A little Sunday drive post

Another little positive note here for ATS. I'm all about problem solving and we have discussed these issues here, and I'd like to give Chick-fil-A props for being a good example.

www.foxnews.com...

Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A creates new rule after rowdy teens cause chaos: 'We're a family-friendly restaurant'

A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Pennsylvania says that unaccompanied minors are no longer allowed to dine in their establishment after unruly "children and teenagers" continued to cause disruptions.

A Royersford, Pennsylvania, Chick-fil-A said the new policy was prompted by rowdy minors disrespecting employees and vandalizing their establishment after being dropped off by parents on the weekend.

That last part of that stands out.

Some children and teens engaged in loud conversations with "a lot of explicit language," cursed at and mocked staff, vandalized property, stole decor and walked through the drive-thru lanes, the post claimed.

As you can imagine, this is not a pleasant experience," the post went on. "We want to provide a comfortable and safe environment for our guests and our staff, and also to protect our building. Therefore, we cannot allow this to continue. As a result, to dine in our restaurant, anyone under the age of 16 is required to be accompanied by an adult."

Unaccompanied minors can still purchase food, the branch said, but have to take it to go.

The store went on to apologize to well-behaved teens who are being affected by the new rule and said that it is not blaming parents for their kids' behavior but can no longer tolerate it in their establishment.

Booyah! That's how you handle that. Like the article quotes CFA on, it's sad for all the "good kids" out there. Businesses have the right and responsibility to protect their employees, patrons, and property.
To me this sets forth a good example of how to correct these issues. Then we'll just have to deal with the unruly adults causing problems. One way or another, that crap needs to stop.

Bad apples spoiling things for others. As usual.

Good on Chick-fil-A tho. I'd like to be able to eat my food with at least social order. It ticks me off that it's getting harder and harder to go out and just have a nice meal every once in a while.

[sarcasm] What? No protest? No protracted media side-show? No superfluous waste of tax-payer dollars in officials "investigating?" [end sarcasm]

Some people need to be aware that 'dropping kids off' does not mean 'automatically' that where you drop them off is a make-shift day care center. And if you don't know your children well enough to be aware of how they behave in public you shouldn't do so 'casually.'

Seems like the proprietor came up with the proper response to the problem...

Now we just need to teach our kids that their 'lack of freedoms' was made necessary by their own peers. Make peer pressure work in favor of society for a change.