Stupid kids on wheely heelies

[Banrion]

I have seen several kids take headers down escalators, staircases, and now with North Station being torn up, on train platforms. The conductors I know will tell them to knock it off, but these kids are self-entitled brats, and will just start up again as soon as the conductor walks away. I laugh audibly at them though when they fall down face first.

[repsac]

And yet, there's guys like me who would love to have a pair in his huge size eleven shoe size. Yes. I am insane.

[Dips]

I saw a pack of brats with them on the T yesterday and I swear the driver took the fairly sharp curve at Boylston Station harder than neccessary because of them

Heh heh heh. Sorry I missed it. I know that curve and I agree the driver probably did that on purpose. Some of those T drivers are somewhat evil and creative. I always felt it was wise to stay on their good side.

[Crazyredhead]

Does anyone else want to just stick out a leg as these stupid kids roll by?

How about an arm to clothesline them with. I have kids but I still have my mean and evil, dark side.

[phillippbo]

Is it really so unreasonable to ask that people use their shoes for WALKING when they're in a place of business?

Yes. Next question, please?

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[Sunsetsky]

I haven't seen or witnessed any accidents in my store with those yet. They are annoying though, I'm always afraid that I'm going to get rammed into.

[Kogarashi]

I also have to throttle the desire to clothesline these kids as they go whipping past in Wal-Mart. One of these days they're going to crash into someone/thing, and I shall have no sympathy.

Of course, I generally don't have sympathy for anyone who does stupid stuff because they think it makes them look cool when it really doesn't.

[Dreamstalker]

I have seen several kids take headers down escalators, staircases, and now with North Station being torn up, on train platforms.

I'm waiting for the day when one of them is skating too close to the edge of a crowded platform...

[Banrion]

I'm waiting for the day when one of them is skating too close to the edge of a crowded platform...

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Do you know how bad that would screw up my commute? I would personally hire my UBER-white mage friend to ressurect said kid so I could kill 'em myself.

[MadMike]

I saw some kids riding those things down the ramp at the Boardwalk Mall when I was on vacation. They seemed truly surprised when a security guard yelled at them the second time down.

[Crow The Robot]

I HATE, HATE, HATE, those accursed wheelie shoes. The kis'll cut me off as i am brining in carts while there parents pay them no mind or else they'll charge into the parking lot, or zip aroud the store knocking over displays. I wish we could outlaw these buggers, but there's very litte chance of that happening.

[dispatch]

I recall one of Blinky's stiries about his days as a security gaurd and telling some kids to skate elsewhere becuase of the risk of getting clocked by an opening door in a strip mall

it was in the kids, football, window, joy thread

I was at a local mall getting a new band for my watch and the guy at the next kiosk was selling plasic versions of those that clip onto standard shoes and have flashing LEDs, when it got slow the guy would roll around on his like a jackass. While I was waiting I saw a railing, about waist high, about 20 feet from jackass's kiosk and was thinking about what his spine would look like if he got distracted by, say, a scantily dressed teenage girl that all the jocks in this town like to flirt with ($%^&ing perverts, I worry about my sisters), and went end-over-end over the rail, it would make a nice demonstration of the laws of momentum and the center of gravity on the human body.

[CrazedClerk]

I'd like to add my name to the list of Heelie haters.

Kids just don't pay attention when they are gliding on these things and from what I've seen, it's not easily possible to stop cleanly with them.

I've never seen an accident but I've seen waaaay too many close calls.

[Mr. Rager!]

I own a pair of Heelys. I love 'em. I don't wear them often because they don't often match everything else I'm wearing. They are fun though.

[JuniorMintz]

I own a pair of Heelys. I love 'em. I don't wear them often because they don't often match everything else I'm wearing. They are fun though.

You are so fucking metro!