MAY 20TH, 2026
#005: Quality over... Everything!
A Note from Jol:
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-Jol @ The Escape Game
Question of the Month:
“What are you doing to quality control your rooms?”
Submitted by Summer
Soooo.... it turns out a lot!
I’ll admit, I wasn’t exactly sure what our quality control process looked like before this month. I knew that we had SOME kind of check, but WHEW it is intense. Check out what Kamryn had to say!
OKAY FOR REAL:
What is Quality Control?
“QC is an acronym for Quality Control. Our team does three main things, for the most part. We make sure things are safe, that they work, and that they look how they're supposed to!
The shop will finish a component, and we'll get what we call a traveler in our inbox that lets us know what it is and which store it will go to. Then we go through our checklist of each part that needs to be looked at and knock out the list!"
In the video from my time in QC, you'll see a piece from Timeliner fail its inspection because some wiring was exposed within reach! (That's not safe!)
Watch the video here!>
Getting it right
After QC, if a product passes inspections, it then gets prepared to be shipped to its home location!
If it fails, it is either repaired to be up to our standards of excellence or, in a few extreme circumstances, scrapped completely. QC has shifts of engineers who fix things directly in-house, to avoid waiting around in the production pipeline!
Getting it right
After QC, if a product passes inspections, it then gets prepared to be shipped to its home location! If it fails, it is either repaired to be up to our standards of excellence or, in a few extreme circumstances, scrapped completely. QC has shifts of engineers who fix things directly in-house, to avoid waiting around in the production pipeline!
BONUS question!
“Who’s is your dream escape-room teammate -- real or fictional?”
Submitted by Anneliese G.
HOT TAKE!
I think having too smart of a companion would be brutal.
Imagine working with Sherlock Holmes , he wouldn’t be a fun teammate...
(Even though I’m sure you’d escape super quickly)
I’m inclined to say someone similar to Shawn Spencer (Psych), but I think I’m going to go with the entirety of the Scooby Doo Gang. Not only would we get the job done, but I’m sure they’d bring some good snacks...
