# Pizza and brawls. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021 "2008-03-04T13:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/1 "2008-03-04T13:25:21Z")
Even as you read this, someone is fighting over something trivial and stupid. Whether its a parking space, the use of a public phone or ATM, or “You called my sister a slut!”. But what baffles me is when they do it in front of their children…and apparently not just their own children,[but other peoples children as well.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_brawling_moms) > [@](#): > > NATICK, Mass. - A child’s birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant was cut short after a fight broke out between two mothers. Natick police said the mom of the 9-year-old birthday boy apparently became enraged because the other woman’s son was “hogging” an arcade game. The story doesn’t give a lot of details, but its just a freaking game a Chuck E. Cheese. Having a brawl in fucking Chuck E. Cheese over an arcade game is just asinine.It doesn’t even matter which parent started the fighting. If you don’t have enough _self control and common sense to **not get into a pointless fight over an arcade game in a public place in front of your own and the children of others** , you shouldn’t have fuckin’ kids in the first place._ Cunts. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/2 "2008-03-04T14:34:57Z")
Nice RO thread, and I can get behind this argument 100%. It is bad enough when guys go around chest-thumping, even worse when girls do it. Happens all the time over stupid, trivial shit. You are right, people like this are clearly unfit to be parents. Now if we could just find some way to prevent unfit parents from having kids. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/3 "2008-03-04T14:41:10Z")
Why is it any worse when **women** do it? Marc ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/4 "2008-03-04T14:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=MGibson] Why is it any worse when **women** do it? Marc [/QUOTE] Because we’re supposed to be smarter? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/5 "2008-03-04T14:53:52Z")
The conditions at a Chuck E Cheese are conducive to brawls anyhow. Being in one of those makes any adult want to kill somebody to get rid of the tension headache. Berserker rage takes your mind off the headache and screaming people all around you. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/6 "2008-03-04T14:55:04Z")
Well, with men, I can blame testosterone and centuries of stunted evolution and having to prove ourselves alpha male to get the woman with the best childbearing hips. And dammit, youz galz are supposed to be smarter than us guyz. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/7 "2008-03-04T15:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=MGibson] Why is it any worse when **women** do it? Marc [/QUOTE] Because broads ain’t suppos’d ta fight, see? They’s suppos’d ta be all dainty and girly-like. It’s all the women’s lib stuff these days, it confuses 'em. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/8 "2008-03-04T15:15:27Z")
Oh, God. That Chuck E. Cheese is next door to where I am right now. I’m definitely not going there for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/9 "2008-03-04T15:23:30Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Oh, God. That Chuck E. Cheese is next door to where I am right now. I’m definitely not going there for lunch. [/QUOTE] Wait, definitely NOT? Where else are you going to see a floor show like that? IT would almost be worth eating the bad pizza. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/10 "2008-03-04T16:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Oh, God. That Chuck E. Cheese is next door to where I am right now. I’m definitely not going there for lunch. [/QUOTE] So long as you stay out of the path of angry mommies, you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/11 "2008-03-04T16:26:51Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Wait, definitely NOT? Where else are you going to see a floor show like that? IT would almost be worth eating the bad pizza. [/QUOTE] Seriously, free catfight. Go. Take pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/12 "2008-03-04T16:27:23Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Because broads ain’t suppos’d ta fight, see? They’s suppos’d ta be all dainty and girly-like. [/QUOTE] Yeah. They’re supposed to _inspire_ fights. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/13 "2008-03-04T16:40:37Z")
I blame Chukee Cheese. One good video game, 8 gazillion crappy ones. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/14 "2008-03-04T16:49:19Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Oh, God. That Chuck E. Cheese is next door to where I am right now. I’m definitely not going there for lunch. [/QUOTE] You were considering eating there before you read this? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/15 "2008-03-04T16:50:05Z")
Yeah, stick to the malls for your gaming pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/16 "2008-03-04T17:16:32Z")
One of the reasons fights broke out at the CEC near where I worked a decade ago was the combination of relatives and beer. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/17 "2008-03-04T18:22:02Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] One of the reasons fights broke out at the CEC near where I worked a decade ago was the combination of relatives and beer. [/QUOTE] That’s pretty much always a crappy combination. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/18 "2008-03-04T21:56:24Z")
I used to live next to a pizza place called Chuck & Cheese. I always wondered how they weren’t sued. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/19 "2008-03-06T17:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I used to live next to a pizza place called Chuck & Cheese. I always wondered how they weren’t sued. [/QUOTE] I heard about that - some guy named Sneed bought them out. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021/20 "2008-03-06T18:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I heard about that - some guy named Sneed bought them out. [/QUOTE] Thank you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-and-brawls/440021.md?page=2)