The Giant Noodle
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The function of malls has changed radically over the years. Malls were originally a way to give a consumer a very controlled experience and a way for people to shop year-round, even in bad weather. As the mall grew, it became a place where young people could gather and consequently, many stores in the mall began to reflect the target audience. The mall was a place for teens to go and hang out, hopefully to spend money. Now, malls are becoming more for the urbanites, the yuppies, the new money. They're becoming upscale and trying to attract in the middle and upper middle classes to give them a Fifth Avenue-esq experience. This has caused a shift in the stores that malls generally have, they're usually geared more for adults now and teens are being chased out completely or relegated to a handful of areas in the mall itself.
oh, its good because at this trend, I won't have to wade through a bunch of foul mouthed disrespectful delinquent little ****s while I try to do my shopping.
I cant help but smile a little when I see responses like this. It throws into light the great duality that is the American teenager/young adult; expected to act like adults yet treated like children. A great deal of the reason teens get into trouble is a lack of places to be, resulting from attitudes like yours, Caine. People with time on their hands who feel welcome nowhere and can find nowhere to be where they wont be kicked out is a great recipe for trouble-makers.Kids don't belong at the mall alone to begin with. If they can't drive they shouldn't be there without a parent or friend's parent. It's also a way to keep punks from stealing stuff which is much easier for the security crew.
I cant help but smile a little when I see responses like this. It throws into light the great duality that is the American teenager/young adult; expected to act like adults yet treated like children. A great deal of the reason teens get into trouble is a lack of places to be, resulting from attitudes like yours, Caine. People with time on their hands who feel welcome nowhere and can find nowhere to be where they wont be kicked out is a great recipe for trouble-makers.
I got into my best trouble when I had nowhere to go at a young age
Except most adults wont treat teens as adults simply because they are teens.THey must act like adults in order to be treated like them.
I cant help but smile a little when I see responses like this. It throws into light the great duality that is the American teenager/young adult; expected to act like adults yet treated like children. A great deal of the reason teens get into trouble is a lack of places to be, resulting from attitudes like yours, Caine. People with time on their hands who feel welcome nowhere and can find nowhere to be where they wont be kicked out is a great recipe for trouble-makers.
I got into my best trouble when I had nowhere to go at a young age
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Teens standing around in the walking areas not wanting to move for a family pushing a stroller along or just trying to make it from one store to the next and shouldn't have to squeeze through a small one man hole because teens want to congregate in the middle of the walk way.
I wish they would ban slow people from walmart.
Wanting to put them out of business, eh?
I wish they'd ban slow people from the Internet.I wish they would ban slow people from walmart.
I wish they would ban slow people from walmart.
certainly the tea baggers, beckerheads, dittoheads, and all the "very" conservatives would be banned...:2razz:I wish they'd ban slow people from the Internet.
'Course that would probably shut this place down ...
I just want them out of my way so I can be done with that place.
THere is a much easier way to be done with the place than you might imagine.
If you supported businesses that have a stake in the community, instead, the issue of who is or isn't shopping at Walmart would be moot.
never have that problem, I just bump into them, hard, and smile and say "excuse me"
Until the group of thugs start getting an attitude problem and threatening to kill your kids.
One shouldn't have to deal with **** like that while trying to shop.
which is why I have a concealed carry permit. I have found that, when forcibly confronted, 99% of these thug punks will back down.
Thats not the point....
Should the average citizen have to do this stupid **** just to go shopping?
No.
And thankfully, many Malls recognize this too.
which is why I have a concealed carry permit. I have found that, when forcibly confronted, 99% of these thug punks will back down.
This happens a lot to you?
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