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MAPLE GROVE, Minn.—After several children committed a variety of deliberate rule infractions, area Chuck E. Cheese manager Greg Swisher was forced to vigorously reiterate the policies that govern use of the facility’s ball pit.

Swisher, a single 37-year-old, reacted to the series of misbehaviors at approximately 7:10 p.m. Tuesday evening when the fourth colored ball in as many minutes was hurled past the shoe racks. Charging past the Gon’ Bananas Slippery Slide and the Jungle of Fun Treehouse, the former Applebee’s assistant shift lead ardently broadcast the ball pit regulations to children within the netted walls for the fifth time of the day.

“Everyone comes here to have a good time,” said Swisher, who is tired of picking up the plastic balls carelessly thrown from their intended pit. “The minute rules are ignored, that good time is jeopardized for everyone, especially me.”

Tuesday’s admonishment stemmed from an extensive amount of horseplay paired with the misuse of balls. Shortly after 7:00 p.m., an estimated seven children started wrestling while four others threw balls, two cried, and one went missing for several minutes before being found chewing on the soap dispenser in the bathroom.

Meanwhile, the Chuck E. Cheese manager keeps it all in perspective. Citing his love of pizza and 30-something mothers, Swisher said reprimanding children is a necessary evil of an otherwise rewarding job.

“Usually the days go by so fast because I’m having such a great time watching the kids play and capturing images of their mothers with the high resolution digital camera I keep mounted under the cash register,” said Swisher, who runs a niche Internet photography site in his spare hours. “Then there are nights like Tuesday, when one kid throws a ball out of the pit, another kid gets stuck in the climbing net, and some other child pees in the enclosed slide.

“When those things happen it makes for a long night after I close, making sure all the balls are back in the pit and the fan has dried out all the urine so children can enjoy a clean, tidy environment the next day.”

Swisher admitted there may be easier professions, but he said if he has to scold a child every now and then for getting rowdy, it is a small price to pay for such unrestricted access to his mother.