# Chuck E Cheese and violence. Armed security force. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254 "2008-05-22T15:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/1 "2008-05-22T15:39:25Z")
[Here’s the article on the problems of adult violence at Chuck E Cheese.](http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=753688) One of the many incidents: > [@](#): > > Then on Feb. 17, 2007, police responded to Chuck E. Cheese’s for a fight involving 15 to 20 people. When police arrived, the security guard was standing in the parking lot pointing a gun at 15 people, mostly children ages 6 to 16, lying on the ground. Police allowed the children to sit in their cars until officers could talk to them. I hate the places and they drive me nuts. Apparently it does push a lot of people over the edge, when they actually go there for a party. The fact that they had armed security apparently didn’t stop parents from going there. I sure wouldn’t take kids to a restaurant that needed security to carry guns. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/2 "2008-05-22T17:28:52Z")
Having been an armed guard, I bet that guy was fired. He should count himself lucky he wasn’t arrested for brandishing a firearm. You never draw your weapon unless you are planning to shoot someone, and you’d better damn well never shoot anyone unless you’ve already been shot! You most certainly DO NOT point it at unarmed children! Armed Security Officers are NOT Police. They/We cannot act as police and are most certainly not protected by the laws that allow police officers to act as they do. Fucking Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/3 "2008-05-22T17:35:56Z")
Looks like “Chuck” should’ve hired some [“Mall Ninjas”](http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/) for security purposes… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/4 "2008-05-22T18:14:29Z")
I don’t blame the guy one bit. Have you ever been to a Chuck E. Cheese? What seems like thousands of swarming, pizza grease coated children, all of them coming down with runny noses and missing at least one shoe streaking about while they giggle and scamper around in tubes like soda fueled mice while you’re surrounded by steampunk animatronic animals shreiking bizarre music at you while lights flash everywhere. It’s like a suburban version of Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas in there. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/5 "2008-05-22T19:12:47Z")
I wonder if all this violence is associated with the phenomenon of “Helicopter Parenting” that I’ve heard bandied about. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/6 "2008-05-22T19:19:01Z")
Do helicopter parents go to Chuck E. Cheese? I mean, _I_ don’t go there, and I’m not that picky. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/7 "2008-05-22T19:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I don’t blame the guy one bit. Have you ever been to a Chuck E. Cheese? What seems like thousands of swarming, pizza grease coated children, all of them coming down with runny noses and missing at least one shoe streaking about while they giggle and scamper around in tubes like soda fueled mice while you’re surrounded by steampunk animatronic animals shreiking bizarre music at you while lights flash everywhere. It’s like a suburban version of Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas in there. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but…a _pistol_? For that kind of mob you need a riot gun at least. Something with some stopping power, because those little monsters charge when they’re wounded. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/8 "2008-05-22T19:24:00Z")
Tellya what, two 18-month-olds had me cornered this morning at our playdate. It was like hyenas on a hunt, they were AFTER our television. Help! It’s HD! Save the TV! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/9 "2008-05-22T20:44:42Z")
The new hip-hop phrase: Best get outa my face or I’m goin’ all Chuck E. Cheese on yo’ ass. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/10 "2008-05-22T20:50:48Z")
I will Chuck you UP! ---
**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/11 "2008-05-22T22:40:13Z")
The one they mention in the article on the south side I used to work next to. EVERY night the police were called for one massive fight or another, until they stopped serving beer. I hear that now it’s only once every weekend night that the police show up. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/12 "2008-05-22T22:58:32Z")
Maybe they need to change their motto. Current: “Where a kid can be a kid” New: “Where a kid can be charged as a juvenile offender” Really really sad that you need ARMED security at a freaking kids pizza place. They shoulda just started putting roofies in the beer. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/13 "2008-05-22T23:03:56Z")
Ski-ball is the thread of sanity that holds those places into erupting into unprecedented chaos. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/14 "2008-05-22T23:27:07Z")
Being a security guard at Chucky Cheese is one of the closest things to hell I can imagine. [QUOTE=hekk] EVERY night the police were called for one massive fight or another, until they stopped serving beer. [/QUOTE] Why would they ever sell beer at Chucky Cheese? Actually, now that I think about it, I can understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/15 "2008-05-22T23:30:33Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] I will Chuck you UP! [/QUOTE] You win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/16 "2008-05-23T01:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=Chimera] Maybe they need to change their motto. Current: “Where a kid can be a kid” New: “Where a kid can be charged as a juvenile offender” Really really sad that you need ARMED security at a freaking kids pizza place. They shoulda just started putting roofies in the beer. [/QUOTE] …where a kid can be arraigned? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/17 "2008-05-23T01:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] …where a kid can be arraigned? [/QUOTE] Yes, that flows much better and fits the tune. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/18 "2008-05-23T03:11:48Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] …where a kid can be arraigned? [/QUOTE] ::snort:: ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/19 "2008-05-23T03:41:57Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] .Why would they ever sell beer at Chucky Cheese? [/QUOTE] Why would they stop? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254/20 "2008-05-23T05:35:26Z")
[QUOTE=j666] Why would they stop? [/QUOTE] You tell me. I’ve only gone in once, when I was waiting for Staples to do something. I thought it was a kids’ place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-e-cheese-and-violence-armed-security-force/450254.md?page=2)