'Her attempt to save $5 ended up costing her': Entitled parent lies that her kids are 13 years old to get them into a movie, quickly regrets her decision

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    You say your kids are 13, okay! So this happened about 10 years ago when I worked at the box office of a movie theatre (before automated machines were the norm). Adult tickets (14+) were $11.99, kids (3-13) were $9.50 and kids under 3 were free.
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    I had a woman come to my till with two kids. Now, these kids looked to be about 15, though it can be hard to tell sometimes. As many kids don't carry any kind of ID, the rule of thumb was to sell either a kids ticket or adult ticket based on how old the adult told us the kids were. Many people would abuse this and say the kids were 13 in order to save a few bucks. Typically, I didn't care as I understood the prices were pretty high and this was a big chain so a few older kids getting
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    cheaper tickets wasn't a big deal. What was different this time is that the woman was very throughout the whole transaction. We have a series of questions we have to ask throughout the transaction (loyalty program etc.) and we would randomly get scored by mystery shoppers to ensure we were following the script. This woman was annoyed and short with me throughout the whole transaction when I was
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    being super friendly and just trying to do my job. When we got to the part about what kind of tickets she needed, it went something like this: Me: How old are the kids? Her: Why? Me: So I know whether they need kids tickets or adult tickets. Her: What is the difference?
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    Me: Adult tickets are for 14+ and are $11.99, kids tickets are for 3- 13 and are $9.50. Her: Oh, they're 13. Me: Okay, and which film would you like to go see today? Her: [whatever film it was, I can't remember anymore] Me: Okay, no problem, for 2 kids and 1 adult that will be $30.99 total.
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    Her: Actually, I am not going with them, I am just dropping them off. Me: Unfortunately, this movie is 14A, which means you have to be either 14 or accompanied by an adult to see it. Her: Well, they're 14. Me: You just told me they're 13.
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    Her: They're actually 14, I just didn't want to pay the price for adult tickets. Me: Unfortunately you told me they're 13. Unless you have ID that shows they are 14, I have to assume what you first told me was correct and cannot allow them to watch this movie unsupervised as it is 14A.
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    Her: This is ridiculous, so what are my options? Me: They can either go to a different movie that is not 14A, or you will have to buy a ticket and accompany them to this one. After a lot of back and forth about options, she finally decided to bite the bullet and buy an adult ticket to accompany them. I like to think she spent the next 2 hours reflecting on how her
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    attempt to save $5 ended up costing her $11.99 and 2 hours of her time. Realistically, she likely bought the ticket, accompanied them into the theatre, and then left them there to watch the movie while she went shopping. Either way, it still cost her the extra $11.99 for her ticket!
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    BlackDogOrang... Decades ago my Dad went to drop me off to see Young Frankenstein. The theater owner (single screen) was very strict about ages and ratings. My Dad reluctantly stayed to see the movie with me, because the owner wouldn't let young teens in unaccompanied. He had the
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    best time! He laughed and laughed (many of the jokes went over my head). Best movie ever.
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    Cassierae87 I'm a very petite adult. I have a very tall kid brother but I'm old enough to be his mom. I remember taking him to a museum with my little niece. He was just under 13 which was the adult cut off. I asked for 1 adult ticket and 2 kids ticket. My kid brother towered over me. I got a lot of side eye and flack but I was telling the truth
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    hmnahmna1 My 12 year old daughter is already 5'6" and I'm sure I'm being judged.
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    DeepRiverDan2... In our cinema a few years ago, your ticket was only checked at the security point entrance to all the cinemas, past the ticket booths. So you could watch whatever movie you wanted to, once you get past the security point.
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    If it wasn't a busy weekday (you could see how many seats were available for each movie at the ticket booth) you could just go and watch whatever movie you wanted, and no one would bother you about moving. My friends and I did it once or twice to skip the age restrictions, and I doubt they've ever done anything to fix that system
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    R.. I was kinda on the other side of this type of thing years ago and really annoyed the theater people. We went to a midnight opening of some movie that had been hyped up, it was probably garbage but my wife and I liked to do the midnight movies occasionally. There are these two younger guys
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    looking heartbroken as the the attendant pulls them out of line and tells them without an adult they can't go in. As they pass me I look up and say loudly, "Danny and Jack are you all going to see the movie too?" They were clearly confused as their names were probably not Danny and Jack, but said they were getting kicked out because they didn't have
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    adult supervision. I told the attendant that they were my nephews and I would supervise them. The attendant, who knew I was lying, was not happy, but let them in anyway. Like forty different people in line. gave me the nod.
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