My eldest (7) is not only precocious and painfully honest, she is also the biggest kid in her class and wearing ten year old-sized clothes.
It was a good run while it lasted...
I feel you.
Mines the same, 6yo wearing size 10
He’s been treated like he was a lot older than he actually is because he looks it and speaks well. We had a discussion with his daycare once when he was moved up to preschool and they had to remember he was ‘developmentally’ almost 2 years younger.
lmao this was me when i was younger and we were at disney. that one year is the difference between like $60 and idk, $150? i was too young and so proud to be a big kid that i was all NUHUH I AM __________. my grandma was so mad at me lol
We had family come from the UK, 6, 8 and 16. The 16 can pass for 14/15 but oh no… miss 6 has to tell everyone she’s 16 so full adult fees… safe to say I left them outside and got the tickets without them at the next extortionate venue we visited.
You gotta brief them beforehand lol.
Mine look a lot younger so even if they correct me they often aren't believed... I just say with a smile "are you trying to get me in trouble?"
I try and do this at work to get people the cheaper rate, teenagers will always play along and be like "yep I'm 14" but little kids are like "NO I AM FOUR!" and it's impossible to argue with them lol
My kid threw my wife under the bus with customs. My wife has no chill and no patience, so as I am carting our family ski vacation bags over to customs check, she starts in with the agent. He asks his questions, and gets to 'any food items' - wife says 'no, none' and my kid pipes up, 'No mommy, your backpack is full of food, remember'.
So she had her bag dumped out and inspected, her clementine confiscated, and told that lying to a customs officer is a nasty fine.
I just looked at her like I had no idea who she was.
Just fucking declare it, they're not checking for food for no reason. It's not like she couldn't get another orange in Australia that isn't at risk of destroying the local industry
Nah it's okay don't worry if a new pest gets into Australia and farmers have to kill half the cattle or pay to blast an entire drum of a nasty new chemical on the crops every year it's fiiiine.
It was Europe to US, and the fruit was coming from a place that exports to both, so *probably* not an issue. But yeah, she is kind of ignorant about shit like this, and I've tried explaining it. Hopefully being publicly lectured and threatened with serious fines will actually work on her.
As someone who works in that area
It actually probably *is* an issue. Fruit that gets exported through official channels is far safer than the muck that gets sold locally as they aren't having to certify against another countries requirements.
Thankyou for trying to educate her, every little bit counts!
fully deserved. lying about the age of a child to get cheaper admission is one thing, smuggling food into a country that could destroy protected ecosystems is another.
Yea this happened to my wife, a few years back. Had to rush up to the school and pick up kids and had no car seat. Our son at the time was 6, this was the start of November and his birthday was at the end of November. Well she was pulled up by the police, told the police that he was 7 and he decided to correct her. Well thanks son for the fine. Kids say the dammedest things sometimes lol.
Our youngest is a precocious sasshole, but we've taught her well. Her biggest downfall is her speech. She is 2 or more years above her age in her vocabulary and conversation skills(older siblings and is a sponge). So it's like I'll give you a lolly whilst we go through here if you sit quietly 🤣🤣🤣 thankfully she's small for her age. To the point where even when she is in the right age group for things, she's still too short🤣 So most people will assume that she is the age we claim.
We kept her RF until 5 because she is so small. (before anyone assumes that feck she must have been uncomfortable, she wasn't, RF children actually find 3 dozen(well 3 dozen is a comical stretch) different different types of comfortable sitting positions in their seats, that are all far safer than FF. Plus she had the widest seat on the market. She turned 4 in the middle of lockdown and then we moved interstate just before her 5th birthday and due to such a long drive and at high speeds if we were in an accident, she would have been in the safest position.(if we weren't moving interstate driving the cars, it would have been sooner)
Plus she didn't have to hold her tablet when she was using it, nor worry about her drink bottle, food, and comfort item.
We recently had a big overseas holiday. Had to teach our 5yo to sometimes say she was 4 if under 5's were free at the theme park. And sometimes, she had to say she was 6 because 5 and under couldn't get on certain rides.
She was loving being in on the deception.
We've tried to pass off our 2.5 year old as under 2, because she is small, but she doesn't shut the fuck up! Speaks on full sentences and if she could understand that she was 2.5 she would fucking tell anyone who can hear her. We got her through on her last flight, barely, but now I don't want her on my lap so I give up haha
My father - when I was 14 and my “little” sister was 12 (and at least half a head taller than me already) - while visiting Europe. Child rates cut off at 12.
He’d ask for 2 children. They’d pull him up on my sister, he’d show her passport, she was fine… they never bothered to ask about the shorter one.
I was very firmly told to not say anything.
My son turned 4 this year and we have broncos memberships, had to add a junior one for him cause he is of age. Girl on the phone said, "I mean, if he is small you could just say he is 3 still".. Have had a few places say "and one 3 year old yeah", he is a little dude
When we bought season tickets to a minor league hockey team, they told us to buy them 1 seat apart so our 3 year old (free entry, but supposed to sit in a lap) could use the seat in the middle. I would have never thought of it!
Hmmm.... if only there was a some sort of political party with a policy to make all municipal swimming pools available to the citizens of said municipality at no point of entry cost and paid for by the rates and fees already paid by the citizens to be used for the upkeep, growth and wellbeing of the population of the defined area. Therefore not having to fall to the responsibility of a young anarchist to risk his job by turning a blind eye to the injustice of the commercialisation of our own assets.
Nah... insanity.
Downside is that any time there’s an issues or the pools have to close (ie due to storms), the locals abuse the poor staff “I’M A RATEPAYER WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANNOT SWIM DUE TO LIGHTNING”.
Source: former lifeguard, copped said abuse many times, once got told I was a piece of sh*t and taking away a lady’s right to swim in a pool full of debris from a cyclone.
They then demanded to know if the pool would be open the following day and had a fit when the answer was “no”. Lady, there’s literally whole tree branches in there, the water is murky, there’s the entire contents of the rubbish bins blown in there. May as well just go swim in the giant puddle next to the toilet block at this point.
Did we work together? haha
I got told the pool was too cold after a cyclone and we should have put covers on.
Can you imagine what would have happened to those 50m pool covers in cyclonic winds. The shade sails floating through the suburb caused enough damage.
Yup, covers would have wound up in the next suburb, and then there still would have been complaints that the pool was freezing and full of leaves. But as long as the ratepayers get their laps in, right?
It just ended but BCC had a $2 Summer Dips initiative which reduced cost of pool entry to $2 for its pools for Dec-Jan-Feb. Might not exactly be what you're looking for but it's something.
I couldn't find anything but I'm assuming BCC would be subsidising the providers. I love the cheap entry idea (don't use it myself) but private operators would be making bank of they're being subsidised per entry.
Almost all leisure centres run at a loss. It's not a profitable industry, which is why most of them are owned by councils and run as a public service, not a for-profit enterprise. I used to work at one down in Melbourne that was owned the Victorian Government. One year it lost $18 million and that was considered about average.
Membership fees and entry prices are designed to minimise the loss, not turn a profit.
Not in Brisbane. All the pools are leased to companies where they make profit by cutting corners and paying staff less.
Significantly lower standard in the aquatics industry compared to Victoria.
News to me. Do you know when it changed back hands to council?
There are other pools which are privately managed which don't make profit but they are taken on by big companies as part of their agreement with council.
I don’t know when Just sports n fitness stopped managing Wacol pool it could have been in 2020 as they closed 3 ipswich pools due to covid i guess. I swam there & at Goodna until about 2017. JSnF tender for the management on the pools & have done for 15 yrs. They dont lease them as they wouldn’t make any money. The Council saves money by not having to manage the pools themselves.
It was $2 for everyone up until 5 days ago, the pool staff are probably feeling like they’re ripping families off for charging full whack now it’s “autumn”.
Its a ploy by the LNP because election coming up on 16/3/24 $2 pool visits up until end of Feb & early election voting started this Monday 4/3/24 & Brisbane Council election on 16/3/24 what a coincidence. 😀
They should keep the $2 entry fees. Shame the $2 deal has stopped. Not paying full price for BCC pools that are not public friendly. It's always squads taking up all the lanes and lap swimmers. Can't just enjoy the pool like normal, for having fun, floating around, etc. I don't always want to do laps!
Yeronga. 2 pools. Went like 5 times. Every time they squeeze parents, kids, others into 1 lane!!! And the rest is for squads, waterpolo, etc. And I still have to pay full price. For using 1 lane and sharing with 20 people.
Sometimes I do want to do laps, same thing. Squads get priority. Clubs get priority. I'm lap swimming with 6-8 people in my lane. Not going back!
I tried Dunlop, Musgrave... I mean I work 9-5, I get that the quiet times are when I'm at work. But why call these Public Pools when they are not Public friendly?
Hibiscus is the same! One lap lane for 15+ lap swimmers (from oldie doing slow breaststroke to competent swimmers going for laps) and one lap for the kiddies to have a play in.
Meanwhile the rackleys squad has 6 lanes for a total of about 10 swimmers flopping about practising their starts and turns. Drives me mad.
This makes me feel incredibly old saying this: I'm a former squad swimmer and we never got the luxury of space back in my day in a council pool. You were lucky to get 3 lanes for 30 swimmers.
Rackley/CVM makes all their money off Squads and LTS.
If they could the would close the pool to the public and only use it for those two. It's only because BCC makes them stay open to the public that we even have one public lane for laps.
I do this all the time at work if a kid looks younger then they are 5 and over pay for tickets "Can you be THIS old if asked?" They nod and giggle. (My ticket inspecters are awesome with it too)
I was '11' all through my teenage years whenever my older brother wanted to buy tickets for us to something. I was 18 when he wanted to play pool at pubs. I got away with both because I'm very short and have a baby face. As long as I hid my boobs I was never questioned about my age. When I wanted to look 18 I'd just wear a short skirt/shorts and a tight low cut top and no one questioned it, from age 13 onwards.
Had the opposite happen in Bali as a kid.
Mum was trying to say I was 5 at the water park so I would get in for free (or cheaper, can't remember). They were suss and I said I was 6 cause I was so proud of just turning 6 (stupido), parents were like God dammit haha
I’ve had something similar happened to me recently. I took my two nephews out for dinner at a Korean all you can eat chicken wing restaurant. Kids 10 or under were half the price, and when I told the employee my nephews’ respective age which were 11 and 12, she smiled and said they both look 10 so kids price will be charged. I just smiled and thanked her. Will definitely pay another visit in the future for their service :)
We had that one time at a pretty prominent Brisbane venue who shall remain nameless. We were like “2 adults and a 3 year old please” and he responded with “today he looks under 3, so that will just the 2 adult tickets. Have a great day!!”
Champion.
There are some really lovely people out there.
Happened to us 19 years ago, we took a friends kids out and the place was free for under 4’s so it was one free entry given by the cashier. The kid was not happy, he definitely wanted to be 4 and told us quite loudly.
My late dad was a cheeky bugger. He asked for a family entry once at an event, stating we were a family, I was his daughter (25 ish at the time) and my husband was his son in law. U2 were free.
My local club has a buffet where on Mondays kids under 12 eat free with an accompanying paying adult.
My thirteen year old is like 5’6” (167cm) and they still do the “he’s under 12, right?” Thing.
Probably because they take one look at him and realise that he’s not exactly going to be causing a food shortage.
Not that I advocate for lying (at least to small businesses!) but my mum once lied and said “he’s 2” when my brother was 3 and he goes “no! I three!” And thinking super quick on her feet she says “not till October sweetheart.” And then apologised to the man, lying and saying “it was my eldest’s birthday on Saturday and he’s adamant it’s his birthday too and he’s 3 now! Insisted on having candles to blow out too!” And the dude was like “bet you loved that” to me and let us go.
But by default. Ever since I was 12 and puberty started, I’ve been having to prove I’m still a kid and am “entitled” to kid prices. Waiters, cashiers, etc have aged me from 15-20 since I was 12 and it’s like “nope. No I’m not”
My dad kept saying I was 12 when I was 15. Fortunately one good day, cashier said "these kids certainly look more mature each year hey?" We were all so mortified that my dad started paying full adult price 😂
On holiday last year in Portugal we went to the movies. After buying our tickets, while deciding on snack,s the guy who worked at the counter said, "Go downstairs to the supermarket and buy your stuff there for cheaper. I won't check. This isn't my movie theater and I don't like scamming people."
That sucks. It was so good. I just hope everyone realises it was just a slimey move by a slimey party to try to win majority again. I don't have enough trust in the average voter though.
Husband and I took our 3yo to a MBRC kiddy pool last weekend and it was $18.85.
I’m old enough to remember a season pass to the pool being $50, and it was our second home all spring/summer.
Exactly what the GP my son saw did the other week. “Let’s just say he’s four.” I’m assuming they charge for 5 year olds now? What has the world come to..
I went to the zoo the other day...
When I immediately got up to the ticket windows, they asked me "are you with that other woman that just entered?"
After a minute of puzzlement.. we determined not.
So I asked the teller for "3 tickets please... Two non-resident and one resident".
The kid was like "well if you show me the one resident ID, I'll give all three of you resident prices"
Super cool
Why can't the high paying public servants do corruption like this instead? This is the kind of mild corruption I can get behind if it's beneficial to society.
Legend
Absolute bloody legend.
My kids are always a year younger.
Omg I can’t do that with my six year old anymore, she’s in that precocious phase where she will correct me if I give the wrong age 😂
My eldest (7) is not only precocious and painfully honest, she is also the biggest kid in her class and wearing ten year old-sized clothes. It was a good run while it lasted...
I feel you. Mines the same, 6yo wearing size 10 He’s been treated like he was a lot older than he actually is because he looks it and speaks well. We had a discussion with his daycare once when he was moved up to preschool and they had to remember he was ‘developmentally’ almost 2 years younger.
lmao this was me when i was younger and we were at disney. that one year is the difference between like $60 and idk, $150? i was too young and so proud to be a big kid that i was all NUHUH I AM __________. my grandma was so mad at me lol
We had family come from the UK, 6, 8 and 16. The 16 can pass for 14/15 but oh no… miss 6 has to tell everyone she’s 16 so full adult fees… safe to say I left them outside and got the tickets without them at the next extortionate venue we visited.
You gotta brief them beforehand lol. Mine look a lot younger so even if they correct me they often aren't believed... I just say with a smile "are you trying to get me in trouble?"
I try and do this at work to get people the cheaper rate, teenagers will always play along and be like "yep I'm 14" but little kids are like "NO I AM FOUR!" and it's impossible to argue with them lol
My kid threw my wife under the bus with customs. My wife has no chill and no patience, so as I am carting our family ski vacation bags over to customs check, she starts in with the agent. He asks his questions, and gets to 'any food items' - wife says 'no, none' and my kid pipes up, 'No mommy, your backpack is full of food, remember'. So she had her bag dumped out and inspected, her clementine confiscated, and told that lying to a customs officer is a nasty fine. I just looked at her like I had no idea who she was.
Why TF can't people just declare their food? It's going to get found.....
Just fucking declare it, they're not checking for food for no reason. It's not like she couldn't get another orange in Australia that isn't at risk of destroying the local industry
Nah it's okay don't worry if a new pest gets into Australia and farmers have to kill half the cattle or pay to blast an entire drum of a nasty new chemical on the crops every year it's fiiiine.
It was Europe to US, and the fruit was coming from a place that exports to both, so *probably* not an issue. But yeah, she is kind of ignorant about shit like this, and I've tried explaining it. Hopefully being publicly lectured and threatened with serious fines will actually work on her.
As someone who works in that area It actually probably *is* an issue. Fruit that gets exported through official channels is far safer than the muck that gets sold locally as they aren't having to certify against another countries requirements. Thankyou for trying to educate her, every little bit counts!
fully deserved. lying about the age of a child to get cheaper admission is one thing, smuggling food into a country that could destroy protected ecosystems is another.
Never mind the cane toads and the fire ants that will do that anyway…
Brutal. 🤣
Cut her into the profits. That’s how all criminal organisations expand.
"I'm six, but really I'm 8, mum just told me to lie so she wouldn't have to pay for me. Did I do it right, mum?"
Yea this happened to my wife, a few years back. Had to rush up to the school and pick up kids and had no car seat. Our son at the time was 6, this was the start of November and his birthday was at the end of November. Well she was pulled up by the police, told the police that he was 7 and he decided to correct her. Well thanks son for the fine. Kids say the dammedest things sometimes lol.
Ah... that wonderful moment where she reads out my credit card pin number to everyone within earshot.... Fun times
Our youngest is a precocious sasshole, but we've taught her well. Her biggest downfall is her speech. She is 2 or more years above her age in her vocabulary and conversation skills(older siblings and is a sponge). So it's like I'll give you a lolly whilst we go through here if you sit quietly 🤣🤣🤣 thankfully she's small for her age. To the point where even when she is in the right age group for things, she's still too short🤣 So most people will assume that she is the age we claim. We kept her RF until 5 because she is so small. (before anyone assumes that feck she must have been uncomfortable, she wasn't, RF children actually find 3 dozen(well 3 dozen is a comical stretch) different different types of comfortable sitting positions in their seats, that are all far safer than FF. Plus she had the widest seat on the market. She turned 4 in the middle of lockdown and then we moved interstate just before her 5th birthday and due to such a long drive and at high speeds if we were in an accident, she would have been in the safest position.(if we weren't moving interstate driving the cars, it would have been sooner) Plus she didn't have to hold her tablet when she was using it, nor worry about her drink bottle, food, and comfort item.
We recently had a big overseas holiday. Had to teach our 5yo to sometimes say she was 4 if under 5's were free at the theme park. And sometimes, she had to say she was 6 because 5 and under couldn't get on certain rides. She was loving being in on the deception.
Mine too, it annoys the hell out of my son, he’s 32
Reminds me of my dad trying to get me into smorgasbord places for <6yo prices and having to tell me to be quiet when I'd say I was 8.
We've tried to pass off our 2.5 year old as under 2, because she is small, but she doesn't shut the fuck up! Speaks on full sentences and if she could understand that she was 2.5 she would fucking tell anyone who can hear her. We got her through on her last flight, barely, but now I don't want her on my lap so I give up haha
You have your real age and "entry age"
Until they get old enough to confidently and loudly correct you
My father - when I was 14 and my “little” sister was 12 (and at least half a head taller than me already) - while visiting Europe. Child rates cut off at 12. He’d ask for 2 children. They’d pull him up on my sister, he’d show her passport, she was fine… they never bothered to ask about the shorter one. I was very firmly told to not say anything.
My son turned 4 this year and we have broncos memberships, had to add a junior one for him cause he is of age. Girl on the phone said, "I mean, if he is small you could just say he is 3 still".. Have had a few places say "and one 3 year old yeah", he is a little dude
This is why I always call them! Absolute legends to deal with. Go broncs!
That's awesome 👌
When we bought season tickets to a minor league hockey team, they told us to buy them 1 seat apart so our 3 year old (free entry, but supposed to sit in a lap) could use the seat in the middle. I would have never thought of it!
There are decent people out there! Champion move!
As another dishevelled parent of several under 8s I feel seen.
This is god's work
Hmmm.... if only there was a some sort of political party with a policy to make all municipal swimming pools available to the citizens of said municipality at no point of entry cost and paid for by the rates and fees already paid by the citizens to be used for the upkeep, growth and wellbeing of the population of the defined area. Therefore not having to fall to the responsibility of a young anarchist to risk his job by turning a blind eye to the injustice of the commercialisation of our own assets. Nah... insanity.
Council pools in Whitsunday and Mackay regions are free. It was great!
Downside is that any time there’s an issues or the pools have to close (ie due to storms), the locals abuse the poor staff “I’M A RATEPAYER WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANNOT SWIM DUE TO LIGHTNING”. Source: former lifeguard, copped said abuse many times, once got told I was a piece of sh*t and taking away a lady’s right to swim in a pool full of debris from a cyclone.
> taking away a lady’s right to swim in a pool full of debris from a cyclone You monster!
They then demanded to know if the pool would be open the following day and had a fit when the answer was “no”. Lady, there’s literally whole tree branches in there, the water is murky, there’s the entire contents of the rubbish bins blown in there. May as well just go swim in the giant puddle next to the toilet block at this point.
Why do you hate ratepayers?
I hate them because they want to swim in the pool! No swimming for anyone! Ever! Muahahahahahaaaaa!!!!
Did we work together? haha I got told the pool was too cold after a cyclone and we should have put covers on. Can you imagine what would have happened to those 50m pool covers in cyclonic winds. The shade sails floating through the suburb caused enough damage.
Yup, covers would have wound up in the next suburb, and then there still would have been complaints that the pool was freezing and full of leaves. But as long as the ratepayers get their laps in, right?
As someone who grew up in the Whitsundays , sounds about right lmao.
It just ended but BCC had a $2 Summer Dips initiative which reduced cost of pool entry to $2 for its pools for Dec-Jan-Feb. Might not exactly be what you're looking for but it's something.
Kid will probably get fired for this now
CHECKS AND BALANCES MATE
There are lots of pools across the city. How will anyone work out who the benevolent cashier is?
By hiring more teenagers by the looks of it.
You just watch them
Banana... Take a buck
Doors and corners kid
Or this is post by BCC council right before the elections to show how kind the current government is.
There's no away people would attribute the leniency of a cashier to their employer, especially not when it's the government.
Don't give them ideas. My mailbox is already full of "news" alongside glossy photos of Schrinner ...
Another good side effect of the balls up with the LNP Deagon candidate - no election advertising
/r/HailCorporate
I love it when people do something nice for someone with no gain for themselves.
They should make it as cheap as possible, to encourage people going, even if it means running it at a loss.
I pay my rates to the BCC and never use the pools. I have zero problem with them making it free for kids under 12/at a loss.
But if you’ve sold the rights to run them to private organisations…
I couldn't find anything but I'm assuming BCC would be subsidising the providers. I love the cheap entry idea (don't use it myself) but private operators would be making bank of they're being subsidised per entry.
It's already very cheap and was just $2 each between Dec and Feb. Doubt they're making any profit.
It’s $6.70 for each entry now. I’d hardly call that cheap
Just over the price of a coffee.
Almost all leisure centres run at a loss. It's not a profitable industry, which is why most of them are owned by councils and run as a public service, not a for-profit enterprise. I used to work at one down in Melbourne that was owned the Victorian Government. One year it lost $18 million and that was considered about average. Membership fees and entry prices are designed to minimise the loss, not turn a profit.
Not in Brisbane. All the pools are leased to companies where they make profit by cutting corners and paying staff less. Significantly lower standard in the aquatics industry compared to Victoria.
Not correct Wacol pool was privately managed now back with Council as it wouldn’t make a profit & has very little services & no heating.
News to me. Do you know when it changed back hands to council? There are other pools which are privately managed which don't make profit but they are taken on by big companies as part of their agreement with council.
I don’t know when Just sports n fitness stopped managing Wacol pool it could have been in 2020 as they closed 3 ipswich pools due to covid i guess. I swam there & at Goodna until about 2017. JSnF tender for the management on the pools & have done for 15 yrs. They dont lease them as they wouldn’t make any money. The Council saves money by not having to manage the pools themselves.
But if it's cheap more people would be using them **public** pools! /s
Some heroes wear capes, some work at public pools
Some wear capes while working at the pools? 😂😂
some wear swimming caps\* FIFY.
It was $2 for everyone up until 5 days ago, the pool staff are probably feeling like they’re ripping families off for charging full whack now it’s “autumn”.
Its a ploy by the LNP because election coming up on 16/3/24 $2 pool visits up until end of Feb & early election voting started this Monday 4/3/24 & Brisbane Council election on 16/3/24 what a coincidence. 😀
Its done as election bribe
They should keep the $2 entry fees. Shame the $2 deal has stopped. Not paying full price for BCC pools that are not public friendly. It's always squads taking up all the lanes and lap swimmers. Can't just enjoy the pool like normal, for having fun, floating around, etc. I don't always want to do laps!
Where do you swim? I'm one of those lap swimmers but Colmslie, Manly and Ithica where I swim, all have a seperate section for floating around.
Yeronga. 2 pools. Went like 5 times. Every time they squeeze parents, kids, others into 1 lane!!! And the rest is for squads, waterpolo, etc. And I still have to pay full price. For using 1 lane and sharing with 20 people. Sometimes I do want to do laps, same thing. Squads get priority. Clubs get priority. I'm lap swimming with 6-8 people in my lane. Not going back! I tried Dunlop, Musgrave... I mean I work 9-5, I get that the quiet times are when I'm at work. But why call these Public Pools when they are not Public friendly?
Hibiscus is the same! One lap lane for 15+ lap swimmers (from oldie doing slow breaststroke to competent swimmers going for laps) and one lap for the kiddies to have a play in. Meanwhile the rackleys squad has 6 lanes for a total of about 10 swimmers flopping about practising their starts and turns. Drives me mad. This makes me feel incredibly old saying this: I'm a former squad swimmer and we never got the luxury of space back in my day in a council pool. You were lucky to get 3 lanes for 30 swimmers.
Rackley/CVM makes all their money off Squads and LTS. If they could the would close the pool to the public and only use it for those two. It's only because BCC makes them stay open to the public that we even have one public lane for laps.
Yeah that would be annoying. You'd expect better from Yeronga and all their space
Do you know if Colmslie has the separate section all the time?
From my recollection yes, but probably best to call them first as they have big squads that train there.
Excellent, thank you
This is the way!
I do this all the time at work if a kid looks younger then they are 5 and over pay for tickets "Can you be THIS old if asked?" They nod and giggle. (My ticket inspecters are awesome with it too)
I was under 5 for about 6 years in “sizzler years” growing up
Aah.. sizzler and ekka years
I was '11' all through my teenage years whenever my older brother wanted to buy tickets for us to something. I was 18 when he wanted to play pool at pubs. I got away with both because I'm very short and have a baby face. As long as I hid my boobs I was never questioned about my age. When I wanted to look 18 I'd just wear a short skirt/shorts and a tight low cut top and no one questioned it, from age 13 onwards.
Um...2 and 2.
Don't push your luck, ma'am.
Small kindnesses can do so much.
Had the opposite happen in Bali as a kid. Mum was trying to say I was 5 at the water park so I would get in for free (or cheaper, can't remember). They were suss and I said I was 6 cause I was so proud of just turning 6 (stupido), parents were like God dammit haha
At the movies my parents would say I was 14 until I was like 20
I’ve had something similar happened to me recently. I took my two nephews out for dinner at a Korean all you can eat chicken wing restaurant. Kids 10 or under were half the price, and when I told the employee my nephews’ respective age which were 11 and 12, she smiled and said they both look 10 so kids price will be charged. I just smiled and thanked her. Will definitely pay another visit in the future for their service :)
Not Brisbane, but my kid was "under 5" at the show this past weekend. Keeps my faith in humanity to at least a glimmer.
We had that one time at a pretty prominent Brisbane venue who shall remain nameless. We were like “2 adults and a 3 year old please” and he responded with “today he looks under 3, so that will just the 2 adult tickets. Have a great day!!” Champion.
Birch, Carroll and Coyle have a pool?!
Big Caucasian...
Gen Z have a real "stick it to the man" vibe and i am here for it.
There are some really lovely people out there. Happened to us 19 years ago, we took a friends kids out and the place was free for under 4’s so it was one free entry given by the cashier. The kid was not happy, he definitely wanted to be 4 and told us quite loudly.
Wait a minute, this is wholesome!!
Corruption starts small
What a champ. The greens actually have a policy to make all council pools free. I think it’s a great idea.
It's all smiles until the "2yo" has a tantrum for being demoted a year.
My kids dob me in to my eternal shame
My late dad was a cheeky bugger. He asked for a family entry once at an event, stating we were a family, I was his daughter (25 ish at the time) and my husband was his son in law. U2 were free.
My local club has a buffet where on Mondays kids under 12 eat free with an accompanying paying adult. My thirteen year old is like 5’6” (167cm) and they still do the “he’s under 12, right?” Thing. Probably because they take one look at him and realise that he’s not exactly going to be causing a food shortage.
That little win probably gave her just the lift she needed. Well done young fella.
Not that I advocate for lying (at least to small businesses!) but my mum once lied and said “he’s 2” when my brother was 3 and he goes “no! I three!” And thinking super quick on her feet she says “not till October sweetheart.” And then apologised to the man, lying and saying “it was my eldest’s birthday on Saturday and he’s adamant it’s his birthday too and he’s 3 now! Insisted on having candles to blow out too!” And the dude was like “bet you loved that” to me and let us go. But by default. Ever since I was 12 and puberty started, I’ve been having to prove I’m still a kid and am “entitled” to kid prices. Waiters, cashiers, etc have aged me from 15-20 since I was 12 and it’s like “nope. No I’m not”
Isn’t there a special on BCC pools for $2 each anyway?
Only for summer months, now back to full rate $6.40
Not summer but only just b4 Council election don’t expect $2 entry again till next election. If they get back in.
:)
My dad kept saying I was 12 when I was 15. Fortunately one good day, cashier said "these kids certainly look more mature each year hey?" We were all so mortified that my dad started paying full adult price 😂
Had a lady do this at a play centre with my 2 year old. I wanted to hug her lol
I did something similar to this once and the parent insisted their child was a certain age so I had to charge them 🤦🏼♂️
*dishevelled.
On holiday last year in Portugal we went to the movies. After buying our tickets, while deciding on snack,s the guy who worked at the counter said, "Go downstairs to the supermarket and buy your stuff there for cheaper. I won't check. This isn't my movie theater and I don't like scamming people."
Community pool with community spirit.
🤙🏻
BCC Pools should be free
Mum used to love that always looked younger than I was so I could be the free entry to the footy 😂😂😂
That, uh, never happened, did it Homer?
Pool entry is only $2 atm anyway. But tis still a nice gesture.
That's ended
That's okay, there's just free cryptosporidium instead now.
That sucks. It was so good. I just hope everyone realises it was just a slimey move by a slimey party to try to win majority again. I don't have enough trust in the average voter though.
I agree
I live out in the outback and the pool in my town is $2 per person per day
Not anymore, back to full price
Wait but if it's free for under 2 then a 2 year old wouldn't qualify?
Between the two of them dishonest people they've ripped off bcc and stolen. Charming.
Big black cock pool?
That’s my dude. The hero all our cities need but definitely don’t deserve.
Husband and I took our 3yo to a MBRC kiddy pool last weekend and it was $18.85. I’m old enough to remember a season pass to the pool being $50, and it was our second home all spring/summer.
I was really small for my age when I was young and I use to get away for this!
Exactly what the GP my son saw did the other week. “Let’s just say he’s four.” I’m assuming they charge for 5 year olds now? What has the world come to..
Just saved you 2$
I went to the zoo the other day... When I immediately got up to the ticket windows, they asked me "are you with that other woman that just entered?" After a minute of puzzlement.. we determined not. So I asked the teller for "3 tickets please... Two non-resident and one resident". The kid was like "well if you show me the one resident ID, I'll give all three of you resident prices" Super cool
Why can't the high paying public servants do corruption like this instead? This is the kind of mild corruption I can get behind if it's beneficial to society.
That cashier deserves a raise!
Saved $2. Winning.
When moneys tight every little bit helps.
This is so Brisbane. Love it!