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Bars, parties, and events About 1 minuteSkill: Leaving before a crowd problem becomes your problemPractise your plan

The crowd exit

At a crowded event, the mood shifts. The nearest exit's tightening.

Step 1 · Your next move

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The setup

The event is packed. Suddenly the mood shifts — a surge of movement, an argument escalating nearby, or the space around the nearest exit tightening. People are craning. Part of you wants to see what's happening. The exit you came in through is now the crowded one.

What changed?

Awkward is cheaper than unsafe.