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Younger people treated differently, AIBU?

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YourBrightFawn · 22/01/2026 21:58

Me and DD (19) regularly go to the theatre and pay for the lounge package for before the show and during the interval. If you have food and drink in the lounge then you pay for it during the interval and not at the time of ordering, you always pay for it in the interval. DD went with her friend (20 years old) last night and was told that they couldn’t pay during the interval like everyone else would and that they had to pay at the time of ordering “in case” they “didn’t pay as younger people are less likely to pay” (DD said the staff member used those words) but everyone else in the lounge was able to pay during the interval as normal. DD doesn’t see the problem and says she was happy to just pay at the time of ordering when they asked and not during the interval like usual but I think it’s age discrimination and absolutely outrageous to judge people based on age like that. AIBU? DH doesn’t see the problem and DD doesn’t either but I think it’s outrageous and discrimination.

OP posts:
JustGiveMeReason · 24/01/2026 16:48

TheUsherGirl · 24/01/2026 00:50

Membership is usually to get early access to tickets, a discount, sometimes free programmes, special events etc in exchange for supporting the theatre

Lots of theatres offer booths or lounge or hospitality as a separate thing. Somewhere preshow and interval where patrons can be guaranteed a seat, have host service rather than going to the bar, sometimes a separate bar too, nibbles etc

Yes, I know.
what I was wondering about is if this is a membership package that belongs to the OP and her dd for the year, or if, each time the dd goes, she then buys the additional things per show.

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