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On October 21 2012 14:19 Djzapz wrote:Show nested quote +On October 21 2012 13:50 Trumpet wrote:
I 5 star'd this blog because once upon a time, during a 4 am grocery run (24 groceries ftw! I don't have to deal with lines or children!) I happened upon a lone bottle of Tecate, the beer of choice among Mexican King of Fighters players. I'll finally try it! If it's any good, I'll bring a case to the next KoF tournament for kicks. Upon trying to check out I find out that it is illegal for them to sell me even a single beer from the hours of 2 am to 6 am. And before 11:30 am on Sundays.
To hell with the south. This is going to be out of touch with the thread's topic but vaguely relevant to what you just said. And who knows, someone may get a kick out of it. In Canada you have to be 18 to buy alcohol. At the time I was 20 or so, and my cousin, a minor. He wanted a present for his mother for the holidays and she's kind of a Port wine enthusiast. We went over the the SAQ, which is a government monopoly for alcohol sales in QC, and we selected a $45 bottle, knowing that when she wanted to get fancy, she'd get herself a $20 bottle. We got to the cashier with the bottle and the lady asks for OUR ID's. So I show mine, and when my cousin says he's not 18, she rudely yanks the bottle and puts it behind her, as if we were criminals or something. Luckily the SAQ outlets are not exactly rare, roughly a 3 minutes drive and he waited in the car while I went in and bought the same bottle by myself. Rigid laws can be absurdly stupid. Why would there be laws that strictly prohibit the sale of alcohol to and adult with minors? In that case it serves no purpose because it's too easy to avoid. I mean, MAYBE if I was trying to buy that vodka that comes in plastic bottles (lol) and I was with some stupid looking kids. But we were 2 serious-looking guys - no "hoodies" or backward caps or anything, not that it should matter. People are ridiculous. I mean what's the logic? "These 2 intend to get drunk off of a $45 porto"? The saddest part is that people who work at the SAQ are government employees, their cashiers make $24* an hour. Generally speaking, $24 an hour jobs are ones where the person has to at least do SOME thinking. But they're cashiers with a strict protocol. The girl who yanked the bottle from me, she was rude and probably a moron, but she worked a linear job with strict rules that cannot be trespassed, even in clear cut cases like this. So yeah the old way isn't always the good way... That was my "cool story bro" material. *: $24 an hour cashier, way to burn our tax money.
It can be very strange how that works in america actually. At the ABC liquor store, you can bring in minor that is 17 or under with you and it's completely fine. But if you bring in someone 18-20 there are consequences (probably just a fine though). So weird how that works.
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On October 21 2012 13:31 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
Forcing, or at the very least devoting, 2 minutes every morning in schools to cite the pledge is wrong to begin with. To swear allegiance to you nation, for better or worse, is ridiculous. It even goes against the founding father's warning to only serve the new government until it becomes tyrannical (or does not serve its people).
Swearing allegiance to the nation should not normally imply allegiance to the government. They're two different concepts entirely, and nations can't exactly become tyrannical in the first place.
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On October 21 2012 14:19 Djzapz wrote:Show nested quote +On October 21 2012 13:50 Trumpet wrote:
I 5 star'd this blog because once upon a time, during a 4 am grocery run (24 groceries ftw! I don't have to deal with lines or children!) I happened upon a lone bottle of Tecate, the beer of choice among Mexican King of Fighters players. I'll finally try it! If it's any good, I'll bring a case to the next KoF tournament for kicks. Upon trying to check out I find out that it is illegal for them to sell me even a single beer from the hours of 2 am to 6 am. And before 11:30 am on Sundays.
To hell with the south. This is going to be out of touch with the thread's topic but vaguely relevant to what you just said. And who knows, someone may get a kick out of it. In Canada you have to be 18 to buy alcohol. At the time I was 20 or so, and my cousin, a minor. He wanted a present for his mother for the holidays and she's kind of a Port wine enthusiast. We went over the the SAQ, which is a government monopoly for alcohol sales in QC, and we selected a $45 bottle, knowing that when she wanted to get fancy, she'd get herself a $20 bottle. We got to the cashier with the bottle and the lady asks for OUR ID's. So I show mine, and when my cousin says he's not 18, she rudely yanks the bottle and puts it behind her, as if we were criminals or something. Luckily the SAQ outlets are not exactly rare, roughly a 3 minutes drive and he waited in the car while I went in and bought the same bottle by myself. Rigid laws can be absurdly stupid. Why would there be laws that strictly prohibit the sale of alcohol to and adult with minors? In that case it serves no purpose because it's too easy to avoid. I mean, MAYBE if I was trying to buy that vodka that comes in plastic bottles (lol) and I was with some stupid looking kids. But we were 2 serious-looking guys - no "hoodies" or backward caps or anything, not that it should matter. People are ridiculous. I mean what's the logic? "These 2 intend to get drunk off of a $45 porto"? The saddest part is that people who work at the SAQ are government employees, their cashiers make $24* an hour. Generally speaking, $24 an hour jobs are ones where the person has to at least do SOME thinking. But they're cashiers with a strict protocol. The girl who yanked the bottle from me, she was rude and probably a moron, but she worked a linear job with strict rules that cannot be trespassed, even in clear cut cases like this. So yeah the old way isn't always the good way... That was my "cool story bro" material. *: $24 an hour cashier, way to burn our tax money.
if cashier sells you the alcohol then she will lose her job and have to pay $5000 fine . thats the law and nothing to do with the cashier. they can get randomly tested throughout the year and cant make any fuckups.
fuck knows why she is paid 24/hr tho. i am paid £6/hr in the UK, every bloody job here pays 6/hr
also it is creepy that your children have to "pledge alliegence to the flag", god or no god
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On October 21 2012 21:01 FFGenerations wrote:Show nested quote +On October 21 2012 14:19 Djzapz wrote:On October 21 2012 13:50 Trumpet wrote:
I 5 star'd this blog because once upon a time, during a 4 am grocery run (24 groceries ftw! I don't have to deal with lines or children!) I happened upon a lone bottle of Tecate, the beer of choice among Mexican King of Fighters players. I'll finally try it! If it's any good, I'll bring a case to the next KoF tournament for kicks. Upon trying to check out I find out that it is illegal for them to sell me even a single beer from the hours of 2 am to 6 am. And before 11:30 am on Sundays.
To hell with the south. This is going to be out of touch with the thread's topic but vaguely relevant to what you just said. And who knows, someone may get a kick out of it. In Canada you have to be 18 to buy alcohol. At the time I was 20 or so, and my cousin, a minor. He wanted a present for his mother for the holidays and she's kind of a Port wine enthusiast. We went over the the SAQ, which is a government monopoly for alcohol sales in QC, and we selected a $45 bottle, knowing that when she wanted to get fancy, she'd get herself a $20 bottle. We got to the cashier with the bottle and the lady asks for OUR ID's. So I show mine, and when my cousin says he's not 18, she rudely yanks the bottle and puts it behind her, as if we were criminals or something. Luckily the SAQ outlets are not exactly rare, roughly a 3 minutes drive and he waited in the car while I went in and bought the same bottle by myself. Rigid laws can be absurdly stupid. Why would there be laws that strictly prohibit the sale of alcohol to and adult with minors? In that case it serves no purpose because it's too easy to avoid. I mean, MAYBE if I was trying to buy that vodka that comes in plastic bottles (lol) and I was with some stupid looking kids. But we were 2 serious-looking guys - no "hoodies" or backward caps or anything, not that it should matter. People are ridiculous. I mean what's the logic? "These 2 intend to get drunk off of a $45 porto"? The saddest part is that people who work at the SAQ are government employees, their cashiers make $24* an hour. Generally speaking, $24 an hour jobs are ones where the person has to at least do SOME thinking. But they're cashiers with a strict protocol. The girl who yanked the bottle from me, she was rude and probably a moron, but she worked a linear job with strict rules that cannot be trespassed, even in clear cut cases like this. So yeah the old way isn't always the good way... That was my "cool story bro" material. *: $24 an hour cashier, way to burn our tax money. if cashier sells you the alcohol then she will lose her job and have to pay $5000 fine . thats the law and nothing to do with the cashier. they can get randomly tested throughout the year and cant make any fuckups. fuck knows why she is paid 24/hr tho. i am paid £6/hr in the UK, every bloody job here pays 6/hr also it is creepy that your children have to "pledge alliegence to the flag", god or no god
Well technically a parent can for instance buy alcohol even if they're with their small kids. There's no clear cutoff, it's some weird law. I don't blame her for abiding by it though, I only blame her for being rude about it. We were nothing but polite, and didn't know about this law at the time - we were surprised to hear about it even.
In this case I'm blaming the government (or maybe it's an internal SAQ rule) for this BS. Either way some public organism screwed up, probably because they're out of touch with reality. Like I said, if you're going to give a $24 job to someone, it should be one where they have to make use of their judgment. If they don't, then (like in this case), it's a $10-12 job.
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One thing that's relevant thay I may point out is that, in Canada, you have to swear allegiance to the Queen as well. Just a purely historical thing, a way to preserve tradition.
I, [name], do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors. So help me God.
However, there is an alternate version for those people whose religion prohibits them from swearing an oath.
I, [name], do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare the taking of an oath is according to my religious belief unlawful, and I do also solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Having the Queen of another country be your head of state must be rough.
edit: Then again I had GWBush as the head of state in my country for 8 years.
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I totally agree, while they're at it they should repeal the silly restrictions some states have about only selling beer OR liquor in the same store, but not both.
Literally makes no sense in today's world.
Also, I felt the pain of blue laws in while I was living in Germany this summer hard core. Only really happened once, but running out of food on Saturday night... no way to buy food on Sunday  except for some restaurants.
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On October 22 2012 00:27 micronesia wrote:
Having the Queen of another country be your head of state must be rough.
edit: Then again I had GWBush as the head of state in my country for 8 years.
It's rough. She drags her ass here and we spend millions of dollars on security and little events so she can walk around on red carpets while people flip out about the most expensive mascot the world has ever known.
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