Rats and Pizza
My niece turned three yesterday, and to celebrate family and friends gathered at Chuck E. Cheese. Or as I call it, Upchuck E. Cheese.
When I first walked in I was shocked at how small the place is. In my mind I remember the old Showbiz Pizza being huge. But now, shoot, there’s nothing to the place. It was also much, much quieter than I remember, even with all of the screaming munchkins running around. The slightly freaky animatronic critters on stage hardly even make a peep. Makes you wonder why they’re there at all.
I have to give the Cheese credit for two things. First, the pizza wasn’t nearly as awful as I feared. Faint praise, sure, but it’s the best I can do. Chuck’s pizza won’t win any awards, but it isn’t really trying to. The food isn’t the point at Chuck E. Cheese.
Second, I give a very enthusiastic round of applause for the fact that pretty much every game and ride only requires one token (a quarter or less, if you have a coupon). (I didn’t check every ride, so some of the contraptions may cost more than one token.) I was flat-out shocked to only have to pay a quarter to play pinball. How many pinball machines these days can be played for a quarter? Not many.
I won’t be rushing back to Chuck E. Cheese any time soon, but at least I won’t have to dread it quite as much the next time my niece wants to go there. I had better get used to the idea of going there occasionally, because with my niece being a fan, there’s pretty much no way I can hide it from Robbie.
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