean? Like that you've replaced some outlets in your house? I don't know. You know, when you see like warning signs and they're oddly specific, it's like, okay,

something's happened before. And now it's like, you see a warning sign there, like, please don't pull apart the wires and stick bare wires into the outlets then you're like okay there's a story or into a fish tank or your nose while you're at it don't ask why just know that we have to tell you now legally when asked why they'd stick bare wires in an outlet one responded i know a lot about electricity several participants though not all were rude and indignant nevertheless we offered and they accepted a refund even considering the time and effort it took to repair the damage we would welcome you back as long as your group will follow our very few and simple guidelines end of response well that is taking the high road giving them their money back

also they got a refund why are you on the internet complaining yeah giving their money back. Also, they got a refund. Why are you on the internet complaining? Yeah, giving their money back and then saying they're welcome back in the future. Can you imagine if you go to a smoothie place and you tear all the wiring out of the walls and they're like, here's your refund for your kale smoothie. It's just unheard of. So they should really just slink away happy that they got their money back. Yeah, didn't get the fucking police called on them for doing stupid shit. Oh my god, i love that not only did the wires have electrical like have like warning labels but like the outlet itself also

had warning labels yes oh my goodness oh my goodness so thank you tuck and laurie from 2019 if you're still here yes thank you um you're welcome also for responding to you i love that alexander responded but clearly like there has no memory of this at all. But I mean, to be fair, we forget things almost instantly. Well, and it's funny. We used to be better about responding about things, but we've just been... We don't have anyone who goes through these emails other than ourselves. And so it's a lot.

Especially between you and us, just go straight into a folder so we don't lose them. Someone was like, oh, do you remember that between you and us i sent back in november and i was like no i mean they were nice about it they were just like curious and i was like unless it was about lean cuisine.com i probably don't and it wasn't when we had used yet so i was like i like just to let y'all know this was on my stream i was like just let y'all know like if it says between you and us or looks like a between us it goes right into a folder. Also, we don't read it because we don't want to read all of them and then know what the other person's going to bring to the table. So, yeah.

And, like, right now we have, like, 633 unread emails. And, yeah. Well, and, like, 2,500 between you and us, not including the 633 whatever that haven't been sorted yet. Yep. So, yeah, it's a lot. Anyway, but we love it. Like, obviously, we want more content. So thank you.

BeachYousani at gmail.com. More, more, more. Let me move on to another one sent in by a listener. This is Victoria, she, her, who sent this in and said, Hey, I used to work at an escape room and it was the best and somehow also the worst job I ever had. I've seen a few people say that. Like they love the job, but there were so many like big issues with the job,

which is very fascinating. You hear some insane things when people are locked in a room and don't realize you can hear everything they're saying. Anyway. I love only liberals and also i have paranoid schizophrenia that's something inside a coffin that's something that i'm like i've always been

so aware of because they always tell you hey you can get hints and like you don't speak into an intercom like you just talk so you know someone's watching you and listening so like why would you people are i don't know uh so it says anyway in one of our rooms the storyline was that you were starting your first day with a company as an intern but plot twist you weren't actually an intern you had unknowingly sold your soul to the company and you had one hour to get it back the room was egyptian themed and they say which is slight which is slightly problematic but we'll ignore it for the sake of the story apparently one of the customers did not appreciate the story like at all so wait okay so hold on it

was an egyptian themed room that was also a corporate soul-stealing yes short narrative also i'm pretty sure it was a black mirror episode about this exact plot like i'm pretty sure so here's this is of escape a review of escape rooms hq in las colinas, Texas by Sandy. Two stars. We had a fun time in doom and came so close to getting out. The worst part is being told at the end by the employee that because we didn't get out on our own. Now they, the company has our souls. Sorry. Now it's stuck in this Egyptian Sphinx for forever more and i can't get it back oh my god

come on really now they the company has our souls come on no you don't that's my favorite can you imagine like yes they sure do no they don't okay lady no they don't but come on come on y'all what are you what are you doing here like i know you said this but like come on no you don't she must have been told to say this by her employer sorry could you imagine the employees was like i have your soul now it's like she must have made this up on the spot for fun. My jaw is like hitting the floor. I don't even know how your brain would operate this way and you would get so far into life. That's just plain dumb and should not be said, even as a joke, as especially to children. So we all had to hear that and tolerate the stupid unchristian comment, which put a damper on the fun.

I had a feeling that's where we were going. Maybe management will read this comment and direct their employees to not say such ridiculous things then it would get more stars and now a response from owner oh thank god i'm sorry you were offended by the premise of this adventure it is not a religious experience it is a game with an egyptian storyline the storylines of all of our games are clearly described on our website when you book your adventure and before entering the room perhaps you can use this opportunity as a teaching moment for your children we are glad you enjoyed the game

again we are sorry you felt offended and why don't you teach your children to calm down that is my favorite thing when owners say that use this as a teaching moment why don't you just embrace this and learn from it friends i also can you imagine like what if they had pat like won the escape room or escape the escape room and then they were like thank god thank gosh because our souls were almost taken by this horrible egyptian company i mean what would they have really thought i don't know maybe then they were like they did then we got to do this again. It's like, sorry, since you've already tried it and we told you how it ended, you can't do it again. And they're like, no, but my soul. My soul's still in there, inside that little box.

So there was one review that I'm not going to read, but you just reminded me of it. And I just have to say it because it was so bonkers. It was somebody who said, oh, a couple of my friends went to an escape room and they, we've, we had done it three times before. This was like our fourth, third or fourth time. And they had a couple other people join. I think it was like two other people join our group. And since we had already done it a few times, we knew all the clues. So we just did all the clues for the first you know however many 40 40 minutes or however long it is and then at the end we let them try and figure out the rest and people

complain and we're like we just sat down while they like completely did the whole thing because they knew all the answers and the lady was like what you expect me to just sit there and watch them try to figure it out when i know how it all ends and i was like why are you doing this four times if you already know how it goes it's so obnoxious god it's so obnoxious and she's like i was helping them i'm like no you weren't what that is oh if you were actually trapped in an egyptian tomb sure maybe if you knew how to get out i'd ask for your help but like that's not exactly i think everyone's taking this way too literally oh my god that's so fucking annoying like why do you think people go to escape rooms friend it's it's so ridiculous what they're not gonna be grateful to you

can i just say though the moment the moment i'm double vaccinated okay not the moment but two weeks after i'm double vaccinated me and my friends were doing escape room i looked it up in cincinnati they're all open but it's all private so you don't do it with any other people so and all of my friends have gotten their vaccines before me so like two weeks after my second vaccine i'm gonna fucking book some escape rooms i'm not invited you're my friend yeah right okay you know that's not true whatever you know we're frenemies oh sorry frenemies are included so don't worry oh really yeah logan you're invited.

Even though you never wanted to speak to us again after we pretended we were dinosaurs. Is it my turn? It is my turn. No, it's your turn. Sorry. We just talked about the soul-stealing one. Man, that was really scary for me to hear. So this is...

Oh, my gosh. Okay. So I have a folder called Xxt next episode as you know i have 80 folders in here and so one of them is called xt next episode which is where i put the emails i was using for today and there's one called september 30th that i like somehow i know but i saved it to this folder on september 23rd of 2020 i don't know why but i just opened it and it says you share my birthday i'll turn 82 i love your show if you were my grandkids i'd be really proud of you both happy birthday montreal great grandma i must have meant to read that to you back in september and then you hid it

from me in one of your folders so i couldn't find it myself clearly i wanted to surprise you so sweet from montreal great grandma which is seriously the sweetest thing i've ever heard and i've always wanted a montreal great i didn't know i wanted one but now i realize how badly i've wanted one for so long we have one now well we've had one you just didn't reveal it to me until now i accidentally hid it so my god that was the kindest thing ever so sweet that's what happens when i have 40 different i guess 80 different folders yeah maybe we should uh work on our on our email game because uh it's a little sloppy right now but yeah we're getting really defensive about our inbox today and i'm like maybe it's for a reason maybe we're projecting

it's not just it's not a maybe it's a it's a definite um it's a wholehearted definite oh wait so it's my turn again i just keep it's still your turn yes you just keep talking about things that i enjoy but are not relevant to the show okay yeah this is from sarah who just got married congratulations congratulations sarah and i also know this because she so this is monty jr's grandmother or godmother, not grandmother. That Sarah? Sarah, yeah.

And I know she got married because she posted on Twitter about it. And I was like so honored and excited and tagged me. Honored? Oh, I was like honored. Like about what? I was so honored she got married. I think she posted like listening to And That's Why We Drink or something. Okay.

Because I don't know. I don't think Beachy was saying he got tagged. I would have seen it, right? Because I know like I would recognize Sarah's full name. So this all comes as a surprise to me. True. True. So.

Oh, no. I got to like memorize a new one. Our family is growing exponentially this episode. We've gotten a great grandmother, a new godmother with a new last name. Okay. exponentially this episode. We've gotten a great grandmother, a new godmother with a new last name. Okay, so Sarah says this is where her little sister used to work and she liked the job, but management was a complete mess. So she checked the reviews and here's a review. It's called Mindbender. This is a one star. Oh, sorry. So somebody named Meki, a user, gave it a one star review or rating without a review attached.

You know how you can just click one star on Google? So they clicked one star, and this is a response from the owner. Hi, Meki. I'm not sure I understand why you left us a one-star review seven months later. Could you please explain? You visited us in November of 2017, and not only did you have a good time, but still to this day your facebook profile picture is a pic of your daughter in front of our sign was this a mistake and response okay

crossing a line a little bit far maybe you shouldn't do that if you're a business owner but i would do that just in private like i would never admit to doing something like that i would what i would do like check it if it's still the picture i would 100 stock the shit out of someone leaving a one-star review um i kind of did that at one point someone left a one-star review of our show but it was it was an attack on me it was like a slanderous they said that i like a libelous horrifying accusation what was it again it was like i was in a bar and like you cheated on your girlfriend with someone in north carolina and you were like i've literally both of us were like you've never even been to north carolina except no we talked about when i went for the gem trip in like

anyway so that was a specific occasion and then i realized it was someone it was someone who i had argued with on reddit um and i was like please stop using your our username or our podcast name when you are uh arguing with people i don't use i don't like i don't i'm not on reddit as beach to sandy like getting into arguments it's just my username that i use across the board all right this next one i have no more emails so this is all me oh my gosh i'm so proud of you yeah but now people are gonna be like man they should just read more emails remember that person who now now we're just literally bitching about people i'm so sorry about this okay i know exactly who tweeted at us really aggressively that was like all beachy sandy is anymore is reading people's reviews people send

in via email why don't you do your own work and find reviews and then like literally within two minutes because i then i listened back to the episode that released that day and we like hadn't used any emails and so i was about to respond and it was like this tweet has been deleted yeah i was like well it haunts me i did it does for me too and it made me think oh maybe we should do things differently but then i think about this our thing right this today is escape rooms you know how many fucking escape rooms there are it's hard to narrow like we go through so like i don't think like y'all might go through some like for fun we go through so many freaking reviews to try to find ones a lot of you will send in like you like that reddit example we'll send in ones that they've seen floating around the internet that are funny

so then thank you for that and so yeah we can't go through all of these like it's impossible so it makes like i'm not gonna go to happen to be like oh let me look up savannah georgia escape rooms but there was those quality ones sent in from savannah but i would never find those yeah and i think i mean it's like it's like we have our own little research team that like helps us do work you know what i mean but we're funny so that's the thing is like the reason we can do that i can't even smile at that so stupid your comment and take their content is because we're funny and we do say funny things about it we have the right to steal everyone else's content is what you're saying our whole show is based off other people's content i know i'm agreeing with you we we don't we don't write these. I'm wholeheartedly agreeing with you. Here's a first of Escape Room LA.

They changed their name to Escape Room LA hyphen online games only. Oh. So here we go. This is a review by Gina, one star. My friends and I all live in Los Angeles. We've done all of Escape Room LA's rooms, both in person and virtual. This last experience we had with them was the worst, and they have completely lost our business. We had booked a virtual room two weeks in advance.

They're supposed to send a Zoom link 10 minutes prior. A room was supposed to start at 2 p.m. Link to be sent at 1.50. After 20 minutes, we had not heard from them. I had tried to call, only got voicemail and emailed twice. I finally got a phone call from John apologizing that the host lost internet service and they could send a link now if we still wanted to play. Keep in mind, if the attendees are running late, there is no flexibility, there are no

refunds and you won't get to play. So I asked if this would be a courtesy game, given that they ran late, and we had all been waiting for 20 minutes. Also, I know internet issues happen, but there is no excuse for not calling us sooner. I had checked with my group, and they said they still wanted to play. I then emailed John,

told him we would still play, but that we were disappointed it would be 30 minutes late at this point, and would leave our feedback. Not only did he not send the link, but he also cancelled our game and sent an email telling me to quote, go ahead and write a nasty review then. I've worked in customer service, and this was by far one of the most unprofessional people I've ever come across. When you have a business, it's understandable that things happen, but you have to own your mistakes and then do the right thing by your paying customers. At no point was I nasty about this. We have spent so much money with them over the last four years.

I'm sad we will never do business with them again. I'm writing this review now so other people are aware of how Escape Room LA chooses to operate under a pandemic when people are just trying to find ways to connect end of review now response from owner thank god you threatened us with a bad review if we didn't give you a refund and a free game at this point you lost all respect and credibility and we had no interest in having your business. We issued you a full refund. Best of luck. End of response. Okay. Also, first of all, love the just like, here's the facts.

Bye. Have a good one. I also appreciate the fact that they just were like, you know what? We're cutting ties here. You go do your thing. We're not interested in participating any longer. Because can you imagine if this person was being so rude

and nasty and whatever and like aggressive and then you had to kind of be their game master or whatever it's called and be like fun and participate i mean come on it can't be fun after that like if if i were meeting a group of my friends and one of them was so bent out of shape about this i'd be like i don't know that i want to do this anymore you're making this really uncomfortable for the employees and for all of your friends. And also, if I were this person's friend to go in here and then they say, oh, never mind, they canceled the games. Like, why?

Oh, because I demanded a refund and a free game. And it's like, well, we said we would play. We didn't want our money back. And also bringing up COVID. I mean, considering this company is trying to pay its employees and their entire business model has had to change and is now run on the internet only which is yes and they rely on their hosts internet like it's a lot he used to hide under a blanket in the middle of the room and he didn't have to worry about whether his wi-fi was connected he

really misses those days it's i do too personally mean, it's a lot of pressure on him suddenly. Oh, boy. I only have one kind of series of reviews left that kind of go together. And you have a few left. So why don't you read one more now? Okay. This next one is another Los Angeles one, but of 60 out escape rooms downtown. This is a one-star review by someone titled

Google Slides Presentation Ideas. That's their Google name. So I don't know what... It's not an official thing, but... They definitely told their boss, like, hey, I sent you that presentation folder. And they're like, no, you actually just changed your entire username.

That's not how you really work. So let's hear what Google Slides presentation ideas has to say. One star. Be aware. We were walking around until we saw an escape room. On the door, it said to ring the bell for service, and they did not answer, so we left quickly. And out of nowhere, trying to frighten us, was a running man behind us saying to not ring the bell when no one is there. Like, how are we supposed to know not to do that?

He started to yell at us and saying that what we did was wrong. So annoying. You have to ask us how can we help, not when we close. That means we close. And to let you know, you don't have business hour time on the window. Plus the bell button wrote on it ring for help or services so it is better to not answer if you chose not running after customers end of review so according to this reviewer yeah they were like oh an escape room let

me ring the bell for service then but they were apparently closed and the person chased them down the street to yell at them not to ring the doorbell uh when it's later or when it's closed or whatever but there's a response from the owner that personally i think and it sounds very la i'm like yeah someone running after like this sounds like this would happen kind of but here's the response from the owner explaining the situation. Hey there, you guys came around midnight when the shop was clearly locked up and closed. Your son pushed the doorbell multiple times, which actually rings upstairs. I simply came down to ask you to not let your son use our doorbell as a toy, which he had done on a separate occasion where your family walked by

and your son just rang our bell then ran away. I did not raise my voice and you even asked your son to make sure he understood the doorbell is not a toy. I'm not quite sure why you think this is all right or that we are at fault for asking your son not to ring our doorbell then run away. End of response. What in the world? What in the world? People are wild out there. This really does go to show there's two sides to every story.

Or there's one side, and it's correct, and you might not be hearing it. Because what on earth? I mean, what on earth? I also like that they said they were walking around until they found an escape room. Yeah. Downtown LA. So basically, they're walking around until they... Are they just ringing random doorbells downtown at midnight?

I don't know. What are you doing? They're like, it said ring for service. It's like, it's midnight. It's clearly closed. And the guy's like, I reckon it's probably one of those ring doorbells. He's like, I recognize that child. I don't know if he's even a child.

That grown man. I have no idea. Ringing the doorbell again. Oh, boy. Like, I get Ding Dong Ditch, but, like, not at midnight downtown LA. Like, stop it. I actually have another LA one quick that I can read. This is the same company, different place.

60 Out Escape Rooms on Melrose. One star review by Ronald. Everyone here is weird as heck. Especially the pink haired girl. End of review. Oh, that's not very nice. And I wanted to stand up for pink hair because of my purple hair. You relate to her.

Yeah, because... Yeah. Yeah. Because you also have pastel colored hair. We're both looking good. We're both looking fly and and that's what counts. You're both super weird, or what was it? Rude?

No, weird as heck. Weird as heck? Actually, that's not... Not far off. Really rude? It's kind of a compliment? And Francisca, our little sister, said she wants to apply to escape rooms to work. Oh, fun. So she'd be a weird as heck pink haired girl um working at a

an escape room so hey but if anyone writes a mean review about her i will lose my mind oh we're gonna read them on this podcast i can't wait i will lose my mind this is now um it's called i just saw it all caps this is from josh joshy he says he him pronouns thank you joshie it's called insane escape room review rabbit hole and as you know i live for a rabbit hole i walk around downtown la looking for them until i can jump in climb in one so i was very excited uh joshie says holy shit sheifers after listening to this week's episode i thought i'd go through some of our local escape rooms in buffalo and they all seemed like you know pretty normal standard one-star reviews kind of boring and then he found trapped okay trapped which by the way sorry you said buffalo buffalo yes this name

becomes much more ominous when you start reading the reviews because he's josh he says trapped seems to be an escape room business of sorts, but might be something darker. I'm talking multiple reviews of people complaining about being scammed out of money, reports of the place being abandoned, photos to back it up. Super creepy, weird shit. So, you know, right up your alley. So he attached a few reviews. So I'm just going to read them to you to give you kind of an idea of what's going on at this place. And again, it's called Trapped.

It's in buffalo and i will say too the reviews that he sent span like two years ago to like recently so this isn't like one time of in history it was going through a tough phase and it got a lot of shitty reviews it's like for the last two years it's been getting these reviews so it's still quote unquote operational okay to some extent as far as i can tell this is uh just kind of a um an overview review by joseph one star read this review read them all it's a scam do not pay him do not go do not book there are other good escape rooms in buffalo just called and canceled before even going and here's the response from owner joseph we are sorry you feel this way we've worked very hard to bring our escape rooms to a level at which we would be certain that our guests would

find enjoyable and have seen just that since our reopening we'd love for the chance to change your mind okay sounds pretty normal like yeah and it makes me think okay i'd give this place a chance yeah they're just trying to make a good living. This is a one-server by Elise. Clearly something is not okay at this place. They told us their credit card machine was broken. Upon entering, they asked us if we wanted beer from across the street. Is there something wrong here?

I don't... I know, I'm like, okay. You can drink while doing an escape room? Fuck yeah. Upon entering, they asked us if we wanted beer from across the street. Very unusual. The room Harry Potter room was completely messed up. We didn't even open the first box. We had the right answer.

The lock was just wrong. The person helping us was on some sort of drugs. He just wasn't right. We asked for our money back. They said they didn't have it. We had just given them $200 cash less than an hour before. We ended up calling the cops because they didn't have the money. It was already gone. Spent it on beer across the street.

I know, they were very clear what they were doing. We are supposedly getting our money back via PayPal. I seriously doubt it. The cops said it was all they could do. Don't go here. This is a once-reviewed by Joshua. Arrived at this escape room at 1.30 on Sunday for a scheduled escape room. The front door was open and we walked in. After 15 minutes of waiting and knocking on the door to the escape area, we explored to hopefully find an employee and found the entire place deserted and a wreck.

Now we have to try to get a refund from Groupon. There was another group here with the same issue. Okay, now, in this one, there are photos, and it's like a room. I mean, I'm just going to send it to you, I guess. Oh, Christina. Like, it's a band. No, it looks like ransacked or something.

Ransacked. Yeah. Oh, that is alarming. Absolutely. It is, right? There's something up there. If you were there for a scheduled escape room and this is what you discovered. I mean, it sounds like they knew escape rooms were hot.

And so they'd like whip this up or something and like it's terrible. And they're like just trying to get money. Well, especially the Groupon thing sounds a little fishy. You know how you hear people kind of get scammed on Groupon? Yeah. So this is another one's review. This is by Tara. This place is abandoned. They took our money for a once another one's review this is by tara this place is abandoned they took our money for a reservation and there's trash everywhere in the door do not go here please

you will regret it we are going to file fraud with the credit card company we also filed a report with the local police and we were the fifth call on this location update the money was refunded to the card at least so this is like clearly a thing right yeah and in this one i'm not gonna send the photo but basically picture what i just showed you but now outside in the doorway to the building it's just like piles of trash and now this is a one-star review by greg who's a local guide we were extremely disappointed with this place when we first entered there was a disturbing odor there was an open can of paint and it's just a black dark room before going to the room we used the bathroom there was no soap no paper towels and a random toothbrush on the floor it's like they use that as an escape room like the next week they're like oh it's a bathroom escape now

what if that's one of the clues and he just totally missed it and they're like you peed in our escape room and he's like i thought it was a bathroom i can only imagine how many people did not wash their hands and proceeded onto a room we figured out four of the locks without even finding the clues in the beginning when needed a clue the guy wasn't even in the building he had gone dunkin donuts better than beer worse than i don't know i don't know he had gone to dunkin donuts for 26 a person this was just a bad experience the online payment system is broken which is kind of sneaky because when you get there you don't want to leave because you think you already paid, only to find out that when you were leaving, you hadn't actually paid yet. It was just overall bad. Okay, I, like, a $26 escape room.

Like, people complain for about $30 ones. I've never seen one that cheap. $30. Like, that, to me, is, like, really cheap. It's still, like, a good chunk of change if you want an hour-long experience, right? But, like, I'm just saying, in my experience, they've all been at least, like, 50 bucks. But remember, this is a Groupon, too. True. Yeah, true.

But, like, I mean, not that these people are getting what they paid for. Not at all. They're getting much less. I'm not defending this. I don't know what to call them because it doesn't sound like an escape room company. I'm not defending the scam. room company i'm not defending the scam um but yeah i'd be like if i saw a groupon for a 26 escape room i'd be one excited because i'm like wow that's the cheapest one but then i'd also be like what yeah what can i expect out of this uh okay so that's one i mean i see under here this

one didn't get sent but all i see is horrible experience go elsewhere missing clues and staff actually left the building when we needed a hint they're like you need a hint we're out we are out that you're asking far too much from us we can't do this anymore you crossed a line this is the one survey by cynthia i was just there today zero stars i made the reservation on the phone no payment was taken at that point. He called and changed the time twice saying there was a proposal and the place was messed up and told us to go. And told us to go get donuts and he would pay for them. Oh my God. How are they doing business here?

Like what? Get some donuts and i'll pay you what it reminds me of the time when i found a deal uh in greece to get one of those fish pedicures oh dear god and i was like my friend was like um it's like 10 euro i don't think this is really a this seems a little questionable and guess what it was uh so anyway i'm picturing them like blindfolding you and then like they're like oh just let the fish do the thing and it turns out they weren't fish it was like actual people were just like sucking on your feet i don't know why i did that like it seems like the dumbest thing

ever i mean it was really stupid also it was horrifying and i don't recommend it also it was also closed because i looked it up a few months later and it was like permanently closed and i was like oh okay well oops so let's see he told us to go get donuts and he would pay for them once we arrived he was not there the door was unlocked there was a lit candle in the middle of the floor and cords and cigarette butts everywhere he came rushing in from outside with no shoes on christina what is happening this is a rabbit hole for sure this is exactly what we're here for exactly the seedy underbelly of uh buffalo escape rooms of this one escape room it's not even like

multiple let's make it let's make it a bigger thing than it is if you work in at an escape room in buffalo can you tell us like what you've heard about this place because i'm sure people ask you or gossip about it there's a lit first of all there's a lit candle in this empty building so creepy okay and then this guy runs in also probably expecting donuts which it doesn't seem like you brought i'm not sure but uh he came rushing in from outside with no shoes on saying that the place was trashed that he was robbed and people stole things from him the appointment before us and he needs 15 more minutes to get it ready he's been out replacing some of the pieces that were stolen including his shoes i'm sorry this is too much i this is too much they set up a seance in the middle of this escape room and then stole my shoes uh oh my god he's been out

replacing some of the pieces that were stolen including his shoes this whole thing sounds suspicious yeah no shit and very sketchy we felt completely uneasy and left he was the only person working i feel like the positive reviews that are listed here are made up end of review oh my god it's just so that one that one was wild i'm just amazed that they keep getting away with this for years because it's like and and and to to come up with a story about a a robbery and how you don't have shoes and there's a candle in the middle of the room it's just so bizarre i don't know i want to go there me too i kind of do too i really want to i want to experience it espionage um so maybe it's all part of it you know oh it's so immersive that like it goes beyond just the room oh shit maybe these are clues for

like they're posting like get me out of here i'm still in the escape room in the escape room years later this is uh you also told me when I mentioned like, oh, I found this rabbit hole or whatever. You said, oh, I actually noticed there was an update email that you hadn't read. And I haven't read it either. Yeah, had actually sent an update. And it says, here's one more review that he found afterwards, after his initial email. This is one star view by tyler seriously avoid this place it appears to be a front for some shatty business i think they meant shady no the

positive reviews for this place are most likely fake the place was disgusting the employee appeared intoxicated and left the building with us locked in the room we didn't want to pay him but we decided we didn't want to cause a scene. They put a burlap sack over my head. End of review. What? I don't know. See, it's all part of it. It's all part of the game.

Everyone is such a wuss. Just play along. Just kidding. So that is it. Thank you, Joshie. And that's all I've got for escape rooms. Oh dear. That was a good rabbit hole. Thank you, Joshy. And that's all I've got for escape rooms. Oh, dear. That was a good rabbit hole. Thank you, Joshy. Now let's have two more. These are both from Las Vegas.

Because I did an escape room in Las Vegas. Did you? My friends and I, my friends Steven and JP, we went to Vegas some years ago. And we were like, okay, we spent a lot of time in the casino getting trashed going to guy fieri's restaurant uh and then we were like let's not let's find something else to do too so we did an escape room we also went to the grand canyon so we did some things very well-rounded that's what we were thinking so yeah uh on our big vegas trip we also did an escape room highly recommend it and it's funny i read some reviews and people said that like they were someone said I lived I moved from

L.A. and everyone in L.A. said that the escape rooms in Las Vegas are really, really good. Like it's a thing. Really? And this person was actually disappointed in their experience. But they said they were like, when I moved to Las Vegas, I was really excited to try the escape rooms. So apparently. And yeah, like I said, really positive reviews across the board,

except for a couple people didn't like them. So here's a two-star review by Patty of Escapeology Escape Rooms Las Vegas. Frankly, we all left shell-shocked. Our group was all over 60. This was our first time to an escape room. Evidently, we should have done more research. We chose a game called The Code. Lots of locks, lots of numbers, computers, and calculators.

We never- Not calculators! Oh my god. We never in a million years would have solved the puzzle. The only reason I gave this two stars was because escapeology was very apologetic. We learned an important lesson. Unless you're a big techie, this game is not for you.

Please make sure you do your research before you select the game. Otherwise, you could leave shell-shocked like we did. End of review. Oh my god. What on earth? Are they okay? What happened? They were all over 60 and they could not handle the technology

is what their parents are over that's not like i know everyone i know that's over 60 could easily handle an escape room without without being quote shell shocked calculators a calculator also part of it was lots of locks and lots of numbers like it's not technology yes it's not like they said make a tiktok or something i mean i don't know that's really bizarre that they were so shocked by the experience or else you're never getting out of here you're stuck here forever i don't know um it's just odd that like this would be so shocking to them i mean what did they expect when they sign up for something called an escape room i know i i don't know the code i mean what did they expect when they signed up for something called an escape room i know i i don't know the code i mean i saw some escape rooms called like judgment day like they

had much scarier names so true code hey 60 plus crowd they're really good at judging they're just not good with uh calculators yeah they won't sell their souls but they cannot do a math equation save their lives. I guess we learned something. Here's my last one with an owner response. This is of Lockdown Escape Rooms, Sahara. One star review by Donald. Showed up at 9.03 p.m.

Dude wouldn't let us in. Said he closed at 10. Glad you have so much money that you would deny my 160 dollars so you could save three minutes never again end of review okay so it sounds like yeah a person was three minutes late and end of story like it sounds like this business is rolling in it right oh yeah that's true too response from the owner hi Hi Donald. It isn't that we didn't want your business because we do. Although we are an appointment based business, we also accept walk-ins, but the start time for that room was 8 45 PM. You arrived after nine and the whole party wasn't there yet. We just didn't want to take your payment without being able to give you a full game.

Had we waited for your friends to arrive, you would have only been able to play for 30 minutes or so and we didn't think it was fair to accept your money without being able to give you the full experience if you'd like to discuss further i would love to speak to you here's my email address thank you end of response people are so patient i know i know i'm like donald what the hell is wrong with you you showed up at 9 15 or whatever i mean we're trying to help you you fool donald donald wants the world and he didn't get it so we're not giving it to him no all right that's it that's it time for my challenge this is a challenge sent in by Sierra. She suggested finding reviews of a bikini barista where the reviewer didn't realize it was a bikini barista. Now, a bikini barista is not something I really understood until I kind of looked into it.

So basically, in the Pacific Northwest, there's this phenomenon where you can go buy coffee at like a drive-thru where women are scantily clad. Okay. Got it. Yeah. You hit the nail on the head. I think I've never been to one, but, um,

I think it's get it, but like whatever. It's like a Dutch bros with less clothes. I mean, I don't know what that is either, but it's like a, it's a drive through. I think drive through only a Dutch bros drive-thru only

coffee place in the pacific northwest okay so they just have some really weird business models up there i guess but i mean none of the ones i looked at had great reviews like all like three stars or lower typically most of these places so it was pretty easy to find negative reviews but again their challenge was to find reviews where people didn't realize which also was pretty easy so this is a one-star review by ted of ladybug bikini espresso they all have ridiculous names btw one was called bikini bottom coffee and i really liked that i'd go there with my with my kid be like that's what they said they were like just so you know this is about a literal bikini bottom not spongebob squarepants

i love it oops i love it so much this is the one to read by ted it's my first time in lakewood coming from chicago for vacation and it's my first time seeing a barista make drinks at the drive-thru basically wearing nothing we got to the window and i proceeded to ask her if i could take a picture of her for the experience what what oh my god that's your reaction that's you go through this for the first time and you're like your reaction is like i want a picture for later like what to to cherish this experience what for the For the memories. Oh my God. The scrapbook.

You know how people make those like books on Snapfish where it's like they, Snapfish like takes all your photos and puts them in a little montage. It'd be like memories with the family and it's just a bunch of blurry photos of a bikini person. I asked if I could take a picture of her for the experience she said yeah sure but i guess she misunderstood my question so as i took my phone out she freaked out on me and asked me what i was doing i respected her decision and put my phone away and left it alone my friend got his drink and as she handed it to him she said in her very words tip your barista, that's fucking rude,

and we just left. My point here is that I am from out of town, I didn't know it was mandatory to tip a barista, and she even knew that from the beginning because that's the first thing I told her, so I still can't process the fact on why she was the one that had to be rude to me and my friends for no reason. What was supposed to be a pleasant and quick experience turned out to be the only bad thing about my trip in the four days that i've been here and if i can give a negative rating that i would end review well you did what oh negative oh i think negative stars negative stars i see i was like what i didn't get that either um what it was supposed to be quick and pleasant yet you took the time to say can i take your picture i don't understand why she was so rude to me the first thing i told her was that i was from out of town and i wanted to take her photograph creepy no yeah it's so

creepy also they they deal based on what i've read they deal with creepy people all day long they don't have a tolerance for like nor should they being polite to people zooming in on them on snapchat or whatever polite fuck politeness let's fuck politeness hashtag my favorite murder to give them credit oh is that a my favorite murder like reference it is i didn't know that i've said that because i i've heard it i've heard it like that okay oh okay i get in trouble on that's why i drink sometimes for saying things that they've said and i'm like oh i'm giving them full credit i'm glad you told me because i had no idea that's good to know it's a fucking audacity of this person in the drive-thru who's like...

Oh, I thought your audacity was broken. I was like, well... No. Talking about the audacity of this person wanting to take a photo and is like, what do you mean? Why are you rude to me? Ted needs to remember this four-day trip. It's a lifetime. What is he going to show Debbie when he gets home?

She wants photos. This is a three-star view by Louis of Ladybug Bikini Espresso. My transformation into a South Snohomish County resident is complete. I have purchased coffee from a stripper coffee place. Yes, I realize that this place is in King County, but in a way that allowed me to keep a foot in both worlds while I gingerly tested the waters of the espresso in Cheesecake Harbor. I have to say, and I have witnesses, that I did not realize what I was in for. You pull up,

and there's this weird sliding glass door there, and you feel like you've parked on the patio and gotten way too close to the house, and you expect to see a bunch of equipment and storage, you know, ingredients, cash register, and so on. So I start to say say this doesn't even really look like a coffee place but the sign said i don't know what this means th dot dot dot guh look at me okay i feel really dumb but did you google that no should i well i thought you would know i'd like i've said i mean it doesn't tell me result that says what is the correct spelling for thugh like i don't know what you're trying to say but it's not that g-u-h oh g-u-h sorry i missed yeah but that doesn't help i looked i tried that h-g-u-th-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-u-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th- She was nice. She was friendly. She seemed to understand that some people pull in and are completely startled by what they've just involved themselves in, and she tried to make normal-sounding small talk,

which is probably not as easy as you might think when you're facing a carload of suddenly disoriented folk who have all their clothes on, and you're wearing a suit of tanner. But she knew the menu, and had all her teeth. At least the front ones. Yeah, this guy's a piece of work. What the fuck? I ordered the two-shot americano which cost three dollars and was a little on the funky slash earthy side that's not really my

favorite flavor profile for coffee tbph to be pretty honest but that's just the coffee they use or like oh sorry is that what i said you said pretty honest to be perfectly honest yes sorry that's what i meant but that's just the coffee they use. I am thinking not a wardrobe malfunction. I don't even know what that means, honestly. I honestly think she must have done everything right as far as prepping the coffee. And I had stripper coffee jokes flowing for the entire rest of the day. She provided more than just caffeine, you see.

There's comedy in every cup at a place like this. Man, I hope this guy does stand up. I think he would be a hit, huh? I want this person to stay far away from women i have such a headache i've been really bored with my truck lately it gets good mileage but it has no personality doesn't stand out at all given that i just visited a stripper coffee stand on a super busy road a few miles from work i couldn't be happier with how nondescript my rig is and thank god there was no line i was just in and out enter enter so to speak end of review that is the grossest thing i've ever heard um it's not a stripper coffee yeah why do you keep saying that first of all second of all not everyone is totally shocked and you know whatever it's like clearly

this has a business model that people are familiar with and even if you are you can still behave normally nicely not like a fucking creepy weirdo asshole reasonable he was about everything else like oh they just don't use the type of coffee i like you know like that was perfectly reasonable but then it just got so out of line with i had stripper coffee jokes for the rest of the day you don't even understand how hilarious i am i'm so glad she had her teeth it's like what in the world i'm wondering if if if the the th dot dot go was like they like were like the sign says the and then they were like go and they were like there's someone like i think that was their i don't think the sign said that i think that they

were starting to talk about what the sign said when they were like like oh someone not wearing much clothing that could be it for sure uh still on their front doesn't make much sense but that does explain a lot uh so don't get me wrong this this this thing was poorly worded the whole thing but i think that's what they were going for so what a fucking i mean just just be normal i don't know like even if like yeah it could be awkward or you could be surprised like i would be if i like just suddenly but then again like then you just okay it's you don't need to be an asshole about it like i don't understand i don't understand this so this is a one-star read by dianne now this one is my favorite and this one isn't really like if i guess this one doesn't necessarily mean you don't she doesn't know that it's you know she was surprised by

what it was but it just was too good not to share if you are married and your husband goes to a coffee stand check bank statements and other forms of how they pay. The girls give out their cell numbers to married men. I wonder if the mayor knows these girls are doing this. I'm sorry. It's such a weird... What kind of town is this? It's such a weird thing to bring up. I wonder if the mayor knows these girls are doing this,

or the council, or their boss for that matter. These girls are not coffee ladies. They are barely 18-year-old girls dressed to impress men in stripper attire or swimmers stuffing their bottoms and tops around ruining marriages. Keep to your own business, hoes. Don't be giving away your cell numbers to anyone, married men or not. They could be murderers. Okay, hold on. I mean, that last bit is, that's fair.

They could be murderers, so you should be careful last bit is that's fair they could be murderers so you should anyone could be a murderer yeah it's a stupid argument like don't give your phone number to married men they could be murderers like clearly you're i think someone's being threatened or sorry someone feels threatened someone feels someone's clearly projecting they said they're going around ruining marriages don't you know that this person could be a murderer like um married men or not, they could be murderers, abusive, violent, or carry disease. Like a pigeon or something. I'm so confused. Like it seemed very like an attack on the baristas, but now it seems more

I'm trying to save you from these terrible married men that I was married to once. Yep. to save you from these terrible married men that i was married to once yep married men or not they could be murderers abusive violent or carry disease shame on the beehive oh that's the name of the place sorry okay yeah i would go to a if i go to a place called the beehive for coffee i would not expect them to be wearing bikinis yeah i'm just gonna put that out there yeah probably not shame on the beehive i'm taking this with the girl involved to the Bothell Reporter. That's the name of the town. I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right. But basically, they're going to the local paper with this information, apparently.

Hey, my husband got the phone number of some scantily clad young woman. Oh, my God. I'm sure the Bothell Reporter has a lot to say. I'm taking this with the girl involved to the bothel reporter and my personal friend the mayor okay there it is there it is my favorite part and my personal friend the mayor about her giving my husband her cell number while she was working end of review the mayor does not care if your husband got the phone number of some girl i'm sorry if your husband is getting the number of a barista talk to your husband don't bring this

to the mayor to attack this barista let's talk to your fucking husband about this because you're acting like he did nothing wrong like i don't understand other than i guess saying he could be a murderer could be carrying diseases could be abusive like i can't believe she said they carry disease like a fucking flea carrying the plague oh my god i mean why are you taking this to the mayor i i can't wait all the way to the top all the way to the top the bothel county mayor i can't wait to do it do you but you know it's great to to think like my personal friend the mayor which i'm sure the mayor's can't wait to do it do you but you know it's great to to think like my personal friend the mayor which i'm sure the mayor's like wait wait wait we never labeled this a personal friendship first of all second of all i wonder how many other issues quote unquote issues she's

brought to her personal friend the mayor before because i bet there are quite a few so true so true um okay this is the last thing this was actually sent in by Sierra, who suggested the challenge. There's one called Best Friend Espresso. Again, wouldn't necessarily know. If I drove there, I would not expect to lose my husband. You know, like from an establishment like that. So maybe that's why she's so defensive. Maybe you don't have the right attitude.

So just saying. This is a five-star review by Matthew, who is an elite 2021 Yelper. Has quite a few reviews. 2,036 photos. Uh-oh. Are they all of the same barista? I hope not. They're not.

Thank God. This is a five-star review of Best Friend Espresso. So it's sort of a redemption ish we'll see these girls are hot hot hot and they make good coffee too word to the wise husbands your wife may not like the way you look at the baristas for just a little too long hey i'm just being honest why not have a beautiful woman make your day in more ways than one? Recommended the triple shot iced mocha 16 ounce no shake, no stir. It's a thing of beauty. Mwah.

Love ya. End of review. This actually was a screenshot from, it's actually an article in the Bothell County Reporter that actually ended up being some investigative reporting being done on poor Matthew. I am absolutely, I can't, I mean, I can believe it because of course these people exist. But why?

Like, why? Why? Gross. Just grow up. So Matthew actually had it, I realized after I read that that this is actually an updated review and matthew actually had a review from 2016 so five years ago basically and it's a five-star review as well but i guess he just felt the need to update it

it's different here's the original yeah baby oh my god he's like he's like revisits it you know what that wasn't creepy enough so far it sounds creepy enough friend he like hasn't changed at all yeah baby great espresso and iced coffee drinks made by sizzling hot beautiful baristas they know they got it i'm footloose and fancy i'm footloose and fancy free what what does that mean i don't know i'm footloose and fancy free and i know i'm not gonna get my butt end of review i don't know okay maybe he updated it because he was like you know what maybe people don't understand this. B-U-T-T. Oh my god. What is wrong with people?

I'm not going to get my butt. Should I send a compliment? You can send a compliment. About that review? Yeah. You should. Honestly, I wonder if that's what he was going for. It was to get noticed or something by this establishment. He did get Yelp elite.

True, true. He got noticed creative writing he's trying to really win over the yelp elite board members oh my god christina that's so awful so anyway that's it from my end um well yay yay fun times um this was really fun. I actually really liked the challenge. I didn't know how much I would find, but it was shockingly easy. So thank you, Sierra. All right, I've got a theme for us. This is from Devin, and we've been doing a lot of general things across the country. But now we're going to focus in a little bit because Devin is feeling a little homesick and is wondering if we could cover pasty shops pronounced pasty thank you not pasty as my favorite religion professor once said it's a pastry not a nipple tassel so pasties are

pastries that i'd never heard of in my life oh harry potter yes okay they're okay they're a british british baked pastry that are apparently very popular so they eat them in the great hall okay upper peninsula of michigan though oh like it's a thing none of that and i if you google pasties on google it comes up with michigan pasty upper peninsula pasties oh so it's another like local delicacy yeah so we're gonna do i mean i i'm just gonna say pasty reviews in Michigan, but it seems like Upper Peninsula is the place to look for us. Got it.

That's what we're doing next week. So thanks, Devin. Devin, that's wonderful. I'm sorry you're feeling homesick. And I hear Michigan's going through a lot right now and considering another lockdown. So yikes. Hopefully. We'll do a Michigan shout out next week.

Wait, they are? Another lockdown? Yeah. Well, the CDC recommended they do another lockdown. So I don't know if that next week. Wait, they are? Another lockdown? Yeah. Well, the CDC recommended they do another lockdown. So I don't know if that's happening. Oh, I did see that. Oh, yeah. And of course.

I did see that. You're right. You're right. But it's getting worse up there. So this is from Beckett. This is your challenge. Beckett uses they, them pronouns. Thank you, Beckett.

Who wrote, hello, achieversibs. That's an autocorrect, but you are admittedly out there achieving. So I'm going to keep it. Doing my best. Thanks, Beckett. Again, another another new one we never fail to find a new uh greeting so i do like beckett's little description here so i'm going to read it i recently got a job after a year of unemployment theatrical carpentry theatrical carpentry doesn't have many job prospects when audiences are illegal and beach tisania has been bringing joy to my very long commute. Getting back into theater work reminded me of a time-honored backstage game. Who in the audience is recording when they're not allowed to?

Anyways, I thought it might be fun to look for reviews of theaters where the reviewer mentions that they were illegally recording the performance. So I'm going to change this to just general, like, performances. Whether it's, like, a movie theater or just like an audience participation event where you're not supposed to record where it comes out that i don't know whether it's an owner response or whether they were recording something they probably weren't supposed to be recording perfect i love that thank you beckett beckett i love that congratulations on the new job oh yeah i hope i make you proud uh me too all right well thanks everybody for listening uh as always we are here for your emails even if we don't respond to them but we see them

and we love them yes so thank you everyone and we'll talk to you next week about pasties pasties pasties pasty not nipple covers.