Barnabas File

We often take our grandchildren to a local trampoline/indoor activity center.     They charge by the hour, but we recently discovered that the all-day charge might be more economical.     My wife took two of the boys one day, planning to use the all-day charge.     She asked, “If we do the all-day charge, can we leave and come back? I thought we would stay for a while, go eat lunch, then return.”   The response: “No.”     The reason: “We can’t keep up with that.”     She chose not to go the all-day route. This raises a question for me.  First, children are issued an arm band when they enter. If they are going to be there an hour, they get one color.  There is a different color for two hours.  This rotates throughout the day.  I assume that there is a different color for all day admission.  If the children are color coded, why can’t the ones with the all-day color come and...