I think someone broke reality....(long)

[Anakah]

I think the needing an approval for the second time of you using your card is a great idea. There has been so much theft and identity stealing lately it's ridiculous. I'd be glad you guys are watching out for that kind of stuff. Watch out for Discover cards--they're all the rage right now in making fake ones.

We had to get black lights and shine it on the cards cuz there was a mass discover card fakeys being made. Anyway, damn, people are such jerks! That and I know if someone is doing something for me i.e. making my food or fixing my car I sure wouldn't be an asshole to any of them!

[Kisa]

Somewhat surprisingly, the half days weren't so bad at the swamp this year. Either this crop of kids is more well-behaved, or management and/or corporate leaned on the junior high producing the troublemakers or something.

Thursday was a half day, the last day of school in the district, and except for the couple of kids heralding their upcoming three months of freedom with vu..vuvu...those plastic horns they had at the World Cup that you blow into and it sounds like a fart...we had no problems with unruly kids.

Omg you are SO lucky!! The kids over here raise hell on every half day. Fighting, making a mess, holding up lines and tables, breaking things.... Once the MIDDLE School had a half day....thos kids were even worse!!! But that's a story for another thread

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Omg you are SO lucky!! The kids over here raise hell on every half day. Fighting, making a mess, holding up lines and tables, breaking things.... Once the MIDDLE School had a half day....thos kids were even worse!!! But that's a story for another thread

Oh, go back and read some of my threads from the past. There's some stories there.

We used to have big, big groups of kids running around, playing on the furniture displays, shoplifting, and having silly string fights outside and inside the building. One time there was such a large group of them congregated in a main aisle, nobody could get past them at all.

[BrenDAnn]

We don't have that policy for CCs at the c-store, but for checks there is a warning that pops up after they've written so many in a day at any of our stores. It doesn't require manager approval, but we are supposed to check to be sure the check writer is the one that is supposed to be writing said checks. It's one of many PITA reasons we have to override the system on a daily basis. Another is for checks over $100...even though with gas prices as they are, a lot of people are ending up writing checks for more than $100 anyway. So much fun, let me tell you. (Note the heavy sarcasm there!)

[Kisa]

Oh, go back and read some of my threads from the past. There's some stories there.

We used to have big, big groups of kids running around, playing on the furniture displays, shoplifting, and having silly string fights outside and inside the building. One time there was such a large group of them congregated in a main aisle, nobody could get past them at all.

*reads some older stories*.....*retracts previous statement* They seem as bad as the punks kids around here! There will be 20 of them in line, but only one buys food They destroy crap, scream randomly, joust...yes joust

[Primer]

Watch out for Discover cards--they're all the rage right now in making fake ones.

We had to get black lights and shine it on the cards cuz there was a mass discover card fakeys being made.

This may explain why the POS keeps prompting me to show my card to the cashier. I have absolutely no problem with doing so, and wish more places had such safeguards!

[Caractacus_Potts]

Me: What's up?
MD: Someone threw Cheeto's at me!!

This reminded me of something that's kind of OT although it does involve teenagers and thrown food.

Quite some time ago I went to a matinee and the theater was almost empty. Just before the movie starts two teen boys come in and sit in the seats directly behind me. I'm about 30, male, 5'10" and about 225#. My friends tell me that my natural expression looks like I'm ready to kill someone but inside I'm really just sweet as a puppy with four paws in the air and big brown eyes...usually.

About ten minutes into the show I get hit on the back of the head with popcorn and I ignore it figuring they were goofing off and it was an accident. A few minutes later I get hit with a second piece, I turn around and scowl. A few minutes later I get hit with a third piece so I stand up and lean over my chair putting my face about two inches from the kid directly behind me.

Me: (quietly, it IS a theater) If I get hit with one more piece of popcorn we're both going to miss this movie. You're going to be in an ambulance on your way to the hospital and I'm going to be in the back of a police car for beating the fucking crap out of you.

I swear I think the kid pissed his pants.

Him: But...I...I...I...but...IT WASN'T ME! (points at friend) IT WAS HIM! HE THREW THE POPCORN!
Me: (never breaking eye contact) Then I just put you in charge of making sure your friend doesn't throw anymore popcorn because YOU'RE the one who's going for the ambulance ride.

When I turned around and sat down they got up and moved to seats as far away from me as they could get. Honestly, I just didn't want to miss part of the movie tracking down an usher to throw them out (which would have been the next step if scaring them hadn't worked out so well).

[pacman]

Snippety

vu..vuvu...those plastic horns they had at the World Cup that you blow into and it sounds like a fart...we had no problems with unruly kids.

Snappety

They're vuvuzelas. Oh, and I can agree with teenagers loitering in malls being hell. I used to work in a shop in a mall and every. single. evening. there was a crowd of those little pweshus angels () in front of our shop in the mall hallway. Some nights they got so unruly my paying customers were afraid to walk past them... Luckily we had a security guy who had authority over them and managed to get them to quiet down for a moment. Sometimes I was afraid to do the cash drop as the drop box was in the other end of the mall and I had to walk past those pun... err... teens with the cash bag.

[BroSCFischer]

Today is the last day of school, which means Taco Place will be full of screaming, misbehaved teenagers. Yes, I'm close to their age, but I was always a respectful teenager. Sure enough, the store is packed within minutes. Sure enough, I can't even hear myself think. Sure enough, they decide to trash the dining room. On ALL half days, we need to become referees and surrogate parents to make sure no one gets hurt and nothing gets damaged. Yes, they are that bad.

Many of the businesses in my area (especially those near the schools) limit the number of teenagers permitted inside at one time. I don't know if it's possible where you are, but you might want to look into it.

SC

[Xarlaxas]

It was the same with most of the shops near my High school, too, no more than 2 kids at a time from what I recall, though I got around that by the fact that after I turned 16 I wore suits to school every day so I never had to queue to get in as they thought I was a business-man on his lunch break or something.

[Stryker One]

Pain and fear of pain.

I got to work at 11:10 and all seemed normal. Calm, quiet, with the usual small crowd of regulars grabbing lunch. I washed my hands, pulled on a clean pair of gloves, and hopped on line to help make food. Around noon-ish, teenagers start to trickle in. Great...another half day. Scratch that. The last half day. Today is the last day of school, which means Taco Place will be full of screaming, misbehaved teenagers. Yes, I'm close to their age, but I was always a respectful teenager. Sure enough, the store is packed within minutes. Sure enough, I can't even hear myself think. Sure enough, they decide to trash the dining room. On ALL half days, we need to become referees and surrogate parents to make sure no one gets hurt and nothing gets damaged. Yes, they are that bad.

Yet another example of why I believe tazers should be allowed for child rearing.

This reminded me of something that's kind of OT although it does involve teenagers and thrown food.

Quite some time ago I went to a matinee and the theater was almost empty. Just before the movie starts two teen boys come in and sit in the seats directly behind me. I'm about 30, male, 5'10" and about 225#. My friends tell me that my natural expression looks like I'm ready to kill someone but inside I'm really just sweet as a puppy with four paws in the air and big brown eyes...usually.

About ten minutes into the show I get hit on the back of the head with popcorn and I ignore it figuring they were goofing off and it was an accident. A few minutes later I get hit with a second piece

There's a reason so many of us invest in home theater. That being said, I'm anxious to try out the 21+ only theater near me.