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Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Parents are legally allowed to give their children alcohol.

Just like 2 people who are married can drink together as long as one of them is 21 (this one is a bit trickier as they may ask for marriage license).
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uh... no
 
it's like that in Vermont too.
went to purchase some alcohol at the 7-11 but they wouldn't sell it to us because not all of us had our ID's.
We are all 25+
 
Originally posted by: honkydory
A couple of weeks ago I was with my parents at a cvs ans we were heading over to my grand parents for a bbq and they wanted to pick up some beer and a bottle of tequila. So when we get up to the register they ask for is (my dad isn't a young looking guy by any means) so he laughs and shows them, then the clerk looks at me and asks for mine, and I explain that I'm his son and not 21 and the alcohol isn't for me (I even showed her my id to prove I was his son) but they informed us that they wouldn't sell us alcohol because I wasn't 21. Has anyone else heard of this or had it happen, to me it seems outright rediculous,
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Yes I have heard of this and it is really silly. Though the timehappened I was 21 and had 20 year olds with us. They thought we were buying for the 20 year olds. But a parent and a child? That is simply ridiculous.
 
Stores have right to refuse to anyone for any reason believe it or not. When I was a cashier in NY, the rule of thumb was no sales to anyone with groups of presumably teenage kids. But mostly, if it were parent/child - the only thing we said was that the parent had to be the one carrying the booze out of the store.
 
Originally posted by: Farang
That happened to me when I was 18 and my brother was 23. We had done it countless times before. In fairness to the asshole cashier, I was absolutely going to drink half of that beer. Instead we left ~$50 worth of groceries at the register and walked out, stopping by another place to get beer before we hit the mountains.
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Wow, you showed them, tough guy!
 
I thought this was pretty well known. Usually they won't enforce if it's parent + child, but they enforce much more often when it's a group of kids. This is why when we'd go on a liquor run the guy with the fake would check out by himself while the rest of the group would pretend not to be with him.
 
Want an even lamer example? Two years ago my wife and I traveled down to San Antonio for a vacation. We are from IL. I was 29 at the time, she was 26. Some of the grocery stores down there (Publics?) refused to sell alcohol to out of state drivers licenses.

I could have been 90 years old and they would have refused to sell it to me if I showed them the drivers license.
 
I've had it happen to me also.

If you're with someone who is under 21 (at least in FL) then they're not allowed to sell to you.

Most overlook it but not always.

 
Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: honkydory
A couple of weeks ago I was with my parents at a cvs ans we were heading over to my grand parents for a bbq and they wanted to pick up some beer and a bottle of tequila. So when we get up to the register they ask for is (my dad isn't a young looking guy by any means) so he laughs and shows them, then the clerk looks at me and asks for mine, and I explain that I'm his son and not 21 and the alcohol isn't for me (I even showed her my id to prove I was his son) but they informed us that they wouldn't sell us alcohol because I wasn't 21. Has anyone else heard of this or had it happen, to me it seems outright rediculous,
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In California it's law, I worked at a liquor store and could not sell to any person who had someone under 21 with them. I would imagine other states have the same law. Stores generally don't enforce it if a small child though. The store was probably just following the law, even if you were his son, if the state has a law about this the store could face a huge fine if a cop was in the store and saw the sale happen. A few stores in my area have actually been hit for doing this, and in one that I know about at least. It was similar to your situation where it was a parent with their older daughter. And the daughter was not going to drink.

Sucks but laws are laws, stores would be stupid to ignore this, the fine is retardly huge, they could also possibly lose their liquor license.

I was in AM/PM with a few Poker buddies last year, one was under 21 and buying chips, we went up to the check out together, the cashier asked to see his ID, he said he was 20 and the beer wasn't for him. She said she couldn't sell it. He went out the door and she still wouldn't sell me the beer. We ended up having to go to a another store and he stayed outside this time 🙂
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Law run amok... In my state you can take your child to a bar and get them drunk IF the bar owner allows it. Kids are free to drink at home WITH their parents.
 
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
liquor is a somewhat controlled substance and you were in a private establishment. they can deny anyone for any reason.
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While this is true they claimed they werent doing it as store policy, but state law.

Which I think is bullshit and I am not suprised it was in california. Thats the place that outlawed smoking in bars. As if people go to bars for their health.

I already made a huge rant on california once, I wont repeat it. Let me see if I cant find the link.

In the meantime I suggest everyone pickup a book called Whats the Matter With California? by Jack Cashill.

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Not my best rant, but the search doesnt always work well.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...alifornia+&startpage=1

Just change the startpage to view more of the thread.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...y&keyword1=california+
Better discussion in some ways.
For reference, I had not yet lived in Oregon when this thread was written and didnt even know anything about Oregon at the time.
 
I had this happen (in Nebraska). I was buying alcohol...while I had a minor with me. when the cashier asked to see my friends ID I simply told him "You don't need to. He's not buying anything."

Cashier - "Yes I do."

Pause and a stare. My friend just quietly walked away.

I don't think I've ever really given someone a look of "I kill you!" but that must've been it because the last firm statement of "No you don't." got me in and out without a fight over it.
 
Originally posted by: Farang
That happened to me when I was 18 and my brother was 23. We had done it countless times before. In fairness to the asshole cashier, I was absolutely going to drink half of that beer. Instead we left ~$50 worth of groceries at the register and walked out, stopping by another place to get beer before we hit the mountains.
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I used to work in a liquor store and we had the same policy. EVERYONE had to show ID. You wanna know why? Because if we got caught by a sting operation selling to anyone underage, it cost the store a $2,000 fine and the cashier a $500 fine. Oh, and the store made us sign something saying we'd be responible for the $2,000. So, you decide: Ignore the policy and only card the person that brought the alcohol to the counter and risk paying $2,500 out of your pocket, or just card everyone and tell them to piss off if they get an attitude about it (No joke, 50% of the people became visibly angry).

You're the asshole, not the cashier. I used to love watching people like you storm out of the store like little babies.
 
My question to everyone who's been in this situation: Did any of you try having the underage person(s) simply walk out of the store and ask the cashier again? If so, did that work? Or would you have to have the person wait outside or stay away from you when you're checking out?
 
Don't they do this pretty much everywhere? You learn quickly after the first time to just not associate yourself with any non-21+ people that you're with while actually checking out. 😛

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Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
My question to everyone who's been in this situation: Did any of you try having the underage person(s) simply walk out of the store and ask the cashier again? If so, did that work? Or would you have to have the person wait outside or stay away from you when you're checking out?
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No, they know he's in your party. Even if the person isn't really acting "with" you, if they saw you together before, they may still inquire about the "distant person's" age.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
OP
Your speling and grammer are not honkydory.
Also, the expression is "hunky dory".

That is all.
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Posted from my phone, sorry about anything like that, and the name is derived from the saying not the saying it self.
 
Most places here in CA only care about who the $$ comes from. If you show your ID, but im with you and hand you a $5 bill to pitch in, they have to card me too.

 
Maybe next time you should stay in the damn car w/ your seat belt on instead of following your bro into the store for booz.
 
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