How two friends visited Australia's attractions for free and attended a Coldplay concert

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

There are no doors closed to you if you are wearing a reflective vest. Do you want to go to the zoo, to the cinema, or even to a concert of your favorite rock band - why buy expensive tickets when you can once invest in the purchase of a bright yellow vest and go to any event for free? This is exactly what two friends from Australia did - and they paid off.

When you have a lot of money or are just an important person, you get the cream of the crop - the best seats at any event, backstage access, the chance to see the actors / singers in person, and many other possibilities. The rest need to significantly empty their pockets in order to simply be present at least somehow at least somewhere, even if only 300 meters from the stage or at rush hour among the crowd, when, because of the heads of other visitors, it is impossible to really see anything. … However, as it turned out, there is a small loophole in this situation - people tend to trust people in shape. Even if it's just a reflective vest. Perhaps this man came to fix something, so why detain him - let him pass!

Sean and Dave came to exactly this conclusion and, without thinking twice, the next day went to a specialty store, bought themselves a "work vest," found toy walkie-talkies and went on an adventure. Sean and Dave started with little pranks - just to check your theory. They turned into the first cinema they came across, went inside with the look that they really needed to check something very badly, went into the cinema - and no one even thought to ask them for tickets or to clarify what they were actually doing here.

Next, the guys decided to check if it was possible to get to the zoo. As Dave and Sean admit, they did not believe that they would succeed, and did not dare to check for a long time - they stuck out in front of the entrance for about 15 minutes, walking back and forth and smoking one cigarette after another. When they nevertheless decided to pass the ticket offices, it was as if they were in the enemy's den. But in fact, of course, all the danger was exclusively in their heads - Sean even greeted the cashier, but no one asked why and why they came to the zoo. "We just couldn't believe how easy it was. As soon as we got inside, we started giggling like some schoolgirls, brazenly greeting the zoo staff and asking visitors different questions."

“And this is me sitting at the open-air cage with lemurs, - says Sean. - And I'm disappointed. These are my favorite animals, but the exhibition was closed that day for some reason. Visitors came up to me, thinking that I worked here, and asked, when will it be possible to see lemurs, and I "called" on my toy walkie-talkie and promised them to look into this issue."

Inspired by the success at the zoo, the guys decided to try a free ride on a tourist bus around Melbourne. However, the driver did not let them in. "It turns out that buses have the best security in all of Melbourne." Mournful about this, Sean suddenly remembered that on this day in the city there will be a Coldplay concert. The guys swapped out their yellow vests for orange ones - the kind worn by the stadium attendants - and set off to try their luck again.

Of course, they did not want to run into trouble, but the excitement was great. Sean knew one person working at the stadium, so the guys decided that if they were caught, they would say that they had come to this person and would hope that the situation would get better. However, they did not have to resort to this - the guys managed to go inside, and already being on the territory of the stadium, they wrote to their friend to meet them. "Sure, he thought the vest idea was pretty funny and intimidating at the same time, and he promised to help us get the temporary passes, but hey, it was the vests that gave us the opportunity to see Coldplay!"

“In the end, the experiment confirmed a fact that I always suspected: until you try, you don't know for sure. Life can give you chances you never knew. Thanks to these reflective vests, we made our way to three places for free. I think so: if I could give you one piece of advice, it would be as follows - get a reflective vest. And that's all you need to know about our life."

43-year-old Evi risked no less, deciding one day to completely change her life and the life of her daughter, going on a journey around the world - read about this story in our article "The story of a mother and daughter who have not returned home for a year."