In what seems to have been a proactive acceptance of the inevitable, the managers of CEC Entertainment have decided not to pursue a renewal of their liquor license for the Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria on Bluemound Road.
Those who have followed this story are familiar with the sad saga of unruly parents, confrontations in parking lots, irresponsible use of alcohol, and signs of drug use. The Town of Brookfield Police Department has logged an incredible eighty-one calls to the venue in 2007 and early 2008; a rate of one every five days.
Aristotle was probably the first to introduce the notion of root cause analysis with his dissertations on "first things". In business his notions are now called "root cause analysis", a tool which teaches the need to understand the underlying relationship of cause and effect when trying to eliminate defects or errors.
So what's the root cause in this matter?
A liquor license is not the root cause of this defect. I certainly support the Town's position on this matter, but the real root cause is a matter of self-control; or more accuratley stated, the LACK of self-control that has been demonstrated by so many patrons of the establishment.
It is clear who the real "kids" have been at CEC's over the last sixteen months, and while I am in strong supoprt of the Town's position on this matter, let's not delude ourselvs that a liquor license was the root cause.
Self-control is a concept we don't hear much about anymore. It's too limiting - too restrictive for our liberated and progressive age. Many don't even want to talk about it anymore, much less exhibit it.
But maybe it's time that we do.
