These spring chickens clucked for the last time at this fast-food spot.
A Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A has banished kids under 16 from dining in its location unless an adult is with them after lousy behavior from the rowdy teens just wouldn’t stop.
The recent edict made by the Royersford eatery comes amid relentless misbehavior by unaccompanied minors who’re too noisy and too vulgar to be trusted on their very own.
While it loves “being a community restaurant and serving guests of all ages,” the Chick-fil-A wrote on its Facebook page, “unacceptable behaviors” by groups of youngsters wasn’t price welcoming them anymore unless with mom, dad or one other adult chaperon.
The one time an individual under 16 can enter without supervision is in the event that they order their food on the counter — after which fly the coop.
The restaurant, about half-hour from Philadelphia, says the children are loud and infrequently curse while also laughing and being rude to employees on the job.
In addition they swiped decorations while tossing food and trash around and leaving it on tables.
“As you possibly can imagine, this just isn’t a nice experience. We wish to offer a snug and secure environment for our guests and our staff, and in addition to guard our constructing. Subsequently, we cannot allow this to proceed,” Chick-fil-A said.
The youngsters typically come after being dropped off at a close-by bounce park, and the restaurant is most populated with juveniles on Saturdays and when school is out.
“To those unaccompanied children and teenagers which have visited us and acted appropriately, we thanks. But we also apologize,” the restaurant said. “As a result of the various extreme behaviors of lots of your peers, we must make a blanket rule covering anyone under the age of 16.”
While Chick-fil-A took care to inform parents “we usually are not blaming you,” the business advised them to refer to their children about naughty behavior they’ve witnessed and even participated in.
The directive got here after staff “contemplated long and hard” in regards to the prohibition.
“Children and teenagers are learning to navigate the world free from supervision and infrequently push the boundaries,” the Royersford establishment said. “We simply can’t allow them to push those boundaries anymore at our restaurant.”
Some applauded Chick-fil-A’s decision on Facebook.
“I witnessed a gaggle of those kids a couple of weeks ago back on a Saturday while attempting to grab lunch and I gotta say, I’m surprised it took you this long to say something,” one commenter said.
“I used to be there on Monday and what a disaster!,” one other chimed in. “I felt for workers. Kudos for taking a stance.”
“This is unhappy for those teens who’re polite, but I agree you had to do that,” one other wrote. “My family and I were having dinner there a couple of weeks ago, and a gaggle of teens did exactly what you described.”
Chick-fil-A just isn’t the one restaurant to take a stand against kids recently.
A Recent Jersey Italian restaurant said it planned to ban all children under the age of 10 starting March 8.
“We love kids. We actually, truly, do. But currently, it’s been extremely difficult to accommodate children,” Nettie’s House of Spaghetti management wrote in a Facebook Post.
“Between noise levels, lack of space for top chairs, cleansing up crazy messes and the liability of youngsters running across the restaurant, now we have decided that it’s time to take control of the situation.”
