7 ms·
The bartender does that only until he gets busted by a police sting operation. A good friend of mine had his nascent teaching career destroyed when he some con
by Duff 16y ago
The bartender does that only until he gets busted by a police sting operation.
A good friend of mine had his nascent teaching career destroyed when he some confident-looking 20 year old chick dropped a 6 pack of Bud Light on the counter of the store he managed part-time. He didn't bother asking for ID (which he was typically pretty strict about) and was led out in cuffs.
He received a conditional dismissal after 3 years of probation, but explaining a 3+ year career gap ("So, why did you quit teaching after 6 months to fix cars?") takes you off the fast track.
- JonnieCache 16y agoI think things are a bit different in the US.
- _delirium 16y agoClerks do get charged in the U.S. fairly regularly, depending on the state. In many states, it's a strict-liability offense to sell alcohol to a minor, without the prosecutor having to prove intent. Usually the clerk is exempted from liability if the minor showed a fake ID (that wasn't so bad as to be obviously fake), or if the minor looked clearly over 26 or 30, or whatever the state's threshhold must-ask-for-ID age is. If it's a 20-year-old who didn't clearly look 30+, though, and you didn't ask for ID, it's a criminal offense (in some states).
- ams6110 16y agoIn some states the clerk is required to check ID on everyone, even 70 year old guys with canes. It's ridiculous, but the intent was to remove the element of judgment entirely.
- epochwolf 16y agoParent said this was in New York State.
- barrkel 16y agoI understood JonnieCache to be highlighting how different things are in the US to most of the rest of the world.
- run4yourlives 16y agoWhere the hell do you live, Singapore? That law is draconian.
- Duff 16y agoNew York State.
- deleted 16y ago[deleted]
- male_salmon 16y agoIn Singapore, the drinking age is 18, so he actually would've been fine.
- scott_s 16y agoIt's standard-operating-procedure for the US, from my experience.
- nopassrecover 16y agoIt's a fine and the venue faces temporary suspension of their liquor licence here in Australia. But gaol terms!? (or at least career ruining probation terms, presumably judgement is meant to factor in the impact of the decision?).
- jacoblyles 16y agoWelcome to America. We were founded by Puritans.
- billybob 16y agoHow much do you actually know about Puritans? Most of what I learned about them in high school came from works of fiction. It was a pretty unfair picture, in retrospect.