Chuck E.'s in love...with having the cops called on it!

For those unawares, Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of pizza restaurants specializing in stage shows and other features for children. It features a cartoon rat as its mascot.

I've heard that the Chuck E. Cheese's in my area is so stodgy that it refuses to allow teenagers to eat there without an adult "chaperone." It seems to me that teenagers would be too old to be interested in Chuck E. Cheese's anyway. My school had an outing there when I was a high school senior, and I just didn't grasp why the school thought it would appeal to teens.

I was also there on a school trip in 5th grade. I don't remember whether it was during that trip or the one in high school when someone shit on the restroom floor.

Now a Chuck E. Cheese's in upscale Brookfield, Wisconsin, is one of several locations that are the subject of a preposterously offbeat story about the drunken behavior of parents who take their kids there.

Chuck E. Cheese's is the source of more police calls than any other restaurant in town. In fact, even most bars don't see as many fights. Since last year, cops have had to break up 12 fights at Chuck E. Cheese's. The most notorious altercation occurred at a child's birthday party when about 40 adults threw chairs and yelled in front of the stage.

Because of such displays, the town asked Chuck E. Cheese's to surrender its alcohol license.

Other cities report similar woes at their local Chuck E. Cheese's locations. A fight at a Chuck E. Cheese's in Michigan involved some 85 people. At a location in Ohio, several adults were charged with disorderly conduct after they started a melee with children who they accused of monopolizing a drawing machine.

What's the restaurant's response to this misconduct? Many locations have implemented predictably ineffective measures. Some have implemented dress codes for customers that prohibit "gang-style apparel." Others have filled the restaurants with pistol-packing guards.

Needless to say, the immaturity by adult patrons of Chuck E. Cheese's continues unabated.

Chuck E. Cheese's, of all places!

(Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122878081364889613.html)