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postyesterdayman Feb 22, 2008 15:26:51
Replying to shanshee_allures

In America it is harder to buy beer from a supermarket than almost anywhere else for an underage person. The register will not proceed until the teller enters a birthdate from an ID. If they are found putting in fake ones they are fired...this is the policy at most US supermarkets and it's my experience that they uphold it well. Most US supermarkets only sell beer, some of the bigger ones also sell liquor but have to (in the state of KY anyways) have it in a separate room with a separate register and not out in with the general merchandise (to prevent shoplifting, I guess).

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postyesterdayman Feb 22, 2008 15:31:17
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Oh man, I just remembered something...I was working a part time job as a clerk at a liquor store and a kid came in, obviously 17 or 18 (the legal age in the states to buy and drink liquor and beer is 21...you can go die in the Army but you can't have a fucking beer! You can pay fucking taxes but you can't have a glass of wine! You can...well, you get it). This kid sauntered up and tried to buy some beer and a bottle of Tequila I believe with an ID that said he was 31 years old and that his name was something like Roberto Miguel Santos. This kid was as white as they come. I kicked him out of the store....he was either really stupid or really brave.....not sure which.