What do you think of shopkeepers who sell single cigarettes to school children?
What smart business smarts they have. Same thing for Sabarro at the mall selling single slices of pizza. Seemed silly at first but makes more money. And last I heard the color of money is all the same - from the hooker’s $20 to the local preachers $20 - it all spends the same and shows no preference as to where it came from and by what means. Personal point: I thought the concept crazy until I was going to a music concert, had a bag (oz) of weed but wanted some cash for a beer inside later. So I rolled a joint and sold it for a couple of bucks, then a line formed and I kept rolling. Never did see the concert but I made loads and loads of cash that night and a lot of happy people.It is great for the kids, as they don’t have to take ALL moms money from her purse, just enough change. Also if caught, they loose what? A smoke? At least it is not a whole pack - plus have you seen what a pack looks like after it’s been in a kids pocket? Mangled - a waste of product. Smart kids and smart shopowner.BTW: have you seen people selling shots of liquor in every doorway in New Orleans? 1 $20 bottle becomes $100 in shots easy - that is smart business.
Why do 60 year olds get asked for ID in the US to buy alcohol? Why is my passport sufficient means to prove my identity to enter the US but not to buy alcohol there?
In many states if a store employee sells alcohol to an underage buyer, both the store and the employee can get into legal difficulties. Fines can go into the thousands of dollars, and in some states people can be jailed. Because of this many stores have a policy of requiring ID for anyone who looks younger than some arbitrary age. Other stores have just decided to require ID from everyone. This is why 60 year-olds get asked for ID in some places.In the USA, people are not required to have a passport. And since it is a large country with all sorts of interesting areas to visit, many Americans never get a passport. As a result people serving you in a store are quite likely to have never even seen an American passport, much less a foreign one. When their employer tells them to check ID, they equate that to a driver’s license. Generally a manager should be able to clear up the issue, as long as your passport has a date of birth.Regarding the date of birth, that may also trip up an employee. If they are not aware that the rest of the world uses a different date order they may see a day-month-year date format as an indication of an invalid ID. In the USA we use month-day-year, so we don’t see any number higher than 12 in the first place. If you were born later than the 12th in a given month it could trip up your clerk.If you saw a date like: 3–15–1955, you would probably read it as the third day of the fifteenth month obviously an incorrect date. Whereas an American seeing 15–03–1955 will read that as the third day of the fifteenth month.
Where the hell do teens get all this alcohol from?!!!?
I graduated High School last year and I never got drunk, never partied, or anything. Went to college, began to drink more because getting beer in college is easy. Lately I've been going on facebook and I've seen a lot of pictures of teenagers with alcohol? Where the hell do they get it from?!! Their parents?! Fake ID's?! How stupid are they?! How stupid are they to post pictures of themselves with Alcohol on Facebook?!! Where do they get alcohol from? This is insane!
Is it legal to buy cigarettes for minors? I know the law says that you have to be 18 to buy cigarettes...?
No, it is illegal. And yes, she is right, you don't have to be 18 to smoke cigarettes. I would suppose that would be because the government cant prosecute every minor who smokes because that would be a large percentage, however, that is me digressing. Legally, you are not supposed to purchase cigarettes, alcohol or any other illegal substance for a minor. This probably won't prevent you from purchasing them for her, however, if you are to get caught you will be fined, if not prosecuted.
Do police sometimes send in under-aged people to stores to check if the stores are IDing?
When I was 19 my friends and I would take turn to hang out in front of the liquor store in our neighborhood and ask people who were going in if they would buy six pack for me. Most people would say no, but eventually someone would. (In our defense, this was in Illinois, where you had to 21 to buy beer; meanwhile you could buy beer in Wisconsin at 18. Presumably Wisconsin understood that if the government expects an 18 year to die for their country, they ought to be able to have a beer.) One night it was my turn. After several people declined, a middle aged guy emerged from a car. When I asked him to buy me a six pack, he sized me (I was fairly clean cut at the time) and then pulled out a Chicago Police badge. My knees went weak and my heart was pounding. This was it … I’m getting arrested. Instead, he said, “It’ll cost you five bucks … plus the cost of the beer. (That was a lot in 1970; I think that the beer cost less than $1.50.).” I handed him the money without hesitation and he disappeared into the store.While I waited for him I looked at his car. Sure enough, it was an unmarked police car. He came out pretty quickly, handed me the beer, and said, “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” and left with my change.So in 1970, at least some on the police force were not wasting their time worrying about guys drinking beer who were old enough to be in the army.Meanwhile, from previous experience, the guy in the store would take one look at you as you walked in, point at the door and say, “Get outta here.”
Tattoo parlors in idaho that tattoo 14 year olds?
Idaho Code § 18-1523 (2004) * SECTION 1. That Chapter 15, Title 18, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des- ignated as Section 18-1523, Idaho Code, and to read as follows: 18-1523. Tattooing, Branding and Body Piercing of Minors 1. As used in this section: + Body piercing: Making a hole or opening in the human body other than earlobe for putting jewelry or for other decoration. + Minor: A person under the age of eighteen. + Tattoo: A mark or design made by inserting pigment into human skin. 2. Tattooing or performing body piercing on any minor is unlawful. Nobody shall knowingly do this. 3. In violation this section, a person is responsible for misdemeanor and punished to pay at most $500. Taken form the Idaho law books. If you find a shop that will do it, let those of us on Yahoo Answers know so we can report them, and stay as far away form that place as possible. And, while we're at it, we'll report your mother to Child protective Services for child neglect and endangerment.
In the US, if a gun shop owner believes that a certain customer should not be allowed to obtain a weapon (even if their background check comes back clean), are they legally allowed to refuse the sale?
Generally if the shop feels someone is sketchy or their are uncomfortable with a sale, they'll never get to the point of the background check. They'll simply refuse to sell and allow the paperwork to be filled out. Many gun shops require the guns to be paid for first before running the check.It happens a fair bit. I've heard several stories and even witnessed a couple of times where a store owner told someone they wouldn't sell to them. Usually because of their body language or how they were interacting with the clerk. In one case because the person next to the individual handling the guns was telling them what to look at. A likely straw purchase trying to occur.Gun shops have the same right as any business owner to deny service to anyone provided it is not in a pattern of violating someone's rights with regard to race, religion or gender.UPDATE: As to the legal aspects, see Don't Lie For the Other Guy: A national campaign to prevent the illegal purchase of firearms. This is a program in cooperation with law enforcement to prevent and deter straw purchases.
Why do local liquor shops charge 20% extra in ncr?
In Delhi NCR, the legal age for purchasing alcohol is 25 years. If you are below 25 years and are purchasing alcohol, they are required to deny and service to you. But if they do this, around 60% of the traffic will be reduced. That amounts to a lot of losses. So, most shops sell alcohol to just about anyone.And here comes the problem with this. If they are caught selling alcohol to a minor, they have to spend a conaiderable amount in bribes, etc. This money is earned by that extra 20% they charge. If you ask for a bill, they will sell you on the MRP, but you need to produce a valid ID proof. Since that extra 20% is not worth the hassle, most people just readily give it. And also, since most people are not legally able to purchase alcohol, that extra 20% is worth the fun they'll have later. Btw, I'm curious, I never have faced a shop that charges extra 20%. For me, I've always bought alcohol at the MRP, be it alone or with my elder brother, bill or no bill. Where do you purchase alcohol?
Can I legally eat something in a grocery store if I haven't paid for it yet?
It’s illegal. In every state, they don’t even have to wait for you to pass the last point of purchase. All the police need is your behavior to indicate that you’re taking that which you haven’t paid for. Whether you consume it now and pay for it up front or stick the Snickers in your pocket, eat it tonight and return to pay for it tomorrow, you’re taking that which doesn’t belong to you.Stillllllll, I mean, come on, right?I do this all the time. I am forever grabbing a soda at Publix, drinking it during the shopping trip and then putting the bottle on the counter. I have a long history of spending substantial sums of money at that store and it’s not like I was stuffing the bottle in my purse (sorry … I mean “murse”). It gets paid for.Most companies will not stop you until you actually march past the last point of purchase (the checkout counter). As a practical matter, they won’t ever bust someone who takes a bite out of a piece of fruit, even if you don’t pay for it. The whole matter of stopping shoplifters is quite contentious inside of corporate management and a lot of companies believe that LP is a waste of time.But, all that said, you should pay for it first.
How old were you the first time you got served at a bar?
Seventeen. Back in the 60s, neighborhood bars in Brooklyn didn’t mind serving well-behaved 16 or 17 year-olds. The “18 law” was on the books but at that point in history people regarded such laws as guidelines rather than iron-clad rules of a dictatorial state — After all, this WAS America, right?MADD (Mothers Against Drunken Driving) was a very good and very important organization and they saved a LOT of lives by getting driving drunk laws cracked down on. Unfortunately, the campaign ALSO pushed to get the drinking age raised to 21 nationwide… AND insist that it be ENFORCED with sting operations as though we were living in East Germany under the Stazi.Sooo… we lost that aspect of freedom, and then the same sting operation styles got moved over to enforcing smoking age purchase laws… another “guideline” that had always been ignored, with only the occasional shopkeeper requiring younger teens to say, “A pack of Luckies. They’re for my mom.”I am now in my mid-60s, and cannot buy a pack of cigarettes or bag of rolling tobacco at the local Rite-Aid*. Why? Because I do not have a currently approved official government photo ID proving I’m over 18!MJM, whose smoking has evidently kept him looking VERY young…*EDIT: Thanks to Nate Godin! I’d screwed up my drug stores in my original answer!