Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Ben Gets Outsmarted by His Teenagers | THE GREATEST HITS

Episode Date: July 11, 2026

One year ago this week... A relaxing family holiday in Rarotonga doesn't quite go to plan when Ben discovers his teenage daughters have found the perfect way to avoid spending time with Dad.   Join the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee HERE!Instagram:  @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You got out, smarted out, wizards outplayed. Oh, yeah. Isn't that the cashphrase for Survivor? Yeah, well, we're on an island. We went to Raritonga, you know, for a few days. It was lovely there. The weather was amazing. The people were so friendly.

Everyone's like, we're on island time. It's a, you know, a place and you can see why everyone's so happy and relaxed. How does that sit with you? Because you're a guy who likes to get stuff done, likes to be on time. Island time would not sit well with you. I don't think I'm quite at the island time pace, you know, but it's probably quite good to be there. No, not at all.

suddenly that that finished it. That stopped. I was like, wait until island time. They're sorry, two minutes late for happy hours. I was like, island time. That's where, and they're like, sorry, the cash registers changes. And I was like, okay. Okay, now the island time slips by the wayside.

So ironically made you unhappy. Yeah, no, we had a great couple of days there with a family. And, but I'm not, you know, like, I'm not a very, like, I'm an active relax. I'm not a relaxed, a relaxed sort of, sit at the beach sort of person. And my teenage daughters, now they're both teenagers, they always talk about the UV these days. They wasn't know what the UV's doing. It seems to be a thing that teens are on to. The UV's good today. We're going to sit out and I'm like,

guys, you don't want to just sit out in the sun. Believe you me, when you get to our age, and the sun's not always afraid. You're like, I really wish I was good with the sunscreen back in the day. So we're on a beach, you know, and they had sunscreen on that. Look at UV and I'm like, guys, we're not going to sit down. I'm getting, I'm getting impatient.

Island time, bro. What did you want to do? Well, I was like, I don't know. And what did you expect to be doing in Raro? Oh, it's just like, we can do some stuff. We can do some stuff while we're here rather than just lying in the sun. Like scoot around and round in the circle? There's paddle boards.

I saw some paddle boards. I saw some paddle boards. I'll hire two paddle boards that. We can do that for an hour. Let's get on some paddle boards. Guys, let's do an activity. If there was any place in the world where you can easily lie on a beach, it's an island. I did for a bit.

Then 10 minutes later, I've done that. Okay. Did anyone else want a paddle board? Well, I was like, kids, you have a paddle board. You go first. I'll see if they'll get into it. Rather than lying in the sun, you go out and paddle board. So they had it.

We had this for an hour. these paddle boards, they took it out. And then what they did is they went way too far. They're still in a lagoon, so it's very safe. But they went far away from mine. I couldn't yell out to them. They were right at the other end. And then I saw them lying down.

Sunbathing on the paddleboard. And all I can think it was, I've only got an hour. And also you're sunbathing. And I'm like trying to weigh. Bring the back. Bring them back. Because I didn't even go, I didn't get to pedal board the whole time. They're out there too far from me.

But island time, an hour should buy you. The way I was redortioned. All you did was give them the means to get away from you. Exactly. Yeah. Outsmarted by the teenagers, yeah. So I like, no, island time finishes on an hour for paddle boards as well, I think. Yeah, right.

That's a hard system to get your head around. Hey, next. Isn't there, like, the drink driving over there? Isn't it just an honesty system? I don't think it is anymore. I think there's a fit, yeah. Because apparently I heard a wonderful story before I got pulled over and it's like, have you been drinking?

He's like, no. And they're like, well, take your word for it then. Have a great day. It advanced a whole lot. But a wonderful place. Thank you.