Don’t tease me, it’s not nice

[AmandaLaederich]

So this one will be pretty short.

As I have mentioned in a couple of blogs now I work at a convenience store where I get the divine pleasure of telling drunk people no. The bars had just closed and so I get a flock of last minuet people coming in to buy the last round of booze (or try to anyways.) SC staggers in, cuts in front of the huge line of lushes, and flops a couple of five down on the counter.

SC: ( with blood shot eyes and slurred voice) I want *Wobble* a tin of chew and a forty of Mickey’s! *Wobble*
Me: I’ll be happy to sell you the chew but I think you’ve had enough to drink.
SC: But I’m 21.
Me: Annnd you’re drunk.
SC: Im not drunk *wobble* I’m buzzed.
Lather, rinse, repeat at nauseam.
Me after almost ten mins of arguing: Ok, you need to leave now. You’re holding up the line (but they were all laughing at this point so not a huge deal…but he didn’t need to know that)
SC at last ditch effort: But I’m 21, I’m legally able to buy alcohol.
Me: Unless you’re drunk.

He then starts ranting at me how he’s going to call headquarters and I’m going to lose my job blah blah blah blah blah.
Me: promise? Don’t tease me.
His parting shot was calling me a bitch and wishing me luck on finding a new job. Do you know how many people come through this store threating to get me fired and it has yet to happen? But in all honesty, at this point losing this job really wouldn’t be the end of the world. I’m only doing it until I graduate from college anyway.

[Andara Bledin]

Idiot.

But you might consider changing it from "drunk" to "intoxicated." The latter covers a whole lot more than just booze.

They'll probably still argue, though.

^-.-^

[AmbrosiaWriter]

I'd make a sign, with My Little Ponies on it, that says, "Under 21 or intoxicated = illegal to buy alcohol."

Twilight Sparkle would be vomiting into a pail while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy holds back her mane for her.

That would probably get you into a lot of trouble though, but it's a nice thought. Bwahaha

[PepperElf]

*nods* kinda like how the cops call it "driving under the influence" or "driving while intoxicated" vs "drunk driving" in the reports.

that way it covers a wider range of substances.


and yeah, always funny how they think they're going to get the employee fired... for ... upholding the law.

cos iirc, it is discouraged (if not altogether illegal) to sell to someone who is already drunk. And if a location gets burned on that they could risk having their license to sell revoked. and that's usually pretty bad for business

[kpzra]

I know most states if you sell an already intoxicated person booze and they have an accident/hit someone YOU can be held responsible.

[BrenDAnn]

Exactly what kpzra just said. I've had it pounded into my head every chance the higher ups get not to sell to minors or intoxicated folks. It could come back on me AND the store in a big, very bad way. Amanda, you did the right thing, and you handled it well. Myself, I'd like to hear the phone call he makes to your higher-ups, just to see how hard they laugh at him!

[earl colby pottinger]

Lawyers

Exactly what kpzra just said. I've had it pounded into my head every chance the higher ups get not to sell to minors or intoxicated folks. It could come back on me AND the store in a big, very bad way. Amanda, you did the right thing, and you handled it well. Myself, I'd like to hear the phone call he makes to your higher-ups, just to see how hard they laugh at him!

When my brother Wayne was hit by a drunk and put in a coma, we sued and got a settlement of $1,000,000 - The lawyers cleared 10% or $100,000 for about 100 hours work (there is a long story about why the insurance company settled so fast.).

I can assure you that those same lawyers hounded the bar that sold the drunk driver their drinks, but they got off because a bottle of booze (I don't know what type) was found in his truck that he was clearly drinking from after leaving the bar, so their claim that he was not too drunk to drive when he left could not be disproved.

How much did they want from the bar-owner? $3.5 million! Don't sell to people who are clearly drunk.

[Rapscallion]

Has Wayne recovered?

Rapscallion

[earl colby pottinger]

Wanye

Has Wayne recovered?

Rapscallion

No, he was in the coma for fourteen years (we remodeled the downstairs to take care of him at home), and then one day he just stop breathing.

Drunk drivers get no mercy from me!

[Fudgethatkay]

No, he was in the coma for fourteen years (we remodeled the downstairs to take care of him at home), and then one day he just stop breathing.

Drunk drivers get no mercy from me!

I'm sorry for everything.

I was lucky in the sense when my mother was hit by a drunk driver, she was only in hospital for 2 months overall.

And the people who let the guy who hit her go, they are also being hounded...only one manager was heard as saying, supposedly "you're too drunk to stay here...let us take you to your car."

[Merriweather]

Oh my. Those stories are just so sad.

And try as I might, I can't come up with anything else to say that won't get me sent to fratching, about laws & who's responsible and so forth. Way too many lives are ruined by drunk drivers.

[earl colby pottinger]

Not fratching

Oh my. Those stories are just so sad.

And try as I might, I can't come up with anything else to say that won't get me sent to fratching, about laws & who's responsible and so forth. Way too many lives are ruined by drunk drivers.

I am just trying to re-enforce the point that anyone selling alcohol to someone who clearly is very drunk can find themselves held equally responsible from any accidents caused by said drunks.

In my case, I don't think there is any bar out there that does not belong to a large hotel chain can survive a successful $3.5 million dollar lawsuit. With that much money in the wind even the bar owners winning the case may cost more that the bar can afford.

PS. I would love to see these drunks call the police to file a complaint. Even better yet, drive to the police station first. I have such a evil mind.

[Pagan]

cos iirc, it is discouraged (if not altogether illegal) to sell to someone who is already drunk. And if a location gets burned on that they could risk having their license to sell revoked. and that's usually pretty bad for business

It's happened here. Guy got off a plane, already drunk, convenience store he stopped at on the way to Santa Fe sold him more, got back on the interstate, the wrong direction, and killed almost a whole family. Only good thing is he died, too. Took away the convenience store's liquor license and I think the clerk that sold to him did some jail time, too.

New Mexico tried to ban the airline (forget which one) from serving alcohol while they were in our airspace.

Considering how many drunk, wrong-way driver fatal crashes we have in this state.... Just had one last Saturday. Guy hit 3 cars, including a cop car. There was a 2-year-old in the first car that was declared brain-dead and the family took him off life support Thursday. One good thing (if you can call it that) came out of it, they donated his organs.

[EricKei]

But you might consider changing it from "drunk" to "intoxicated."

lush SC: Intoxicated? Of course I'm intoxicated! F***ing government takes toxes out of my check every damn week! Now gimme my booze!