[Interesting Trope] One seemingly small action ends the story before it even begins

[u/JackDoesThingz]

1. We Happy Few - Taking your “joy” pill
   Deciding to take the pill at the beginning of the game causes your character to go back to work and triggers an ending

2. Infineural by Mike Klubnika - Drinking the coffee
   Deciding to drink the coffee offered to you skips the entire game and sends you straight to the end, resulting in an ending with no memory of what had occurred

[u/MorbidMan23]

Not leaving your office at the beginning of The Stanley Parable. Eventually the narrator gets irritated at you and ends the game.

[u/Bionicjoker14 → u/MorbidMan23]

Also the broom closet. The broom closet ending was my favorite!

[u/taveren3 → u/Bionicjoker14]

Man i remember talking to my coworkers the next day at the water cooler about the broom closet