Maze solution:

Put your left hand on the wall to your left. Keep your hand on the wall and walk, following the left wall. Eventually you will come to the exit.

This is a-maize-ing. At least they had food on hand...

I weep for our future...

LOL

Maybe the maze was surrounded by a moat with sharks with lazers strapped to their heads?

We can laugh at this, but it is probably not uncommon for someone to become trapped someplace and just not know how to escape. Ok maybe the above story is over the top.

It reminds me of a friend of mine that got 'trapped' in a service elevator hallway in a high-rise office complex in downtown Chicago. He was working late one night when he had to use the bathroom. The bathroom was located down a hallway that locked from behind one way and had a keyed service elevator the other way. Normally, the door was propped open during the day by security. After hours, the door was locked for ingress, but unlocked for egress, trapping people if you didn't have a key for either.

For hours he made noise and waited, trapped in the hallway. Finally, around midnight, he got tired of waiting for help and kicked a generous hole into the adjacent fancy corporate lobby to escape.

Would all of my friends know how to escape from this situation? What if the building was on fire?

Well, one time I was on an escalator in Macy's. The power failed, and I was stuck for two whole hours...

That's nuthin', I was walking up the courthouse steps one day in Atlanta when the power went out. I was stuck there all day until power was restored.

In our defense, those things are pretty hard...

Need more chlorine in the gene pool.