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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...-taco-bell-to-close-dining-room-in-afternoon/

ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — A Taco Bell restaurant in Antioch has started closing its dining room in the afternoons after managers say it has become a magnet for high school students after class, and fights have been breaking out.

“At school you get suspended or something for that, and if you’re not at school you go to the plaza and fight and get away with it,” one student said.

Employees at the restaurant say the problem has gotten worse since school started.

“One time a girl knocked over all of our stuff. All the stuff on the front counter, she just knocked everything off and she threatened one of my coworkers and told her she was going to kill her,” an employee who was too scared to go on camera said.

Her co-worker quit after that incident.

Antioch police say they’re working with businesses in the area, and patrol the area when they can. But, the hundreds of students around the businesses make it challenging for officers.

The school district plans to discuss the issue at a future meeting.

Article links to a Youtube vid of a fight happening out on the parking lot of that Taco Bell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WglrMZ_WRzU

 

[commedieu]

The heat is getting to people.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Not much else you can do. That's a lot of kids.

 

[Gray Matter]

Well, at least they can have a victory meal after.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I can't even tell how many people are in that fight. I'd close too.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Wait, where is the police army to protect the stores?

 

[Deified Data]

I work in a public library that serves a similar niche. These kids are terrors so their parents lock them out of their house until they get home from work and the library is the only place they can go. They're mostly burnouts so they hate it here and let us know it on a regular basis. We remove them when we have to (getting the police involved when necessary), but they're back in a couple weeks with the same chip on their shoulder. Politically we can't just tell the community "your rotten kids aren't welcome here anymore" so it's a problem we'll perpetually have to deal with. It kind of goes in cycles, fortunately. When all the kids in one bad group either get arrested, sent to juvie, get pregant, or run away we might have a few months of relative quiet before the younger kids grow up and repeat the cycle.

 

[speculawyer]

They need to break out the holy hand grenade of Antioch.

 

[mr jones]

I work in a public library that serves a similar niche. These kids are terrors so their parents lock them out of their house until they get home from work and the library is the only place they can go. They're mostly burnouts so they hate it here and let us know it on a regular basis. We remove them when we have to (getting the police involved when necessary), but they're back in a couple weeks with the same chip on their shoulder. Politically we can't just tell the community "your rotten kids aren't welcome here anymore" so it's a problem we'll perpetually have to deal with. It kind of goes in cycles, fortunately. When all the kids in one bad group either get arrested, sent to juvie, get pregant, or run away we might have a few months of relative quiet before the younger kids grow up and repeat the cycle.

Too easy...

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

A friend of mine lives in Antioch. I should get him to drive down there and see whats up.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Ughh. I feel sorry for franchisees and their employees that have to deal with this. Kids these days.

 

[Velcro Fly]

When I was in high school we had open campus lunch for the first 1.5 years. Everyone knew you would go to Long John Silvers to fight behind it.

 

[Clydefrog]

Good exercise though if you're going to eat Taco Bell.

 

[soul creator]

leaked footage of the kids in the restaurant

 

[ReAxion]

*fists raised to the sky* TEEEEEEENS!!

 

[DietRob]

A couple of the fast food places where I grew up did not allow teenagers into their stores unless they were in the presence of their parents. It was kinda messed up but looking back I understand the rational.

There were all kinds of fights and other shenanigans that business owners didn't want to put up with and this was almost 20 years ago.

 

[IDKAboutThat]

This one time I went to a Taco Bell, and I have to say, if I was in Taco Bells that much, I'd be violent too.

Of course I need a wheelchair, so I'm not exactly intimidating, but still.

 

[TxdoHawk]

These are definitely fast food workers that deserve $15 an hour...and some riot gear.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Saw something like this happen at a Whataburger over a football game. Must be hell to work at that Taco Bell if it happens every day.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Few things are more obnoxious than being at a fast food place that is full of high school kids acting up. They get so loud and stupid.

 

[dekline]

I suppose you could flood the eyes of your enemies with fire sauce or use a spicy tostada as a ranged weapon. Kids are brutal.

 

[outunderthestars]

I love the police response of "we're busy, figure it out on your own".

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Few things are more obnoxious than being at a fast food place that is full of high school kids acting up. They get so loud and stupid.

I'm sure it's outright frightening to work in that environment. It's too much to ask for those poor employees.

 

[Stet]

leaked footage of the kids in the restaurant

The Sprain? That's the forbidden dance!

 

[JBourne]

I'm sure it's outright frightening to work in that environment. It's too much to ask for those poor employees.

And now they're going to get less hours.

 

[Effnine]

How are the police suddenly inept at handling the problem? Isn't that their job?

 

[Discordian_taco]

In LA there was a Burger King near my old work that was next to a High School and the Burger King had a policy of only 2 kids in the restaurant at a time. Before they started that policy it was a MAD HOUSE around 3pm. Apparently a lot of kids would wait in the restaurant for their parents to come pick them up.

 

[PsychBat!]

Too easy...

 

[Effnine]

Serious question, is this a recent thing, or have kids/teenagers always been such little shits?

Before high school, I was fairly bad, but I never fucked with businesses ... from high school on I was pretty much civil ... curious how much social media amps up the peer pressure and show-off factor for teens now ...

 

[DietRob]

Serious question, is this a recent thing, or have kids/teenagers always been such little shits?

Every generation of teenagers is bound to ruin the world.

 

[BigAT]

Now you listen to me. I want selling reopened right now! Get those workers back in here! Turn those machines back on! TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK ON!

 

[PsychBat!]

Serious question, is this a recent thing, or have kids/teenagers always been such little shits?

Yes.

But in all seriousness, teens have always had shitty behavior. You just don't notice it when you're a teen yourself(I mean in general).

 

[TAJ]

There was a burger joint right next to Torrance High School that I used to like.
When I went in after they finished handling a wave of students the old Japanese guy who owned it looked shellshocked every time. Then one time I came in and he was crying. The next time after that he was sitting at the counter completely catatonic. (Some of the stuff on the counter was knocked over, but not near him.) Then not long after the restaurant closed.

 

[DarthWoo]

Serious question, is this a recent thing, or have kids/teenagers always been such little shits?

Back when my best friend and I were both in high school (different ones), she told me that several of the convenience stores closest to her Catholic school had signs posted prohibiting more than a small group of students in at any one time, so I'm guessing it's not that new of a thing.

 

[Fantasmo]

Serious question, is this a recent thing, or have kids/teenagers always been such little shits?

It's not happening everywhere so no. This is just an extreme case.

But things tend to gain traction when it's reported (the internet makes the world 'smaller'), so maybe eventually but I doubt it.

 

[Moral Panic]

Why can't they still punish the kids for fighting? Just because it is outside doesn't mean the school's hands are tied does it?

 

[Gouty]

I was an absolute cunt at that age. There wasnt a thing on Earth i wouldn't do for a laugh.

 

[Omega]

How are the police suddenly inept at handling the problem? Isn't that their job?

they prefer to deal with minorities in small groups

 

[TAJ]

Why can't they still punish the kids for fighting? Just because it is outside doesn't mean the school's hands are tied does it?

Where I went to school you could be punished for things that happened in other towns or on days off.

 

[mreddie]

Same thing happened at the pizza place that was near the school. During early leaves, some students from my old HS and some from the other HS got in fights in one fight happened at the Peter Piper Pizza between the two. One kid used a pizza pan against other, cops came. I recorded the footage on my RAZR at the time. It was amazing,

 

[jakncoke]

This reminds me slightly of what happened at my High School, there was a mini mart about 50 feet from school and before and after school all the smokers would congregate and fights would take place behind it. It got to a point where the actual store would only allow 1 teen in at a time because of the thefts, the place finally got bought by the school district and closed down in some I guess effort to curb teen smoking.

 

[BossLackey]

Not even touching this one

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Geez what the fuck.




I seriously never heard of this stuff happening when I was in high school.

Depends on who you hang out with and/or what gossip you end up hearing. It's been 20 years since high school for me and I remember back then seeing nearby businesses with signs saying only a certain number of students in at a time, no backpacks allowed, etc.

 

[zsswimmer]

Not even touching this one

cool

 

[Fox318]

No tacos no peace

 

[Sol..]

When I was in high school we had a krogers, chik fil a, blockbuster, and a bunch of other stuff was right across the street. Supposedly some dirty shit would go down behind the Krogers, but I never was around to see it. The chik-fil-a and blockbuster were pretty aggressive towards us. They didn't like us lurking around if we weren't buying anything and weren't afraid to say something. We weren't even allowed to be anywhere near their property during school hours. To be honest, I don't think we were allowed to loiter anywhere within a half mile of campus without the risk of cops or security guards rolling through.

Shit, they even post out in front of the school and wait for kids to jaywalk for some easy traffic tickets.

 

[tiltnkirby]

Back when my best friend and I were both in high school (different ones), she told me that several of the convenience stores closest to her Catholic school had signs posted prohibiting more than a small group of students in at any one time, so I'm guessing it's not that new of a thing.

Theres a 7-11 near here that's across the street from a middle school. Same sign but with added "Place backpacks here" at the front.

Geez what the fuck.




I seriously never heard of this stuff happening when I was in high school.


*edit: But I guess it answers my questions. Teenagers have always, and will always, be little shits!

Once every 2-3 years some high schoolers(I live down the street from a high school) come to our dead end, form a big group and start to fight, they even record it. Sometimes they move it to a bit up the street since we're pretty active on keeping this part free of whatever activity people may be trying to do, while the majority of the block doesn't seem to care since they just turtle in their house most days.

 

[Seth C]

Not much else you can do. That's a lot of kids.

Sure there is. Minors? You can take their parents to court and then lock them up.

 

[BlueTsunami]

I work in a public library that serves a similar niche. These kids are terrors so their parents lock them out of their house until they get home from work and the library is the only place they can go. They're mostly burnouts so they hate it here and let us know it on a regular basis. We remove them when we have to (getting the police involved when necessary), but they're back in a couple weeks with the same chip on their shoulder. Politically we can't just tell the community "your rotten kids aren't welcome here anymore" so it's a problem we'll perpetually have to deal with. It kind of goes in cycles, fortunately. When all the kids in one bad group either get arrested, sent to juvie, get pregant, or run away we might have a few months of relative quiet before the younger kids grow up and repeat the cycle.

Damn thats bleak...

 

[unholyrevenger72]

Every school district i've ever been in is legally liable for all of it's student's from the moment they leave their parent's presence in the morning to the moment they set foot in their house.