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Old 11-22-2024, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jimhoward View Post
In Tennessee, where I am from, they scan everyone’s license on every alcohol purchase. In Florida and particularly in the villages they don’t seem to do that. The clerk uses their judgement. An obvious villagers retiree does not get asked for ID. But it only takes a few seconds to scan the IDs. If all purchases have a birthdate on them then underage sales are reduced because the clerk can’t just look the other way, they have to actually enter a fraudulent date.

I wish they would just scan licenses 100%.
In Connecticut, we were required to check everyone's ID because the law was - you have to present one in order to buy booze. So any cashier who did NOT check - was breaking the law, and any customer who bought booze without showing their ID - no matter how old they were - was also breaking the law.

It's not a "close-down" violation, it's a citation as long as the person buying is over 21. But cashier have absolutely been given citations for NOT checking a customer's ID, regardless of how old they looked.

No ID, no service.