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I really cannot fathom why we have these ridiculous last call laws. I'm living in California, where it's illegal to sell drinks after 2AM. It's incredibly frust

I really cannot fathom why we have these ridiculous last call laws. I'm living in California, where it's illegal to sell drinks after 2AM. It's incredibly frustrating. More than once I've been up late at night, and felt like cooking something with wine, only to quickly realize: Oh, right, I can't go buy a bottle of wine until 6AM... Because think of the children, or something like that.

Kenji 11y ago
I don't want to patronize you but is it really that hard to plan ahead enough to be able to survive 4 hours of not being able to buy stuff?
- wiredfool 11y ago
  The worst part is that you can't buy alcohol on Christmas day or St Patrick's day till 12:30pm. (prominently posted by all the tills) Ireland is a different world some times.
- brianwawok 11y ago
  Hey in Indiana I can't buy any booze on Sunday... if my weekly costco trip is on Sunday and I am getting low on beer? NOPE NO BEER ON SUNDAYS MIGHT NOT GO TO CHURCH
  - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
    I understand its more about keeping others (i.e. the booze store employees) from being able to take Sunday off. Its a Labor party thing.
    - brianwawok 11y ago
      if that were true: 1) Why just close booze stores? Why not close restaurants or grocery stores or any of the non-essential businesses on sunday? 2) What about a grocery store that is already open and staffed and has piles of beer. What does not selling it do for the already working employees?
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forgetsusername 11y ago
>More than once I've been up late at night, and felt like cooking something with wine If this is habitual maybe you should, I don't know, have a couple of bottles of wine on-hand for such occasions? There is evidence that later hours of alcohol sale are related to increased violence, injury and incidence of drunk-driving. Correlation is not causation and all that, but I'm sure people living in the vicinity of bars, or in college towns, aren't swayed by your minor inconvenience.
coldtea 11y ago
While I find such laws ridiculous, I find founding oneself in the position frequently in need of wine for cooking "late at night" equally bizarro. Just stock several bottles. Problem solved. It's not like it will go stale.
dwiel 11y ago
Here in Indiana, I can't buy alcohol at all on all of Sunday, except at a bar or restaurant.
- zzleeper 11y ago
  In NC I can't buy it before noon.. so if I finish groceries at 11:50am I just have to hang around the store for a while until I can buy my wine/beer, because OMG those pesky kids might not go to church otherwise
pinaceae 11y ago
wait until you have a baby that finally fell asleep at 3am and some drunk asshole starts banging around in the street, finally staggered out of a bar. young parents care more about this than old farts.

Kenji 11y ago

I don't want to patronize you but is it really that hard to plan ahead enough to be able to survive 4 hours of not being able to buy stuff?

wiredfool 11y ago
The worst part is that you can't buy alcohol on Christmas day or St Patrick's day till 12:30pm. (prominently posted by all the tills) Ireland is a different world some times.
brianwawok 11y ago
Hey in Indiana I can't buy any booze on Sunday... if my weekly costco trip is on Sunday and I am getting low on beer? NOPE NO BEER ON SUNDAYS MIGHT NOT GO TO CHURCH
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  I understand its more about keeping others (i.e. the booze store employees) from being able to take Sunday off. Its a Labor party thing.
  - brianwawok 11y ago
    if that were true: 1) Why just close booze stores? Why not close restaurants or grocery stores or any of the non-essential businesses on sunday? 2) What about a grocery store that is already open and staffed and has piles of beer. What does not selling it do for the already working employees?
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forgetsusername 11y ago

>More than once I've been up late at night, and felt like cooking something with wine If this is habitual maybe you should, I don't know, have a couple of bottles of wine on-hand for such occasions? There is evidence that later hours of alcohol sale are related to increased violence, injury and incidence of drunk-driving. Correlation is not causation and all that, but I'm sure people living in the vicinity of bars, or in college towns, aren't swayed by your minor inconvenience.

coldtea 11y ago

While I find such laws ridiculous, I find founding oneself in the position frequently in need of wine for cooking "late at night" equally bizarro. Just stock several bottles. Problem solved. It's not like it will go stale.

dwiel 11y ago

Here in Indiana, I can't buy alcohol at all on all of Sunday, except at a bar or restaurant.

zzleeper 11y ago
In NC I can't buy it before noon.. so if I finish groceries at 11:50am I just have to hang around the store for a while until I can buy my wine/beer, because OMG those pesky kids might not go to church otherwise

pinaceae 11y ago

wait until you have a baby that finally fell asleep at 3am and some drunk asshole starts banging around in the street, finally staggered out of a bar. young parents care more about this than old farts.