Students hanging out in Walmart after school

By local citizen
Published/Last Modified on Friday, August 15, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

To my knowledge Walmart is a grocery store,etc, not a local teen hang out. Why are these juveniles allowed to hang out in the aisles and be disrespectful to customers? I wasn't a happy camper after my episode yesterday!

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    IM A TEEN wrote on Sep 2, 2008 9:01 AM:

    " So what.....you're old.WHY ARE ALL THESE ADULTS ALWAYS HANGING OUT AND TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES AT WAL-MART. Shouldn't they be somewhere working to support their families? When I was an adult I read books. I didn't go to Wal-Mart and stand still speaking to people I know. No sir, not me I have a life. SEE HOW RIDICULOUS YOU PEOPLE SOUND? "

    NothingToMe wrote on Aug 28, 2008 7:48 AM:

    " It doesn't bother me at all if the teenagers hang at Wal*Mart but - I wonder how the employees at Wal*Mart feel about it? You know it probably creates extra work for these unfortunate people who have to work there - and they are already underpaid, overworked, etc. Is it right that they should be forced to babysit your teenagers in addition to all of their other work? "

    MR CLEAN wrote on Aug 26, 2008 10:16 PM:

    " I come into contact with quite a few students (primarily student-athletes that play football) and they are always very polite and respectful towards me.

    Westgate is the school I'm most aligned with and I love it over there. They treat me great. "

    TO ...IM A TEEN wrote on Aug 26, 2008 6:09 PM:

    " Go read a book boo. Do something educational. "

    The Original Chuck wrote on Aug 25, 2008 8:47 PM:

    " A disclaimer, if you will, and an amendment to my previous post that didn't "make the cut": The person who's posts are labeled with the tag "Chuck" in this thread, is NOT the same "Chuck" who's posted comments in other threads of the DI forum. Chuck's posts here in no way reflect my opinion, whatsoever. "

    me wrote on Aug 25, 2008 4:04 PM:

    " i agree with Chuck. Where do these kids have to hang out around here? What do you expect them to hang out! and dont blame the parent because i used to be a out of control teen and my mom raised we the best she could. i was old enough to know better and so are they. They know better disrespect others but they choose to. "

    Diana wrote on Aug 25, 2008 2:22 PM:

    " Teens or Adults, What is the difference who "hangs" around in the aisles of WalMart. Adults do the same as what you are saying about the Teens. Adults block the isles to "chat" with others, and when you try to go down the isle, it is like you interupted their very important conversation. Wal Mart is a daily/weekly visit with your family. I stopped shopping Wal Mart because of the Adults that disrespect others. So if your going to complain about the teens, complain about the Adults as well. "

    Who cares wrote on Aug 25, 2008 12:16 AM:

    " Hey if Wal Mart doesn't care who hangs in their business why do we? They are one of the richest companies on earth. I don't feel their pain. Run and frolic children. "

    B.Bean wrote on Aug 23, 2008 9:39 PM:

    " I do not have a problem with teens hanging out in walmart as long as they have respect for others and dont act like animals, I dont like when grown people act like animals in a store. "

    Local citizen wrote on Aug 22, 2008 8:40 PM:

    " I completely agree with most of you on how there is nothing for the teens to do, so yeah hang out in walmart. Fine, if that's what they want, by all means do that, but DO NOT block aisles and argue and curse with the customers. My son was with me as this juvenile delinquent decided to desrespect me. I put a X on this place for awhile. "

    To Teen... wrote on Aug 21, 2008 10:31 PM:

    " With this type of thinking I see you in jail or dead! It does not say much for how you were raised. Do as some of the others here said use your time wisely doing things productive with your life. Do not be a statistic... "

    new iberia blows wrote on Aug 21, 2008 7:00 PM:

    " Well, its better to have them in walmart, than to be lurking around the streets. This town is nothing but drugs, thieves, and crackheads. Better to let someone lurk around walmart than smoking crack and stealing your tv. "

    I was one wrote on Aug 21, 2008 2:52 PM:

    " I am a very successful women who has moved from New Iberia a few years ago. And guess what "I" hung out in Walmart when I was a teenager! You know why? Cause there was and still is nothing to do in New Iberia but that. Which would you rather some kids hanging out in Walmart or some kids hanging out in the street.Get it together people its not always teenagers fault. "

    Really wrote on Aug 21, 2008 2:37 PM:

    " Teenagers have been hanging out in Wal-Mart for years not just in New Iberia every city. Go to any WalMart at anytime and you will run into a group of teenagers walking around. "

    to im a teen wrote on Aug 20, 2008 7:27 PM:

    " We do not owe u entertainment. Find something constructive to do with your time besides get in trouble. My children never did thing like this i knew where they were at. And not one of them ever got in trouble with the law and are all productive citizens. So if u end up in trouble you can say through my fault and at the rate you are going you will probably end up there. "

    Mr. R wrote on Aug 20, 2008 3:19 PM:

    " To all bored teens, get a job, volunteer for something, go to church, go to school, help your moma, grand ma, dad, cut the grass, just because you are bored doesnt mean you have to do anything illegal or public for that matter. Find something crafty to do at home or in your neighborhood, then when you get some honest money go to walmart to buy something instead of being a social leach. Thats how I was raised and now Im a productive honest citizen. Not a thug or outlaw. "

    IM A TEEN wrote on Aug 19, 2008 7:37 PM:

    " WE ARE BORED. We have nothing to do. Wal-Mart is our...we are bored let's go to Wal-Mart place. I'm glad that we at least have Wal-Mart.I have the answer to "Why do teenagers always find themselves in trouble?"BOREDOM. That's why teenagers end up on the roof of Iberia Bank, that's why we are walking the streets late at night, and that is why we loiter in parking lots.
    Just give us something to do New Iberia. We are bored. Our curiousity plays in and we find ourselves on roofs and on streets and in parking lots.
    The Underground Sea isdangerousandtrashy "

    no name wrote on Aug 19, 2008 1:12 PM:

    " I work in a store and i see kids hanging around our parking lot and have to ask them to leave. They ask customers to buy them cigaretts skateboard or ride bikes in the parking lot and I have had scratches on my vehicle because they come and lean against it, stick their hand under the vending machines to look for what ever. I think the parents need to know where their children are and what they are doing. "

    Poor Teenagers wrote on Aug 19, 2008 10:43 AM:

    " Chuck Pleaseeeee
    We owe children food, clothes and education. Don't your neighborhoods need
    cleaning up. does not the elderly need
    help. Whinning Whinning Whinning
    Our Children are so spoiled Take alook at the third world childrens and THINK>>>>> "

    Brian wrote on Aug 18, 2008 11:50 AM:

    " Hey chuck , how is it you get to be such a blatent racist when running down the Mexicans, but if you said something about another race, you'd be called out. These people work here because noone else will do the job. And, if their at Wal-Mart, looks like their spending the money they make here. Get your backside to church . "

    Deborah C. White wrote on Aug 18, 2008 7:11 AM:

    " At one time we had opened up a place for teens in my dance studio. We had DJ music, games and a snack bar. They would pay to get in but they could not go out and come back in without paying again. That was to help with the safety of the kids. This city did not support it. I guess they did not like the rule that they could not go and come like they wanted. I do agree, they need something to do but will this parish support it. "

    Poor pitiful me wrote on Aug 17, 2008 10:22 PM:

    " when I was a kid all I had to play with was my bike (when someone hadn't stolen it yet), my yard, a bat and ball; even then if I hadn't finished my homework and helped around the house I couldn't have those! To top it off I had to be in my own yard when the street lights came on. I am glad my parents didn't have any of you "civic minded crybabies" to listen to or I probably wouldn't even have had what I had. "

    Concerned about our teens... wrote on Aug 17, 2008 2:39 PM:

    " I tried to get a company to come to N.I. to invest in a place for teens to hang. It would have many things that could be family or teen activities. Indoor golf like I saw in another state, a refreshment stand and/or coffee shop with game tables, wii games, free access to internet, sitting room with t.v., café tables to meet friends to do homework or just hang...In this respect,..New Iberia needs to grow up and take care of our most valued asset,..our teens,..tomorrows leaders and citizens...They need a place too...More than the underground sea... "

    Jarred James Breaux wrote on Aug 17, 2008 10:13 AM:

    " I rather see kids hang out in Wal-Mart than on the street corner. Other than the movie theater, there is nothing for the teens to do. It would be great if New Iberia had a Soda shop with an arcade (and tournaments) or a pool hall for kids to hang out at. Teenagers who work spend a lot of money and rich teenagers spend a lot of their parents money. Profit could be made at any area business. "

    NL wrote on Aug 17, 2008 5:06 AM:

    " Chuck...what happened to baseball, tag football and other outdoor games played in someone's yard? Why is it that kids need a 'special' place to gather? Why is it the responsibility of the city, or local governmnet to establish a place for kids to hang out? In pacifying a nation we are creating wimps and cry babies. Walmart is NOT the place to have kids hanging out but because no one created a 'special' hang out it's supposed to be okay for kids to hang out in a department store? It's a place of business!!!! "

    To Nineuplisse wrote on Aug 16, 2008 10:07 PM:

    " What?!?!?!?!? Como esta usted? "

    Also been there wrote on Aug 16, 2008 11:15 AM:

    " To me the management of this WalMart should have security inside the store, just as they do at the Evangeline Thruway store in Lafayette. The guards could prevent the loitering and sagging by expelling these non-shoppers in the store (as well as the "tailgate parties" in the parking lot). "

    Chuck wrote on Aug 16, 2008 9:14 AM:

    " In a week or so you wont have to worry about the Teenagers anymore anyway. You'll be more Scared to death about all the Mexicans. Planting and grinding season are right around the corner. All the farmers should be recieving thier Shipments of Mexican farm workers to help in the fields,
    Go to wal-mart in a a couple weeks. You may need to learn Mexican Spanish, Gringo!! "

    Chuck wrote on Aug 16, 2008 9:09 AM:

    " There is Nothing for the Teenagers to do in New Iberia. Think about it, If you meet just about anybody, where was it? At Wal-mart. The kids cant gather in the parking lot No, Thats loitering. Lafayette kids have a Mall to hang around in, Ever been to the Mall in Lafayette, Its full of Kids. New Iberia has No Civic center, unless you like to play basketball in a hundred year old park. N.I. builds Libraries like crazy. Kids dont hang out in libraries like politicians want them to. Build something for the kids, yeah right. "

    No Respect wrote on Aug 16, 2008 7:37 AM:

    " First of all the parents of these kids should have raised their kids to respect themselves and others.It is not the kids fault they don't know any better.The children should be doing school activities and not harassing people at any store but thanks to the parents of these UNGUIDED children this is what we have to look foward to.SHAME on you UNRESPONSIBLE PARENTS. "

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