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Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk.

#643
From: A nagy Istvan
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:
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>: 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. 
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From: s1078395@cedarville.edu (A nagy Istvan )
Subject: Re: Meijer - Shop at your own risk.
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