Kids hanging out at gas stations?

waiting for a friend to get off work at the station?

 

Waiting to do a quick smash-and-grab?

 

we see this very night.

99% of the time they are hanging out
1% of the time, they either want beer or cigarettes

 

I worked in a service station on weekends as a youth. My friends would come there to visit me on weekends. We would use the garage part of the building to mess with our cars but never did any harm ecept the odd black line or 2. One guy broke his diff!!

 

Around here, the high school kids are hanging out at a Burger King. Not eating, don't buy anything, just hang out. Police got involved, emails and phone calls went out to all high schooler's parents, that they have to stop or they will be arrested for loitering. That Burger King is close to a senior housing complex, and the elderly were getting frightened. No reports of harassment or anything. (At least the elders will buy a senior citizens' coffee!)

 

Last summer, a mall in nearby Delaware required that on Fri. nights, anyone under 17 must be accompanied by a parent -- or maybe just an adult.

Maybe that's loosened up now to increase sales -- but all the ruckus was discouraging bona-fide consumers anyway.

 

Some malls have taken to playing music unfriendly to teenagers, such as classical, big band, swing, etc. Other malls use a high pitched sound generator that is irritating to young people with good hearing. All of us old farts are too deaf to hear anything that high.

Tom

 

at least they weren't looking to rob you. some of the stations around here are just plain scary.

try to avoid them if i can.

maybe they where waiting for their friend to do a beer run who knows

 

Or maybe they like the smell of petroleum, that's why they like to hang out at gas stations.

 

I find John Phillip Sousa or Octoberfest music to be very effective.