A friendly neighborhood pub was “stung” by an
underage operation which consisted of this: a couple, both one month shy of
being 21, went in, sat down and ordered.
Both looked not only 21 but actually at least 5 years older, maybe 26 or
27. They were served by the busy
bartender, didn’t touch their drinks, and walked out. In came the alcohol enforcement officer, who
cited both the bartender and the pub owner.
The bartender was a veteran one of 15
years. The owner, whose establishment
does not exactly make a screaming fortune, was forced by the incident to hire
1-2 entrance guard/checkers a night at significant financial impact to his
business.
Business owners often complain of government
interference and regulation. This is an
example. It’s not one that affects the
plutocrats, who have the wealth and influence to neutralize any real impactful
things to them. It instead affects the
middle class small business owners, many of whom are barely making it.
And the irony you ask? Republicans often scream about excess
government and regulation. This alcohol
enforcement officer, who spent public money to set up this overdone, entrapping,
needless, and what will be perpetually harmful operation (for something that
wasn’t a problem), is a son of..the local Republican Party chairman.
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