AITA for locking my business partner out of our own escape room?
Owen and I have run Cipher & Stone in Ballard for 3 years, 50/50 split, and I design every puzzle myself, it's genuinely my whole thing. Two weeks ago I finally finished the reveal for our new room, a two year passion project, a hidden panel that only opens if you solve a cipher I spent MONTHS calibrating. I told Owen explicitly, do not run test groups without me, the mechanism is delicate and I hadn't stress tested the hinge yet. Last Thursday I come downstairs to feed my cat and hear laughing in the shop at 11pm. Owen brought his cousin's bachelor party through, 8 guys, for free, as a "surprise sneak preview." The hinge jammed. Someone forced it. Now the panel doesn't close flush and we can't sell tickets for that room until a $340 part comes in from Ontario. I changed the code on the back office lock the next morning so he can't get in without me there. He's texting the group chat (just us and our one part time employee, Dev) saying I'm punishing him like a child. I said maybe don't treat my prototype like a frat party. Dev hasn't picked a side but he did mute the chat.
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