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We are on a 4 week country wide Covid-19 lockdown stay @ home and as part of the regulations they banned all alcohol sales. Some entrepreneurial person now doe

We are on a 4 week country wide Covid-19 lockdown stay @ home and as part of the regulations they banned all alcohol sales. Some entrepreneurial person now does drone deliveries of booze within a 5km radius of his home.

RankingMember 7y ago
That's gotta be a pretty powerful drone- booze isn't light!
- leetcrew 7y ago
  involves a lot of trust, too. I imagine the customer has to detach the shipment by hand. a drone capable of delivering a fifth of liquor must be worth at least $1-2k. considering the whole operation is likely illegal for several reasons, I doubt the owner would have much recourse if someone just stole it.
  - s1t5 7y ago
    But then no more fly-in alcohol. The booze-drone is like a 21st century golden-egg goose.
  - trhway 7y ago
    > I doubt the owner would have much recourse if someone just stole it. well, just let everybody know who broken the deliveries and thus made the whole neighborhood gone dry :)
    - smabie 7y ago
      He probably has a camera on it. And let me tell you, you don't want to fuck with the wrong South African. They will kill you.
- oh_sigh 7y ago
  Serving up the pre-packaged/airplane shots would be fitting.
lososos 7y ago
>as part of the regulations they banned all alcohol sales For my curiosity, would you mind sharing where this is? It contrasts with my experience in the US, where I know a few states made it easier to sell alcohol.
- seretse 7y ago
  Dude's name ends with ZA which is the TLD for South Africa
  - hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
    Holy crap, this is insane: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/lockdown-alcohol-ban-still-in-place-16-april-2020/ https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/lockdown-alcohol-ban-st... . I can't imagine trying to get through this quarantine without at least some booze, and I rarely drink. How are they handling all the bonafide alcoholics that would go into DTs with this?
    - richardw 7y ago
      And cigarettes. Smokers must be going insane.
    - aaronax 7y ago
      Also Bahamas has no liquor sales, and crazy tight lockdowns every weekend where you can't leave your house for groceries even.
    - smabie 7y ago
      Having lived in Africa for 2 years (not SA though), I guarantee that the reason for the ban is for the government to profit off of bribes. Whenever something doesn't make any sense in Africa, the answer is always the same: bribes.
- ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
  Pennsylvania closed their state run liquor stores. Virginia/West Virginia/Ohio's are still open, I'm pretty sure across the whole U.S they're still open.
Ididntdothis 7y ago
Good idea but I can’t imagine this being legal.

RankingMember 7y ago

That's gotta be a pretty powerful drone- booze isn't light!

leetcrew 7y ago
involves a lot of trust, too. I imagine the customer has to detach the shipment by hand. a drone capable of delivering a fifth of liquor must be worth at least $1-2k. considering the whole operation is likely illegal for several reasons, I doubt the owner would have much recourse if someone just stole it.
- s1t5 7y ago
  But then no more fly-in alcohol. The booze-drone is like a 21st century golden-egg goose.
- trhway 7y ago
  > I doubt the owner would have much recourse if someone just stole it. well, just let everybody know who broken the deliveries and thus made the whole neighborhood gone dry :)
  - smabie 7y ago
    He probably has a camera on it. And let me tell you, you don't want to fuck with the wrong South African. They will kill you.
oh_sigh 7y ago
Serving up the pre-packaged/airplane shots would be fitting.

lososos 7y ago

>as part of the regulations they banned all alcohol sales For my curiosity, would you mind sharing where this is? It contrasts with my experience in the US, where I know a few states made it easier to sell alcohol.

seretse 7y ago
Dude's name ends with ZA which is the TLD for South Africa
- hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
  Holy crap, this is insane: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/lockdown-alcohol-ban-still-in-place-16-april-2020/ https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/lockdown-alcohol-ban-st... . I can't imagine trying to get through this quarantine without at least some booze, and I rarely drink. How are they handling all the bonafide alcoholics that would go into DTs with this?
  - richardw 7y ago
    And cigarettes. Smokers must be going insane.
  - aaronax 7y ago
    Also Bahamas has no liquor sales, and crazy tight lockdowns every weekend where you can't leave your house for groceries even.
  - smabie 7y ago
    Having lived in Africa for 2 years (not SA though), I guarantee that the reason for the ban is for the government to profit off of bribes. Whenever something doesn't make any sense in Africa, the answer is always the same: bribes.
ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
Pennsylvania closed their state run liquor stores. Virginia/West Virginia/Ohio's are still open, I'm pretty sure across the whole U.S they're still open.

Ididntdothis 7y ago

Good idea but I can’t imagine this being legal.