Discount

I had a moment the other night. I was going to see a late night showing at a movie theater and instead of buying the tickets from the clerk I went over to the self-service kiosk. I was wondering if the machine would sell me a discounted senior citizen or child ticket. I am clearly an adult and thought it odd I could walk up and have options to purchase discounted tickets without any system in place to monitor the sales. I also began to wonder if anyone at the ticket stand would check my ticket to see which kind of ticket I purchased.

It was time for an experiment and considering I had not thought out what to say if I got caught I was taking a big risk. I did purchase a discounted ticket without anyone checking it. I got into the theater just fine.

I amazed how on one hand our society implements technology to make purchasing & service easier in the business industry yet it is not fool proof and opens up loop holes for people to take advantage of & exploit. I could have sat there a few minutes after thinking about it and guessed with a high degree of certainty that anyone could have done it. Instead I choose to do it and see if I could get a way with it. I will never do it again but it is a funny story and if anyone wants to get discounted tickets to movies you now know how.