With Victorians struggling through another hot summer, a Melbourne mother of two has come up with a plan to stop her family whinging about the heat.
“From now on, everyone in this family – my hubby, the kids, even me – are allowed one free whinge about how hot it is,” explained Sarah. “But after that, it’s going cost them.”
Sarah has set up a fines system for days 27 degrees and above.
“My husband’s cricket team uses a fines system and it goes towards their end-of-season piss up, so I decided to adopt it.”
After the first free whinge, it’ll cost anyone in the house 50 cents if they complain about the heat and $1 if they use the heat as an excuse not to do inside chores.
“I’m not a complete monster, so I don’t expect anyone to do outside chores like weeding or mowing the lawn, but inside chores are still on the table. We have fans and air con, so there’s no excuse to whinge,” said Sarah.
The fines total is already up to $10 between the four of them, mainly because everyone forgot about the fines system.
“I admit I slipped up last weekend when I stopped vacuuming to watch a movie, so I slipped in my dollar and got back to work. Hopefully nobody noticed.”
Sarah is planning to use the fines money for an emergency fund.
“The way things are going, we should have plenty for a rainy day. And there’s still February to come.”
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