- Oct 19, 2000
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I had the unfortunate discussion this morning with a co-worker who thinks he's fairly intelligent about everything known to man. We got into a discussion about haunted houses, trails, mazes, etc this morning, and how I had went to one last night. My wife works for Clear Channel locally, and a haunted trail here in town is advertising on one of the radio stations. So, to basically "beta" test their trail before opening to the public, everyone in her workplace were invited to come try it out for free and let the trail management work any kinks out.
I was talking to the co-worker about how lame it was, and what they could've done to make it better. Then I mentioned that another guy was telling me about a local haunted maze, one he went to last year. He said that basically it was a complex maze, mostly pitch black dark, and when he did it last year, he was lost for 2-3 hours trying to get out of the thing. He said that it was really good because it was a mental fear instead of physical fear, and even though he was thoroughly freaked trying to find his way out, it was still a good experience.
So, at that point, the co-worker know-it-all basically starts making fun of me in a non-direct way that you can't have fun when you're freaked out, lost in a dark maze for 2 hours. More jokes, more poking fun, so I finally walk away. He gets into those moods where if someone else is around, his jokes tend to poke fun at someone (usually me) just to get laughs, and he doesn't quit until you leave. :roll:
So, I wanted to take a poll and see what you guys thought. Can you be lost and freaked out in a haunted maze (or haunted whatever) and still come out having had fun? I'm not talking about having fun while you're IN the maze, just looking back on it and saying that it was a fun time with friends? I'm also not saying that you had fun, in that you'd go back and do it again the next night, either. Just, overall, could you say that you had a fun time after it was over with?
Maybe I'm wrong. That's what I want to find out.
I was talking to the co-worker about how lame it was, and what they could've done to make it better. Then I mentioned that another guy was telling me about a local haunted maze, one he went to last year. He said that basically it was a complex maze, mostly pitch black dark, and when he did it last year, he was lost for 2-3 hours trying to get out of the thing. He said that it was really good because it was a mental fear instead of physical fear, and even though he was thoroughly freaked trying to find his way out, it was still a good experience.
So, at that point, the co-worker know-it-all basically starts making fun of me in a non-direct way that you can't have fun when you're freaked out, lost in a dark maze for 2 hours. More jokes, more poking fun, so I finally walk away. He gets into those moods where if someone else is around, his jokes tend to poke fun at someone (usually me) just to get laughs, and he doesn't quit until you leave. :roll:
So, I wanted to take a poll and see what you guys thought. Can you be lost and freaked out in a haunted maze (or haunted whatever) and still come out having had fun? I'm not talking about having fun while you're IN the maze, just looking back on it and saying that it was a fun time with friends? I'm also not saying that you had fun, in that you'd go back and do it again the next night, either. Just, overall, could you say that you had a fun time after it was over with?
Maybe I'm wrong. That's what I want to find out.
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