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The police here send underage people to bars with fake IDs in order to try to punish the bars for serving the underage people the police sent. Really. The punis
by coldpie 5y ago
The police here send underage people to bars with fake IDs in order to try to punish the bars for serving the underage people the police sent. Really. The punishments are pretty severe, including losing their liquor license for some time or even being shut down entirely. So they are pretty rigorous in their ID checks. The system works, I guess.
- tedmiston 5y ago> The police here send underage people to bars with fake IDs in order to try to punish the bars for serving the underage people the police sent. Really. Source?
- whoooooo123 5y agoI don't know about the US, but so-called "test purchases" are an extremely well-known practice in the UK and it's not the least bit controversial to suggest they happen - and everyone knows it if they've ever worked on a bar. I know someone who lost his job for failing to ask for ID when the customer was a test purchase.
- otterley 5y agoI don’t have a source but I personally visited a restaurant that had their license temporarily suspended for serving a minor who turned out to be an undercover cop. Unsurprisingly these places prefer not to have this fact publicized, and it was their first offense, so you’re unlikely to find stories about it in news articles on the internet.
- MiddleEndian 5y agoI know the writer of the article and the bouncer in question. While hanging out with said bouncer I've seen him catch fakes from some young looking adults who later revealed themselves to be cops running this very scheme. Regardless of whether this is a good use of anyone's time, I can confirm it happens.
- Aachen 5y agoThat happens in every country with drinking age laws right? This can't be what makes the USA different (assuming GP's thesis is correct, I've never been to a place that had a bouncer let alone to the USA).