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Article #643Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk.
From: A nagy Istvan
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1993 19:59
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1993 19:59
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In article <2d0kev$16tp@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> vanhoose@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu (Todd E. Van Hoosear) writes: >Xref: cedarnet oh.general:503 misc.legal:15163 >Path: cedarnet!calvin!gumby!yale!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!msuinfo!cl-next4!vanhoose >From: vanhoose@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu (Todd E. Van Hoosear) >Newsgroups: oh.general,cmh.general,osu.opinion,misc.legal >Subject: Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk. >Followup-To: oh.general,cmh.general,osu.opinion,misc.legal >Date: 24 Nov 1993 21:41:50 GMT >Organization: Michigan State University >Lines: 72 >Distribution: na >Message-ID: <2d0kev$16tp@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> >References: <2catdh$2fi@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <2cb8hdINNjhi@gecko.ci <2cbke5$3kb@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> >NNTP-Posting-Host: cl-next4.cl.msu.edu >X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] >: I was visiting friends in East Lansing, MI last year and we decided to go out >: and buy beer so we went to the Meijer down the street. Since it was a party w >: were buying a few cases. Before we got in line my friend and I pooled our >: financial resources to pay for the beer. When we got to the register, the >: cashier refused to sell us the beer. The reason? She saw the transfer of >: funds and just knew that one of us was underage and the other was buying the >: beer. (Not only are Charles and I both 30, but we don't even look anywhere >: near 21...sorry to say) >: She then asked for our IDs and says, "ok, now who's who?" Charles is >: African-American and I am not. So when I told her I was Charles she *really* >: became angry. And she still refused to sell us the beer. >Requesting IDs from both people, _especially_ in the case where there is a >transfer of funds before the sale of alcohol, or even just if two people are >in line together, is SOP for most liquor stores up here. _Refusing_ to sell >alcohol on the basis of being a smart ass (I mean it in the nicest way, >really ;) is _not_. Reminds me of an incident with the Canadian border patrol, >but I won't get into that here.... Got an easy solution for that. Don't buy beer. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ "If you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you $ $ can always tell the one who gets hit. He's the $ $ one that yelps." -My dad. *:-) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ I am writable at S1078395@cedarville.edu and my $ $ name, Steve Estep, also known as A Nagy Istvan. $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 113a29,a23a92deefc706af X-Google-Attributes: gid113a29,public X-Google-Thread: f95f9,a23a92deefc706af X-Google-Attributes: gidf95f9,public X-Google-Thread: 106a7c,a23a92deefc706af X-Google-Attributes: gid106a7c,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,ec17d5078721fc9d X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-12-02 12:35:40 PST Newsgroups: oh.general,cmh.general,osu.opinion,misc.legal Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!cedarnet!cedarville.edu!s1078395 From: s1078395@cedarville.edu (A nagy Istvan ) Subject: Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk. Message-ID: <s1078395.349.2CFE4910@cedarville.edu> Lines: 50 Sender: news@cedarville.edu Organization: Cedarville College, Cedarville, OH References: <2catdh$2fi@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <2cb8hdINNjhi@gecko.ci <2cbke5$3kb@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <2d0kev$16tp@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Distribution: na Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 19:59:12 GMT