NORFOLK
Dustin Tokarski came to town to guard against oncoming threats, so he certainly understands the need for security.
Still, the new goalie for the Norfolk Admirals was rather surprised when two MacArthur Center officers carded him recently during a visit. Seems the guards thought Tokarski, who is 20 but could pass for a high school student, was violating the new ban on unescorted shoppers under 18 in the downtown mall after 5 p.m.
"I just laughed," the goalie said this week from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he had a game.
Jim Wofford, MacArthur Center's general manager, said no one had mentioned the incident to him.
"Hopefully, they did it very cordially and very professionally," Wofford said.
Tokarski, who recently moved from western Canada, said he has no hard feelings, but the policy did catch him off-guard.
"I know I look totally young," he said, "but I never thought I'd get ID'd at a shopping mall."
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I'm glad to see
I'm glad to see that security is enforcing the new policy. Now I and my family can shop in peace. Those who think it is STUPID can shop elsewhere along with the loud and obnoxious teenagers.
Stupidity knows no bounds
This is just another example of how STUPID this rule is by MacArthur Mall...