[Andrew Pavlos]

My experience as a stationery store manager is that some teenagers have not learned how to modify their behaviors to fit different situations. They behave in my store as if they were on the school grounds, or in a McDonalds. I have glass shelves, elderly fragile customers, carpets to keep clean and, yes, little ‘treasures’ that kids of all ages would like to steal, rather than pay for. I cannot tolerate skateboards, backpacks, icecream cones, or loud boisterous groups of people of ANY age. What makes it worse is the reaction of some adults (themselves products of 60’s permissiveness) who see my attempts to protect my store as discrimination against teens. Actually, I am more tolerant of misbehaving teens than of adults with similar behavior. I simply ask them to behave, or leave. If a 40 year old were behaving similarly, I would probably call 911! One of my customers, a mature school teacher who has taught generations of students told me that if you want an explanation for a teenagers behavior, take a look at their parents. She ought to know, having taught many a mother and child of the same family. In her words ‘if the parent was a loudmouth, the kid is a loudmouth’. The apple never falls far from the tree.

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Name : Andrew Pavlos, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Orthodox Christian, Age : 51, City : Petaluma, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Managerial, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,