wberg@ihuxq.UUCP (W. W. Berg) (05/18/84)
this line does not exist.
in Chicago, there is some kind of law that, when buying booze at a
grocery store, the purchaser must punch a button on the cash register.
I've seen this go on several times, but I don't fully understand it.
"The paranoiacs are out to get me !!"
W. Bergcmsj@ihdba.UUCP (Chris Jachcinski) (05/21/84)
Regarding the comment concerning that purchasers must hit a
button on a cash register to buy booze in the Chicago area:
I think what you've seen is an attempt to circumvent a quirk
in Illinois liquor laws. Not only must the purchaser be over
21, but the seller (the one at the register) must also be
over 21. Since many check out clerks aren't over 21, they are
supposed to call a store employee who is to push the magic
button that "officially" makes the sale. I suppose that to
save time they sometimes just ask the customer to push the
button for them.
Chris Jachcinski
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, ILstanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck) (05/21/84)
>> in Chicago, there is some kind of law that, when buying booze at a >> grocery store, the purchaser must punch a button on the cash register. >> I've seen this go on several times, but I don't fully understand it. >> >> "The paranoiacs are out to get me !!" W. Berg No, No, No! The real problem is that many stores have cashiers that are under 21 years old. Since minors can't sell booze, and for the point of grocery stores selling is defined as ringing it up, someone over 21 must push the button that actually rings the price up. The minor can punch the price in, but can't push the enter key. Most stores have another cashier (an over-age one) do it, but some just have the (over-age) customer push it. -- ________ ( ) Don Stanwyck @( o o )@ 312-979-3062 ( || ) Cornet-367-3062 ( \__/ ) ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck (______) Bell Labs @ Naperville, IL
smann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann) (05/22/84)
>in Chicago, there is some kind of law that, when buying booze at a >grocery store, the purchaser must punch a button on the cash register. The law is that minors may not sell liquor. The check out clerk gets around the laww by having an adult enter the transaction (by pressing the button on the cash register entering a liquor purchase). Sherry Mann
fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (05/23/84)
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I think the "law" requiring customers to push the button on the
cash register is really just a function of the cashier's age.
If the cashier is under 21, s/he cannot process a transaction
involving alcoholic beverages; therefore, the customer pushes the
putton, since s/he is the nearest person of age available. I've
had to do this a couple of times myself, but not in Chicago, in
Champaign. Having bought beer, etc. in both places without having
to ring up the sale, I have drawn this conclusion.
--
Bob Fishell
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