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Darius871
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Smith, Wesson, and the RODINA!!!
Mar 2002
time: 23:27
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So yesterday was my birthday, and on Saturday night out of curiousity I went to a convenience store last night to buy a pack of smokes at 11:58 PM. Believe it or not, the guy wouldn't sell them to me, even though I was two minutes from being 18. I looked at the clock, looked back at him, and just laughed inside.
And that's not even the funny part: I thought it was ridiculous, but I just said 'Ok whatever, let's just wait until 12:01 then.' He said 'nope, we close at midnight, sorry.' Unbe-freaking-lievable. I went to the 24-hr place nextdoor and bought some, and on the way home I drove past the place I went to first. The cashier was still there at 12:15, cleaning up to go home, and somehow he couldn't have just sold me some smokes ten seconds after 12. Unbelievable, I felt like I was in a friggin sitcom.
Does this make sense to any rational human being here? Have the health Nazis gone too far? (maybe that's not fair to Nazis...)
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David Floyd
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The bottom of a large bottle of beer
Jan 1970
time: 05:27
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Does this make sense to any rational human being here? Have the health Nazis gone too far? (maybe that's not fair to Nazis...) |
Actually, it isn't the health Nazis, it's the soccor moms and the fundies. Same reason we have draconian drinking laws, too.
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Darius871
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Smith, Wesson, and the RODINA!!!
Mar 2002
time: 23:27
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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
While to a sensible person two minutes doesn't make much difference, if he were fined for selling cigarettes to a minor two minutes could be two years for all the law cares. If he sells before midnight he could be busted for selling to a minor. If he sells after midnight he could be busted for selling outside the business' lisenced trading hours - again with a large fine. Why risk a hefty fine for someone you just met - who could very well be an undercover cop? |
I know, and the thought occurred to me even before I went in that he might smell a sting, as that's the same explanation I've gotten from every cashier to whom I ever said 'come on...'. Frankly I can't blame them, as they have been cracking down in Minnesota. Hell, there were anti-tobacco clubs I heard about in highschool that considered getting cashiers fired a fun way to spend a Friday night. 
However, he ought to know that even if this were a test, any cop or judge in the country would know that selling the cigs 2 minutes early isn't worth fining. If they did do something that ridiculous, the business or the clerk could probably challenge the fine and turn it into a controversy that police departments never want.
Also, I highly doubt that undercover cops sting people to see if they sell things past 'licensed business hours', if there even is such a thing. It sounds more like a store policy issue than a legal issue. At every place I've ever worked, we always sold stuff to people after closing time, especially if they were chicks.  I don't think (at least in the U.S.) there are any laws about selling after registered closing times.
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Alvaro
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the land of the not so free
Apr 2003
time: 05:27
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i think this was all a message from god: quit smoking.
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Darius871
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Smith, Wesson, and the RODINA!!!
Mar 2002
time: 23:27
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Originally posted by Alvaro
i think this was all a message from god: quit smoking. |
The message I got was "After tonight, you can see that the world I created is a surrealistic nightmare. Just have a smoke and try not to think about it."
Anyway I wouldn't really call myself a 'smoker' anyway, as I only have maybe 5 cigarettes in a week, usually only when I drink or work. And don't tell me that's what people always say before they get addicted, because I've smoked this sparingly for three years without needing more.
Last edited by Darius871 on 21-04-2003 at 18:50
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loinburger
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Sweet Sauce Jones
Jul 1999
time: 00:27
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The summer I turned 21 I didn't have a driver's license, since Ohio has an idiotic renewal practice -- your license expires on the day of your birthday, never mind that the DMV is closed on my birthday, and you can't get your license early (if you're about to turn 21) because they can't issue an over-21 license to somebody who is under-21. So, I had to mail off for my license, and of course it took at least two months for those lazy sons of *****es to process the paperwork, so I didn't have a license with which to purchase alcohol.
I did, however, have a passport. One or two liquor stores were fine with my using a passport, but quite a few liquor stores and all of the grocery stores said that a passport wasn't sufficient. I pointed out that it is ten times more difficult to forge a passport than to forge a driver's license, but they wouldn't hear a word of my protests. I almost had to go through my 21st birthday sober. 
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I think you could have actually made trouble at them for not accepting a passport. Around here at least, its considered ultimate as a form of identification , way more than driver's licenses and such, specially since those are different for every province, so even though it might not be a forgery, a clerk might not recognize foreign licenses or other such IDs.
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21-04-2003 11:34
you can't be serious right? 
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