Puzzles, clues, team-building, critical thinking — escape rooms are a great way to challenge your brain while having fun with friends or family. Kansas City offers a variety of escape rooms with various challenges and puzzles for its residents to enjoy. Tick Tock, Breakout KC and Mastermind are three close and exceptional breakout rooms that would be perfect for a fun day.
Escape rooms are usually one or more rooms that consist of challenges and puzzles one must figure out in order to escape. Participants are often given one hour to complete this, or they fail. Workers are there to watch and give hints when needed to make the experience safe and fun for everyone.
Working behind the scenes at one such place is senior Jackson Liekhus, who has worked at Mastermind Escape Rooms for nearly six months and claims it is the best job he has had.
“I look forward to work every day,” Liekhus said. “I’d recommend it to anyone that’s interested.”
Liekhus chose to work at an escape room after years of enjoying them with loved ones.
“My family has been regularly going to escape rooms for several years, and they’re one of my favorite ways to connect with people.”
The interviewing process was quick and easy. After showing up to his scheduled interview and talking to the two managers in one of the escape rooms, Liekhus was emailed back quickly and began training the next day.
“The managers interviewing me [were] very kind and work[ed] hard to make the interview space welcoming.”
Mastermind offers four unique escape rooms. Sorcerer’s Secret, Bank Heist, Outbreak and Liekhus’s favorite, Lost in Time.
“A newly offered Lost in Time: Expert features new and more challenging puzzles,” he said. “[That] has been a blast to work on.”
With a job supervising people who are being put to the test, Liekhus has witnessed his fair share of interesting occurrences. He said the staff has a quote document filled with funny phrases they have heard their players say. A few of his favorite quotes include, “holy schnikies Batman!” and “We’re not good at this — I think it’s because we’re homeschooled.”
“Mastermind was one of the friendliest, easiest to schedule with and quickest to respond,” Liekhus said. “The employees on Mastermind are all very friendly, kind and fun to be around. I’m very fortunate to have the job I do, and I’d recommend it to anyone interested in working at an Escape Room to give it a chance.”
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