Ever wonder why, when buying beer at the grocery store, the underage cashier sets the beer at the back of the groceries, rings up absolutely everything else, then calls for “code 7” (or whatever their secret passphrase is for someone old enough to ring up beer) while everyone behind you in line groans?<\/p>\n
I thought I’d be kind today to the other Thanksgiving shoppers behind me, and put the beer at the very front of the groceries.\u00c2\u00a0 He looked at it, asked “is this alcohol?” and set it at the back.\u00c2\u00a0 I actually asked him, “wouldn’t it be faster to call for someone now, then continue ringing up everything else while we wait for them to get here?”<\/p>\n
He said they were required to do it that way.\u00c2\u00a0 I happen to know that they’re also required to ask for ID, which he didn’t.<\/p>\n
Suggestion for grocers:<\/strong> put some kind of identifier on the lane or lanes where the cashier is old enough to sell beer.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we won’t slow down the lines for everyone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever wonder why, when buying beer at the grocery store, the underage cashier sets the beer at the back of the groceries, rings up absolutely everything else, then calls for “code 7” (or whatever their secret passphrase is for someone … Continue reading