Escape room employee stuck with a condescending coworker who makes shifts miserable and undercuts her confidence, documents his behavior in search for a way out: ‘I LOVE this job, but he is like a dark cloud in the work place’

An escape room is supposed to be immersive fun for paying customers, not unpaid exposure therapy through an unescapable maze for employees. Yet here we are with a guy who treats a tiny workplace like his personal haunted house, lurking behind colleagues, flipping bathroom lights, and policing other people's methods like he invented locks and keys. This is not quirky. This is hostile. It wrecks focus, it undercuts introductions, and it drags the vibe from playful to unsafe in seconds. The customers feel it. The team feels it. Even management and ownership allegedly dislike him, which in small businesses usually means there is already a file, even if no one has said so out loud.  

This is not complicated. Document. Dates, times, witnesses, impact on guests, impact on operations. Keep it factual, short, and free of adjectives. You already set a boundary. He retaliated with gossip and undermining. Add that to the notes. Include the bathroom light stunt and the jump scares during resets because those cross safety lines, not just etiquette. Note the political soapboxing after disengagement signals because that is a workplace disruption, not a debate club.  

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