Local McD's Bans Badly Behaved Quicksies
When some high-school-aged Quicksies got out of control at their local McDonald's, the restaurant closed its doors to all students from the nearby school.
An employee at the restaurant, who identified herself in the news as a manager but would not give her name, told the Greely Tribune the students would be allowed back in the restaurant when they could learn to act like respectful young adults—as early as next week.
Reportedly, the teenagers have shut off the restaurant's water, cut holes in the walls, and pushed pregnant women around.
Three cheers to that restaurant's management from QSK!
Comments
Playing the devil's advocate...
Does it strike anyone else as a little extreme to punish ALL the kids for the actions of what is probably a few bad apples?
Different scenario...what if a restaurant were to get fed up with a few toddlers' behavior -- such as throwing food, pitching fits, having potty accidents on their floors, breaking chairs or equipment -- and thus decided to ban all kids under the age of 5? Some DINKs may give 3 cheers, but I doubt anyone here would.
I do not disagree that the purported behavior is WRONG. It would seem to me that a more appropriate course of action would be to punish the ones incapable of proper behavior. Surely other options are available. Perhaps a security officer (such as an off-duty police officer) could be hired to patrol during the lunch shift to nab the rude vandals and prevent problems. Or, even cheaper, provide the security tapes of the offenders in action to the proper authorities (assuming they have the security cams that most establishments have these days).
Policies and decisions such as these can be such a slippery slope. There's a little phrase in the constitution: equal protection. Being a teenager doesn't make you less of a person, and as such, teens should be afforded the same consideration as others.
Just something to mull over...
Posted by: Dixie | December 19, 2006 07:57 AM
Dixie, I hear what you are saying, but I think sometimes a more drastic action is required to really shake up the school, the kid's parents, and the community.
Posted by: Noodad | December 20, 2006 06:13 AM
Yeah, I think they were going for the big wake-up call. You can't be civil here? Then you're not welcome.
Plus the management is probably hoping some positive peer pressure might happen, among the kids or the parents.
Dixie's comment makes me wonder: At what age does the right to gather peacefully come into play? There are so many shopping centers, for example, that forbid skateboarding or other forms of "gathering" that teens enjoy (and that seem harmles to me). The stores could argue that they're private property, but I've noticed they use the police dept. to patrol and keep the kids away.
Where's the line?
Posted by: QSMama / Lea | December 20, 2006 10:53 AM