I'm not sure how far this chain extends but I was so dumbfounded by what happened to me today I had to share it.
Anyways, I went to World Market (essentially a Pier One with alcohol, coffee, and food) today and while I was there picked out a bottle of Merlot and an Ale. I had wanted to steam the lables off, blow them up, and use them as artwork in my smoking room.
So I went to the cashier to pay and handed her my ID when she asked. She took a few minutes to look at it and told me she couldn't sell me the alcohol. I showed her on the ID where it had my birthday and where it said "Under 21 Until 10-22-06" and told her today's date. She then left and showed the ID to another cashier who said because it wasn't a vertical ID they couldn't sell me the alcohol. Shocked, I told her I'd never heard of such a policy before and just bought the other item I had.
I should have talked to the manager to explain the situation and how poorly they're training their cashiers, but since they can legally refuse sale to anyone and I was dumbfounded I left.
But the whole idea that they would refuse sale to somebody without the new DL which only recently came out is just ludicrous. Especially since the DL they refered to is issued to people UNDER 21 as shown here:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/depar ... cense.html
Even if I went out today and renewed my license, it would still be of a horizontal design.
I know its over and done with, and I don't really care about the alcohol as I don't even drink wine and the ale was just a novelty bottle. Just the same, the fact that a store with a liquor license that has assumably been lectured in laws pertaining to alcohol sales, could train its cashiers on the subject so poorly, just really irks me.
Anyways, I went to World Market (essentially a Pier One with alcohol, coffee, and food) today and while I was there picked out a bottle of Merlot and an Ale. I had wanted to steam the lables off, blow them up, and use them as artwork in my smoking room.
So I went to the cashier to pay and handed her my ID when she asked. She took a few minutes to look at it and told me she couldn't sell me the alcohol. I showed her on the ID where it had my birthday and where it said "Under 21 Until 10-22-06" and told her today's date. She then left and showed the ID to another cashier who said because it wasn't a vertical ID they couldn't sell me the alcohol. Shocked, I told her I'd never heard of such a policy before and just bought the other item I had.
I should have talked to the manager to explain the situation and how poorly they're training their cashiers, but since they can legally refuse sale to anyone and I was dumbfounded I left.
But the whole idea that they would refuse sale to somebody without the new DL which only recently came out is just ludicrous. Especially since the DL they refered to is issued to people UNDER 21 as shown here:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/depar ... cense.html
Even if I went out today and renewed my license, it would still be of a horizontal design.
I know its over and done with, and I don't really care about the alcohol as I don't even drink wine and the ale was just a novelty bottle. Just the same, the fact that a store with a liquor license that has assumably been lectured in laws pertaining to alcohol sales, could train its cashiers on the subject so poorly, just really irks me.
