Gothamist: No More Than Four, Please

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:44:10 -0500

no shirts, no shoes, no service. learn it, know it, live it Suburbia. see the hats and postcard rack?

JosieWOTP

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:17:31 -0500

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.

nonumentalart

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:58:10 -0500

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

roe

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:52:58 -0500

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

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:19:32 -0500

yep, the jersey shore and beach towns, like I said, very suburban.

Steven

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:20:31 -0500

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

freddyhere

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:43:12 -0500

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...

altrent

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:43:01 -0500

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.

freddyhere

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:37:01 -0500

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...

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:35:42 -0500

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?

Peter

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:10:11 -0500

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.

babyhitler

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:51:36 -0500

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

TN

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:50:57 -0500

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.

adamadam

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:46:47 -0500

you should let us know where this is.

mgp

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:45:37 -0500

Hot Fuzz?

Gwinny

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:32:32 -0500

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?

rcltrh

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:09:55 -0500

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.

Jen S

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:08:34 -0500

This is not a new phenomenon.

JacqueMehoff

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:56:29 -0500

that don't look like a bodega to me.

dk87

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:49:12 -0500

Where is this?

zpk

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:48:39 -0500

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