No More Than Four, Please

no shirts, no shoes, no service.

learn it, know it, live it

Suburbia. see the hats and postcard rack?

Does suburban anything beyond a 10 block range from where you work or live (since you've moved into the city)? Just because it's not a bodega doesn't mean it's not in the city. If anything, it looks like those minimarts attached to the larger gas stations- not many in midtown, but you'll find them uptown and in the other boroughs.

The policy isn't new either. You'll see a sign like that on nearly any bodega/candy store near a city JHS/IS or HS.

seems fair to me...we all hate getting on the train when its "teenager" hour....ALL OF US!

I don't find the sign offensive. It's excluding groups, it's not barring students in general from the store.

yep, the jersey shore and beach towns,

like I said, very suburban.

Stores in Long Beach have the no shirts, no shoes, no service signs as well as other towns near the beach on Long Island.

Actually, the last time I saw that was on "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in that scene with Sean Penn and Judge Rheinhold. And as this was a while back, I guess I've managed to conveniently date myself...

If the poor proprietor had simply written, "No Misbehaving Idiots of Any Race, Creed or Color", could someone have found reason to protest that? Other than "Misbehaving Idiots", of course, whose presence he wishes to ban, which I believe has been mentioned previously.

Yes, "student" is now the cipher for inner city youth - however, I would think that signs like that would only invite further shenanigans from their ilk...

store looks too suburban and I'll leave it at that.

OK, when was the last time you saw No shirts, No shoes, no service?

It must be aimed at NYU students. The Left-Tail-of-the-Bell-Curve students at junior high and high schools can't read the sign.

students = code word for black and hispanic inner city youths. Total motherfucking discrimination

I've seen those signs for years, usually near a city high school. A confined space meant for commerce and a lot of screaming teenagers don't make a good combination. Just ask the management at some shopping malls which have restricted the hours teenagers can spend in the mall without their parents.

you should let us know where this is.

Hot Fuzz?

I wish they would do this at the Bodega near my apartment. For some reason the place is always filled with rowdy highschoolers on weekend mornings.

Can't I just get a freakin' egg and cheese in peace?

Probably high school and junior high school shoplifting and other customer intimidating punks (remember the LES attack last month). If I were a store owner I think I'd limit it to none. There are good kids out there, just seems like recently worthless punk kids are trying to ruin it for everyone else. Same with the subways. I have found its better to sit in the park and wait for 4:30-5 rather than ride the trains between 3-4 when worthless punk kids are on it. I watched 5 kids on the G on Friday cursing and threatening other passengers all around, then proceed to hold doors shut at stops until the motors were smoking. They were probably 13-15 years old.

This is not a new phenomenon.

that don't look like a bodega to me.

Where is this?

How are you supposed to know how many students are already inside before you enter the store?