can you escape?

You wake up. You find yourself in a small dingy room. You sniff the air. It smells like dog crap. You look at your ankle. You are chained to a heavy metal pipe.

"What the hell is going on in here?!" you ask.

There is no response. You see a tape recorder on the ground.

Do you...

a) use it to smash off the chain

b) listen to the tape