Sociology at the Chuck E. Cheese

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Oct 1st 2005 @ 3:44PM

Parents who have taken their kids to Chuck E. Cheese or any other game-riddled, seizure-inducing play land might appreciate columnist Andrea Rinard’s observations.

Rinard finds herself and her kids invited to a birthday at Chuck E. Cheese and, as a way to quell her disgust, she sits back, observes, and critiques the other parents.

While her piece is admittedly biased against dads, it’s still good for a small chuckle.

As (financially, mentally, spiritually) draining as taking kids to such places can be, how many other times can you take small children out to eat and have the luxury of hanging back and making social commentary. There’s something to be said for pizza and whack-a-mole, no?

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10-01-2005 @6:26PM kitchenmage said... Link to the article?
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10-01-2005 @7:36PM Nick said... You'll find the link just below the article. It says "read."
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10-02-2005 @4:07PM kitchenmage said... Duh, there I was thinking that was a permalink to the Slashfood article. I'm off to flog myself with a wet noodle.
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10-01-2005 @11:11PM shawn said... that is a really interesting article .. i agree with the daddy thing.. they keep playing a game even if they are kids waiting..
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