Heely's hooha and the kid with a death wish

[lordlundar]

All I ask is that it's legal around the world to treat heely riders like hockey players and bodycheck them.

[Ciarrai]

Oh how I hate those stupid shoes! I have a bad knee at the best of times. When it's really bad, anything hitting me will make me go down like a house of cards. I cannot count the number of close calls I've had in various shops. Supposedly we've banned rollerblades, skateboards etc in our store, so you'd think Heelies would be similar? Apparently not, since I've never seen anyone talked to about it. I think I might start that fight.

[tintaglia]

I had to put a sign up on our door. Our shop is tiny, to the point that two people passing in the aisles is a squeeze, so why kids think its ok to skite round is beyond me (and of course the parents let them)
Any way, we just got a new area manager, who ripped that sign down cos it was 'riddiculous', I lasted 2 days before re-writing it. Can you imagine the mess if one child skated into our glass fish bowls.

I was slagging off the heelies to my mum, who admitted she would love a shot on them. (Im kinda wanting a go myself, but well away fom people)

Of course we had one family come in and the boy went heeli-ing up one aisle, as his gran came in, she read the sign, and told him not to skate. 5 mins later, he was skating again, and his mum told him off. The third time, I asked him to not skate in the store please, so he went stomping out to skate outside, and promptly fell on his ass (is it bad that i was amused?)

[toomanycalls1]

At the grocery store

At the grocery store a few weeks ago my mom was shopping when one of the sniverling little moron brats ran into her elderly friend with her (she was taking her shopping with her) who fell down and got the wind knocked out of her.

The kid started crying because he bumped into the shelf and some things fell down on them (it was the toilet paper aisle. They were assaulted by charmain. They looked ridiculous but unhurt)

The parents came over and told my mother and her friend that they should get together and sue the store and my mother said "No stupid. We're going to sue you for letting your son run around on these things. The store is not liable because your hair bleach has sucked the brains out of your head"

The kid and his mother scrammed.

[excuse me??]

I work at one of those big home improvement stores and see kids zooming around... wish I had a pair too!

oh... one minor detail,

If a kid ran into one of our moving fork lifts, guess I would page.. "Clean up on Aisle 12"

[DisgruntledBadger]

Bit of a backstory on this. I get debilitating migraine headaches; been gettin' 'em for years. By now, I know that I can't just up and quit functioning when I have one...bills still gotta get paid and errands still gotta be run. I try my best to "mask" them when I'm in public...y'know, being polite and cordial and whatnot. No sense in being rude because I'm miserable.

Well, there I am in WallyWorld late one school night (we're talking eleven-thirty at night here) doing a bit of grocery shopping despite my migraine. No food in the apartment, and I figure it's late enough that people should be pretty few and far between. I'm carefully inching my way along, doing my thing, minding my own business, when WHAM! Outta nowhere, this little screaming banshee brat on those damned heelies goes flying into me and knocks me over. Kid freezes and stares at poor me, curled up in a ball on the floor. Kid just stands there while I catch my breath, staring. Not being especially quick thinking at that point in time, I glare up at the kid and do my best impersonation of an angry feline. Apparently being hissed and yowled at by an adult scared the kid half to death...he took off running, not wheeling, screaming "Mommmmmyyyyy!". I calmly proceeded to pick myself up and finish my shopping.

God, how I hate heelies. Ban them and set them on fire. Please.

[Gawdzillers]

I saw Heelys IRL for the first time yesterday.
The kid was being pretty cool about it, rolling up to the curb at moderate speed and walking when he got on the sidewalk.

[NightAngel]

Yesterday I had an interesting heelies experience.

Family comes in- Mom, Dad, 2 kids both wearing heelies.
The kids wait until Mom and Dad are towards the back of the store and the they take a running start and skate down the middle aisle. I looked at my co-worker and said, "God I hate those damn skate shoes," and started to walk out to take care of the problem.

I get a few steps out and the Mom appears.
"Stop. It. Now." she says through gritted teeth.

She walks back over to grab a movie.

Kids skate down the aisle again.

Mom grabs Dad and kids and comes up to the counter. I really didn't get to talk at all while they were checking out- I'm not even sure I told them when their movies were due.

Mom to Dad: "THIS is why I TOLD you not to buy them those stupid shoes!"
Dad: "But, well... they're kids and the shoes are fun..."
Mom: "No, they're spoiled kids and the shoes are embarrassing."
Dad: "But..."
Mom: "Don't say anything."
Dad: "But..."
Mom: "We will discuss this later." Administers the patented Mom's Evil Glare of Doom on the Dad.
Dad quietly walks out the door with kids in tow.

I wanted to give that woman a high-five and a free rental but decided to keep my nose out of her marriage...

[SCSlave]

After months of "Mom can I have? Mom can I Have PLEASE??" I finally broke down and bought my son Heelys. I loathe those things. They're fine for outside, but in stores...with lots of people around...they're inappropriate. I don't know how many times I've had to dodge some kid flying by on those things. And have you ever noticed, if the kid almost smacks into you, they give you a look like it is your fault? I don't really blame the kids...it's the parents that allow them to use public stores as their personal skate park.

Yes, my son has Heelys. However, he is not allowed to wear them out anywhere. If he does wear them, he has to take the wheels out. He knows these are the rules and he abides by them.

[jb17kx]

I thank God daily that such a scourge has not yet reached this fair country.

And let it be known that should any child acting irresponsibly with such instruments encounter me, they will regret it untill the day they die.

[powerboy]

I hate those freaking things. For the first time, I almost got ran over by someone wearing them. I was shopping, and ofcourse a kid about 10 years of age came out of nowhere. I had to move real fast out of the way.

At work, I am always telling a kid not to skate in the store. Or if the parents are around, I tell them to make sure that the kids skate by the display cases. So that way, if the kids crashes into something it will be into the expencive display case, that has about $1000 worth of stuff. They always make them stop skating. Wonder why

[CurlyLocks]

I get debilitating migraine headaches; been gettin' 'em for years. By now, I know that I can't just up and quit functioning when I have one...bills still gotta get paid and errands still gotta be run.

Badger, welcome to CS. I'm just wondering if you have a prescription for your migraines. I suffer from them occasionally and always keep some medication with me. Since I've started doing that I haven't had to go the ER as I did a few times in years past when I couldn't get rid of a migraine, sometimes for days. If you get them frequently, I believe there are medications you can take daily as a preventitive measure. Of course, if you've already tried all of this and it hasn't worked, you truly have my sympathies!