They're NOT Skates! They're Shoes with wheels!

[JustADude]

Heh. Never had that problem around here... of course, most of my frequent hangout spots aren't kid-friendly to begin with.

As for the mother... if the woman was stupid enough to try shoving someone my size, I would've gone ahead and pressed charges just on the principle of the thing. No way in HELL is a customer laying their hands on me for trying to stop their little brat from tearing through the store and getting away with it.

[blas]

Ew, biting heads off naughty children? Do they taste like chocolate bunnies at Easter when you bite the heads off?

[Swordsman422]

I dunno. I've never had chocolate bunnies. But the dissapointed look on the kids' face when they're told they cannot be rotten in my store is very tasty.

[Writer Cath]

"They are NOT SKATES! They are SHOES with WHEELS!"

"Your honour, this is not a knife! It's a pointy stabbing tool."

Case closed.

[Tigress]

The gaming store I hang out at has all but banned Heelies entirely. The motivation is that some of the less... careful kids were scooting around and causing scuff marks on the floor. But really, these stupid brats were running around the store and having little mini-races while there were three freaking tournaments (Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic: the Gathering, and Pirates) going on. That was a lot of people in the store and several accidents waiting to happen. But when you told them to knock it off and walk like civilized human beings, they gave you dirty looks for daring to correct them and looking out for their personal safety.

It's bad enough when some of the gamers bring in their toddlers and let them run around the store like it's a playground. The owners don't need elementary- and middle-school-aged kids doing the same thing, especially when they know better.

[Spiffy McMoron]

She then said "There is NO SIGN saying he can't wear them in there. If you don't want him to wear them, PUT UP A SIGN!"

Another sign for you to ignore? What's the point? Might as well leave the sign unmade and save the paper for something useful, like a paper-airplane tournament.

There's no sign saying not to have sex on the conveyor belts either, but does that mean...

Just stay away from any "pinching points" and wait until the store's closed and you'll be fine.

Don't ask how I know this, just know that I do.

But seriously, how self-centered does a person have to be to think that their child get wheelie around wherever they want to? When speed bumps have to be installed in malls, I'm giving up.

[AFpheonix]

Just stay away from any "pinching points" and wait until the store's closed and you'll be fine.

Don't ask how I know this, just know that I do.

Great. Now I'm REAALLY gonna be wary of the wet spots on the belt

[Rapscallion]

It's bad enough when some of the gamers bring in their toddlers

If they've talked to a non-family member of the opposite sex for more than five minutes when not playing a game, they're not real gamers. As for reproducing...

Rapscallion

[Lehk]

i don't see a "NO STABBING THE CUSTOMERS" sign

i guess it's my lucky day

[Tria]

Just stay away from any "pinching points" and wait until the store's closed and you'll be fine.

Don't ask how I know this, just know that I do.

Is there a video of you acquiring this knowledge?

[Spiffy McMoron]

Is there a video of you acquiring this knowledge?

Of course not! I made sure to stay away from the cameras. One, they'll make me lose my job, and two, they add 20 pounds, and I can't say where they get added to!

[bigjimaz]

I just returned from my local Wally World and, lo and behold, there is a sign up in the entrance which reads, "Due to liability issues, wheeled shoes, rollerblades, skateboards or athletic shoes with cleats are not permitted in the store." YAY WALMART!

[Melmo]

I work in a Blockbuster and unfortunately we have no signs up to ban these abominations. More then a few times we've heard a crash and see a brat zoom quickly away from the scene of a ton of movies on the floor. Do they apologize? Heavens no. However I have and will continue to be the 'mean employee' who is quite happy to tell any rude brats to knock it off.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Just stay away from any "pinching points" and wait until the store's closed and you'll be fine.

Don't ask how I know this, just know that I do.

Say, that reminds me--one of the conveyor belts in the backroom at my store is no longer bolted to the floor!

Somebody must really have gotten lucky.

[Jack7957]

Today's Jump Start comic strip....