The day of the 'MALL RAT' is coming to an end..(THANK GOD!)

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

More than 100 malls around the country have implemented a new curfew to reduce the number of teens who spend little to no money in the mall after 5pm daily..

Personally I know kids need a place to hang out. But as a family man I can't stand it when the mall is filled with noisey kids taking up space..

Besides kids who go to the mall with their parents are spending and average of $80 with them versus $15-$20 when they are alone..

June 16, 2006 — At the Fairlane Shopping Center in Dearborn, Mich., retailers believe one of the best ways to bring business in … is to kick some people out.

Watch John Berman's full report tonight on "World News Tonight."

Everyday just before 5 p.m., a message blares over the loudpeakers saying, "Any one of our guests that is under 18 years of age should be prepared to leave the center at 5 p.m."

Kicking teenagers out of malls? Can they be serious? They might as well take away their oxygen.

Immortalized in films such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," malls have been a mecca for teens for generations. The problem is that at many malls too many teens make the pilgrimage.

"On any evening we would see numbers anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500 youngsters that would come into the center," said Catherine O'Malley, the general manager of the Fairlane Town Center.

Making Room for Mall Walkers and Bigger Spenders

Retailers complained of problems with shoplifting and security. And for many older shoppers — who are the bigger spenders — the teens created an atmosphere they did not want to be around.

"There was a lot of noisemaking and profanities," said Sherrita Wright, who works at the store Forever 21. "It was a bother to a lot of older couples, mall walkers, just people who want to shop."

At Fairlane the number of seniors walking the mall has doubled since the curfew, and the mall reports better sales all around. So does the Galleria in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., which implemented a similar policy.

"Instead of kids coming in unattended and maybe spending $15 or $20," said Joe Castaldo, the general manager of the Galleria Mall in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., "they are now coming with the parents into the same stores and spending $70 or $80. So it has been a win-win situation."

More Angst for Mall-Less Teens

There are already more than 100 shopping malls with some kind of curfew in place, and the number is growing.

But we found one group conspicuously and unsurprisingly opposed to the policy — teenagers.

"It pisses me off," said Keli Leterksy, a 17-year-old who was out shopping for a spring dress.

[Guest xmuzik]

they'll probably just roam the streets and buy drugs since they can't go to the mall

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

they'll probably just roam the streets and buy drugs since they can't go to the mall

I know. Where are kids going to hang out now? I used to be a mall rat when I was a kid..LOL

[Guest ShampooBabe]

teenagers give life to malls.... not money, but they create the cool mall atmosphere........

[Guest synergy]

I spent my entire adolecence in the mall, what will become of the children?

[Bling]

i never used to hang out at malls. i used to go either to friend's house..... movies....... or 99.9 % of time at local arcades

play street fighter and mortal kombat ad naseum

[Guest pod]

I spent my entire adolecence in the mall, what will become of the children?

If people would stop having children we wouldn't be in this situation.

[Guest jamu]

Excellent Idea POD!

[Guest xmuzik]

werd mass sterilization is the only solution

I spent my entire adolecence in the mall, what will become of the children?

If people would stop having children we wouldn't be in this situation.

[Guest synergy]

werd mass sterilization is the only solution

I spent my entire adolecence in the mall, what will become of the children?

If people would stop having children we wouldn't be in this situation.

LOL,well the worlds overpopulated anyway..... Let the world stop having children.......... I'll set the example

[V. Barbarino]

love the idea!!! I never went to the mall, I hates seeing people I knew...

[Guest Cosmigonon]

I spent my entire adolecence in the mall, what will become of the children?

If people would stop having children we wouldn't be in this situation.

+1

[ryan2772]

But as a family man I can't stand it when the mall is filled with noisey kids taking up space..

Read that back to yourself Terry..... :

How freakin old are you?

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

But as a family man I can't stand it when the mall is filled with noisey kids taking up space..

Read that back to yourself Terry..... :

How freakin old are you?

17

[Guest pod]

Fuckin' Yoda and shit!

Silent Bob here's an electrical genius. He won the science fair in eighth grade by turning his mom's vibrator into a CD player using some chicken wire and shit.The mother fucker's like MacGyver. No, the mother fucker's *better than* MacGyver.

[Guest macboy]

The Dolphin and Wellington Green are owned by the same company that owns Taubman. I wonder if similar policies are instituted at those malls. Any time I've ever been to Dolphin, the stores always seemed hurting for business. I can't see a curfew working there. Aventura, on the other hand, is always bustling. I wonder if it could work there.

[Guest tres-b]

teenagers give life to malls.... not money, but they create the cool mall atmosphere........

There is nothing cool about seeing low rent mall rats loitering about. Kick them the hell out. 8)

[Guest Chica]

The Dolphin and Wellington Green are owned by the same company that owns Taubman. I wonder if similar policies are instituted at those malls. Any time I've ever been to Dolphin, the stores always seemed hurting for business. I can't see a curfew working there. Aventura, on the other hand, is always bustling. I wonder if it could work there.

The Wellington Green is by my house, well my parents house now lol, well kids in that area spend a lot of money, my sister being one of them 100+ I think this should be applied by areas, Im sure somehow their business are going have less money coming in.....