Author Topic: booze at Chuck E Cheese???? (Read 1863 times)

texasmom · « **on:** February 10, 2008, 10:53:38 PM »

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=22819
Was surprised today to have read they withdrew their application to serve alcohol. Can't believe I didn't hear about it before that.

Booze at Chuck E. Cheese??? Wow, bad form! Took my kids there just yesterday. Would really suck to have a bunch of parents boozing it up while their kiddies play video games.

And this article says about 75% of the Chuck E. Cheese establishments serve booze already? Wow.

*edit* there's already about a thousand obnoxious kids in the place ~ would be *GREAT* to add in a whole bunch of obnoxious parents as well. Sheesh!

Chairboy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2008, 10:56:08 PM »

This bothers you... why?

texasmom · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:02:52 PM »

Am I just uptight? I mean, I don't think at all that I am (of course)...

Nobody in our family drinks at all... and don't attend any social functions with our kids at which the adults will have booze.

But for a business that is in existence entirely for children ~ you should hope (I know... I just bashed "hope" in another thread recently) that you could go without a bunch of boozing parents.

Sandman · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:06:43 PM »

They need booze. It might make the food taste better... or make the parents not notice.

Chairboy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:08:34 PM »

Time for a reality check here. The business is for kids... but kids don't have any money. To draw the kids, you need to appeal to the parents. You're already subjecting them to dancing robot mice, ball pits, and screaming kids (not to mention, terrible pizza). Any little thing you can do to make it suck just a little bit less, the better your chances are of surviving as a business.

Plus, if you think that pitchers of watered down beer is going to turn a Chuck E Cheeze into a great big bar fight.... that's just not true. Time for some perspective, it's beer & pizza.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:09:52 PM »

I went to a Chuck-E-Cheese once; I now know exactly what its like to have ADD.

JB73 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:11:13 PM »

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Originally posted by texasmom
...Nobody in our family drinks at all... and don't attend any social functions with our kids at which the adults will have booze...

sounds a bit uptight to me...

what about a barbecue on the 4th of July or something, no beers in the cooler?

I wouldn't say you have to drink at a function like that, but you make it sound like any adult having a drink intends to "booze it up" like you say and get overly drunk. You do realize some of us have a thing called restraint.

rpm · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:38:07 PM »

Pizza and beer? OH MY GOD!!!

Seriously Mom, you're wound a bit tight on this one.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:46:42 PM »

If I had to take a kid to C.E.C.'s I'd have to be pretty damn lit to take all of the damn cacaphony going on in there.

texasmom · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:49:30 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
sounds a bit uptight to me...

what about a barbecue on the 4th of July or something, no beers in the cooler?

I wouldn't say you have to drink at a function like that, but you make it sound like any adult having a drink intends to "booze it up" like you say and get overly drunk. You do realize some of us have a thing called restraint.

Yeah, you may be right about me being uptight on that one.
Nope, we don't even drink at 4th of July, 5th of May, New Years Eve, none of that.

Delirium · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:42:41 AM »

The Chucky Cheese here serves beer, but cuts all the adults off at 2 drinks a peice.

Don't ask me how I know... I think they are still trying to get the vaseline out of back fur of the Chucky Cheese costume.

loser · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2008, 02:48:43 AM »

I dont see any problem here. Unless of course they make you drink beer to get into the place.

I understand what you are saying though, a child oriented place should not sell something that is catered to an adult market.

But then you think common sense would over ride "the rules"

BBBB · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2008, 03:53:32 AM »

There is a pizza place up in Michigan called Peter Piper Pizza, they serve beer, the Showbiz pizza (I think it was bought out by CEC), serves beer. It seems to be an industry standard. As JB noted, "restraint" is the buzz word here. Besides, have you ever had the beer at one of those places? Calling it "beer" is a compliment.

Pooh21 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2008, 04:08:29 AM »

Land of the "Free" and home of the Prudes.

if Jesus didnt want us to drink, why didnt he just leave the water the way it was. "Eat Drink and be merry" You teetotalers make the rest of us Rightwing nutjobs look like the taliban.

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2008, 04:25:40 AM »

If im goin' to pump 200 bucks (easy) for a day at chuck e cheese, so my kids can play video games (isnt that why i got the xbox & pc for?) anyhow..im having a beer.

or im choking someone.

Hope this helps.