What the fuck! Just because we’re YOUNG we are nothing but peices of SHIT? Dammit, I am a good kid! I’ve NEVER gotten in trouble, never done any thing to GET in trouble, yet I can’t walk around a mall with out security gaurds eveballin’ me! My fiance and I can’t walk in a jewerly store together to look for a ring, because we are discriminated against! To get a ring he has to go to stores without me and in his Navy uniform, and they STILL try to cheat him! Teenagers can’t make a personal decision without people thinking we’re just trying to get back at our parents, or rebel! YES there are bad teenagers! But that doesn’t mean we’re ALL bad! I can’t wear a black tee-shirt without people saying as I pass, “goddam druggie.” Leave me alone! I DO NOT do drugs! I don’t even smoke and I refuse to drink alchohol! I’ve never even SEEN a joint! Oh yes, NEWS FLASH! I’m at college to get a good EDUCATION, not to get drunk and laid! Leave us alone, you narrow minded shits! I know kids that the ONLY reason they went bad is because THATS WHAT YOU EXPECTED OF THEM!! If you cared to encourage them, not put them down, they would be happy, healthy, upstanding members of your community! Maybe some of them would still be ALIVE, GODDAMMIT!
(To all “adults” who do not fit above description, thanks. You don’t know how much you help.)
I’d like to apologize on behalf of all retailers for how we ‘profile’ people as possible shoplifters. I did it quite a bit when working in retail. Unfortunately, teenagers are more likely to swipe stuff from a store than adults (although adults tend to swipe more expensive stuff).
Still, constant rivers of shit and an unwillingness to deal with you at all is a major fuck-up.
Fuckin punk ass teenagers sittin around doin nothin no good why doncha get a fuckin job ya punk ass bitch and quit slouchin what the fuck happened to your hair get out of my yard goddammit got no time for you you good for nothin what’s your problem huh why doncha do better is school i said i want respect dammit little thieves they’re all a bunch of little thieves no respect britney spears lovin dope smoking little shits i said get out of my yard.
Is that what it’s like?
Just wait, adults have it worse.
Suddenly, responsibility rears its ugly head.
(Are you really engaged? To a guy in the navy? You’d better take a step back and think about that one.)
Fuck, like she hasn’t heard THAT before.
She just got through with a rant explaining that she doesn’t deserve that kind of attitude, and then you go and throw your two cents in.
Here’s a hearty FUCK YOU from a navy wife. Have a nice day, asshole.
I was glad to see that Americans are finally standing up to teenagers and imposing some discipline on them. Here’s a story from today’s newspaper:
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-09-21-0002.html
Now there’s a GOOD teenager.
And you’re whiny, too, damnit!
Goddamn kids these days. Don’t even appreciate the merits of a good academic background.
Yes, I am engaged. Yes to a guy in the Navy. Got a problem? At least he’s off his ass doing an excelent job at securing a future for us. He’s not carreer Navy, he’ll be out in three years. But even if he was, God bless him! Whats wrong with the Navy? If that’s what he wants to do, I’d be happy! Also, as much as you’d hate to admit it, we are being responsible. We’ve been engaged since april 2000, and we’re not getting married until april 2001, no matter what. We knew that we might be going too fast, so we put that limit on ourselves.
Thank you LunaSea.
relic, how old are you exactly?
I know I’m not American and things are different over there, but I’d say marrying in your teenage years is a pretty dumb thing to do. No matter what.
And don’t talk to me about responsibilty. I’ve had more responsibility than some adults I’ve met. All throughout my life I’ve been the responsible one. Clubs, friends, Co-workers, many things would have fallen apart without me. I’ve had the weight of a friend and loved one’s almost suicide on me. I’ve been everyone’s shoulder to lean on, and when I needed support, they were too busy for me. Except for one, and I’m marrying him. The first thing I learned in Jr. High was the four R’s, Respect, Responsibilty, Resoursefulness, Responsiveness. I AM responsible. But I do agree, there is more responsibilty in being an adult, bring it on.
Sorry, Coldfire, I thought I mentioned this. I’m 18, my fiance is 19. We’ve known each other for three years. We won’t be getting married for a while yet, and if anything goes wrong, or we have second thoughts, it’s off or extended. But there’s been no problems yet, except for other peoples problems.
Hehe, welcome to life. People can and will make blanket assumptions about you because you’re young. Also when you’re middle aged. And also when you’re elderly. Not to mention if you’re black, red, yellow, brown, green, mauve, tall, short, fat, skinny, bald, bearded, barefoot, wearing dirty/ratty clothes, wearing white shoes out of season, eating meat, pretty, ugly, blond, brunette, tattooed, pierced, a registered Democrat, a registered Republican, not registered as either Democrat or Republican, a country music fan, a rap fan, a rock music fan, a top 40 music fan, smart, dumb, loud, soft, outspoken, shy, from the west side of town, from the east side of town, a drinker, a pot smoker, a non-drinker, a non-smoker, wearing a cowboy hat, wearing a Cowboys jersey, talking with a Boston accent, talking with a Southern accent, not talking with either of these accents, drinking a soda, drinking fruit juice, or drinking a wine cooler (just to name a few).
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not downing you for speaking up and saying “hey, this really sucks”. I agree. All I’m saying is, be prepared for the assumptions to continue unabated.
I used to manage a Tim Hortons where the kids from the near by highschool hung out at lunch hour.
I had a few that were a problem; emptying sugar dishes, napkins all over the floor, grafitti in the washrooms and just a general mess. There were others who would try and get away with sitting in the store without making a purchase.
These ‘bad’ teens were not the majority, and after enough of me kicking them out, even the bad ones behaved…mostly.
They, for the most part turned into a pretty good group of kids, who most days would purchase lunch deals, dozens of donuts or at the very least a coffee.
What pisses me off is the very attitude the op talks about.
I would have adults complain to me about all the kids in the store… but when I would look around, they had all made purchases, and most of their purchases were more than the adult had spent. Their lunch hours really only lasted about 25 minutes or so before they had to head back to school!!
What I ended up telling the adults is that these kids had made purchases and were not violating any loitering policies…so I could not ask them to leave. As I knew my customers very well ( mostly regulars) I would joke around with them and say don’t you remember when ‘we’ were that age?? It seemed to make them think about it a little an eventually, the adults became more tolerant of the kids and knew to take a lunch hour a few minutes earlier or later to avoid not being able to get a seat.
FWIW, Congrats on your upcoming marriage, but I agree that you should wait awhile longer, get done school, settle into being an adult (as settled as one can get ;))… then if you both feel the same way after having had some more time to “grow up” (I do not mean this in a negative or belittling way) then go for it! What’s the rush??
BTW, I’m not mad anymore, God I love venting! Anywho, what do y’all think is a good amt. of time to wait? We thought a year was cool, what d’y’all think? I honestly whant to know.
Oh, and feel free to ask any more questions if you need to assess the situation better.
One thing ya gotta give the adults, they’ve got us beat in the experience dept. No hard feelings, Oh Wise Ones? 
I think you’ve waited long enough, in theory. It’s just that marrying so young can have its drawbacks. At the risk of sounding somewhat irresponsible, this IS the time to get drunk and laid. At 18, getting married means shutting the door to all kinds of fun you CAN experience when you’re single, or in a more open relationship.
I’m not judging your relationship in itself, mind you. I’m sure that’s all fine and dandy. It’s just that I think you might miss out on a lot of things, that’s all.
I agree with Coldy. Experience LIFE before marriage. Have fun. Do all the crazy things that is expected of you
Marriage can wait, and if you BF is the right guy… he can wait too (and he will).
Well, Coldfire, he’s already experienced all that (and more). Me? Never appealed to me, I’m sorta a homebody. It’s not like I haven’t flirted, it’s just that those guys didn’t have what I was looking for. David (my fiance) is more than I could ever dream of.
Thanks for the endorsement. I can see where everyone is coming from, but that felt really nice.
Oh! forgot to mention. He knows that I haven’t experienced much so he told me (with tears in his eyes) that he’d wait for me if I wanted to have my fun in college. He also said that because I opted to stay with him throughout the three years we can’t be together (I’ll be in Champaign-Urbana, he in Washing D.C.) if I ever cheated on him, he’d understand. Thing is, I am so not tempted! And I’ve been asked out by a really hot guy already… But why would I want to, you know? I’ve already got more than I’d hoped for.
Don’t take it personally. The jewellery business is built on taking advantage of people getting married. They try to cheat everybody.