This foxnews report tells of two mommas engaging in fisticuffs at the Chuck E. Cheese. Evidently, one young man was dominating a particular game that another boy wanted to play. Since it was one of the boy's 9th birthday celebration, his mom decided to spare no indignities to try to make him happy. How embarrassing! I cannot believe that the mothers of two nine year olds could not take such an opportunity to show their sons lessons in civility and sharing. I would like to say that I am surprised but, I'm not. Our family enjoys going to Chuck E. Cheese however, we avoid going there during peak times. What a memorable birthday. Years from now I can hear the conversation between mother and son, "Mom, remember when I turned nine and you got in that fight with that other mom and they had to call the police?" Mother: "Sure how could I forget. Those were good times, huh?" Son: "Yep, good times." Police officer: "Visiting hours are over. Maim, your son will have to return to his cell now."
Added March 4th: Here is an interesting fact about Chuck E. Cheese. Nolan Bushnell, the guy who built the first video game, Pong, is the founder of Chuck E. Cheese. He started the company after he sold Atari to Warner Communications for $28-million. Here is a good video on Nolan Bushnell's Pong experience from the History Channel. By the way, starting Atari reportedly only orginally cost Bushnell $500.
http://www.history.com/media.do?id=historyrocks_pong_broadband&action=clip
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334571,00.html
