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ITEM: Tri-County Mall in Cincinnati is carding people after 4pm on Fridays and Saturdays to keep out minors trying to cruise the mall on weekends.
It’s part of the creepily named “Youth Escort Policy” that says anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or anyone over the age of 21.
I confess, the Cranky Old Man in me is kind of sympathetic to the spirit of the thing, if only because we have teenagers running rampant here in Disco Bay hanging out at the 24-hour McDonalds until 3am, and Jesus H Christ On A Biscuit they’re f***ing annoying.
But then we all were at that age, even if we didn't realize it. As were our parents. And grandparents (depending on yr age, since teenagers were only invented in the 1950s). Same old story: Older Generation tells Younger Generation they’re loud and crazy degenerates and Younger Generation laughs in their faces at their quaint rules.
Anyway, I doubt the YEP (and seriously, that’s a terrible name) will be all that effective, depending on how much you look like yr older brother/sister’s driver’s license photo (you know, the one you use to buy Schaefer’s Beer at the Circle K), or the “adult” who brings you. As if 21-year-olds are any better behaved by default.
Or some grown-ups, for that matter.
Shoppers gonna shop,
This is dF
ITEM: Tri-County Mall in Cincinnati is carding people after 4pm on Fridays and Saturdays to keep out minors trying to cruise the mall on weekends.
It’s part of the creepily named “Youth Escort Policy” that says anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or anyone over the age of 21.
"Being youth, and being in large numbers unsupervised, they tend to get loud and rowdy and detract from a comfortable shopping atmosphere,” said General Manager Michael Lyons.
To enforce the rules, there will be extra security at every entrance of the mall.
To enforce the rules, there will be extra security at every entrance of the mall.
I confess, the Cranky Old Man in me is kind of sympathetic to the spirit of the thing, if only because we have teenagers running rampant here in Disco Bay hanging out at the 24-hour McDonalds until 3am, and Jesus H Christ On A Biscuit they’re f***ing annoying.
But then we all were at that age, even if we didn't realize it. As were our parents. And grandparents (depending on yr age, since teenagers were only invented in the 1950s). Same old story: Older Generation tells Younger Generation they’re loud and crazy degenerates and Younger Generation laughs in their faces at their quaint rules.
Anyway, I doubt the YEP (and seriously, that’s a terrible name) will be all that effective, depending on how much you look like yr older brother/sister’s driver’s license photo (you know, the one you use to buy Schaefer’s Beer at the Circle K), or the “adult” who brings you. As if 21-year-olds are any better behaved by default.
Or some grown-ups, for that matter.
Shoppers gonna shop,
This is dF
