Hearing that direct action is the best way to achieve results, an Australian woman has threatened to protest a Gold Coast brothel after her husband spent $6,000 there on a seven-hour bender.

The husband in question visited the Pentagon Grand and engaged the services of two women, paying for upgrades that included fetishes and fantasies. Initially paying for the first hour with cash, according to the brothel’s manager, he then paid for the rest using a credit card after his attempt to pay via bank transfer took too long.

After seven hours, the sex workers told the man they were tired, and he left, presumably feeling very pleased with himself. That feeling wasn’t to last, however, as his wife soon turned up to the establishment, husband in tow, and claimed he had been drunk and on drugs and had no memory of his visit.

Manager Suzanne Pfeifer countered that the man seemed sober in their CCTV footage and was able to negotiate a good deal, which would have been hard to do if he were that inebriated. But the wife refused to listen, and threatened to protest outside the venue.

Pfeifer told the Gold Coast Bulletin, “We’ve told her she’s welcome to peacefully protest on public property, but if we have any concerns for safety we would have to call the police.”

She added that the problem was clearly between the couple and had little to do with the brothel or its employees: “This is not our problem. We are a legal business, and this was a legitimate service with a legitimate charge. He knew what he was doing … he just got caught. If the woman is mad about the $6,000, take it up with the husband — not us.”

She’s not wrong: It’s undoubtedly easier to blame someone else than reckon with the fact that your husband is a cheating loser who’s terrible with money.