People on Vacation

[MoonCat]

the little snot said loudly, "Thanks for the beer, mom!"

Maybe the kid did that on purpose to yank your chain, because he knew you could hear him...?

Vending machines: There used to be a dairy company here that had milk vending machines all over the place. For a while there was even one right on the corner of my old street. I went down there once to get milk, on Halloween. Put in my quarters. Out comes one quart...two quarts...three quarts....four quarts...Meanwhile I was smacking the machine with my fist trying to get it to stop. Ended up with a gallon of milk for the cost of one quart. I figured the machine was haunted, since it was October 31st...

[Jester]

I figured the machine was haunted, since it was October 31st...

So would that make the machine go "Booooo...." or "Moooooo...."?!?

[AccountingDrone]

Yes, if there is a legitimate suspicion of the alcohol being bought for an underaged person, I can see refusing the sale, but I have heard (and seen) too many horror stories of of-age people being refused alcohol sales simply because they happened to be with or be accompanied by someone who was underage. Many times, a little common sense on the part of the clerk would have gone a long way, but sadly, there have been many times when this was just not on display.

I can remember my mother being refused a creme de menthe parfait one time in about 1972ish because it was the alcohol version not the kiddy version when she and I went out for lunch once ... I was 11 or so. As if I would drive the car

[AmbrosiaWriter]

You got to love it though when you see a group of teenaged guys drive up, then enter the store one by one to see if ONE of them will pass the "looks old enough to buy alcohol/tobacco" test. What they don't realize is that I can see them through the giant floor to ceiling windows and know they are all together, so I refuse them all and I would still refuse them even if one of them was above age because of their little scheme to try to trick me into selling them those cheap ass 79 cent cigarillos.

[Jester]

And THAT is why we got smarter in college than we were in high school. Rather than chance the store not selling because someone in the group was underage, we would send one of the of-age people on our beer run, paying him for gas and paying for a six pack for him for his trouble. We never walked in the store, the store never saw any underaged people, and he got a free six pack. Everyone was happy!

[pzychobitch]

And THAT is why we got smarter in college than we were in high school. Rather than chance the store not selling because someone in the group was underage, we would send one of the of-age people on our beer run, paying him for gas and paying for a six pack for him for his trouble. We never walked in the store, the store never saw any underaged people, and he got a free six pack. Everyone was happy!

Exactly! Some people these days are idiots.

[EricKei]

Well, you can *legally* get around this (an adult buying alcohol for a minor) in Louisiana, but not if you're dumb enough to actually bring the younger person into the store WITH you >_>