I stopped by Walmart the other day to pick up a few things, among them a bottle of Bailey's and a bottle of Crown for a friend for Christmas. I had my wife and 2 year old daughter with me. The lady rings up my stuff and asks for my ID, I give it to her and then she asks for my wife's. What?? Im buying it I tell her, not my wife. She says she needs my wife's anyway.

Usually if we go somewhere my wife doesnt bring her purse with her ID in it because we have stuff to carry for our daughter. I was complaining about it to my sister who said theyre doing that everywhere now.

Anyone else seen this? Makes no sense. Ive never bought for people who were underage, but Ive been asked, and it was assumed the kid would stay outside the store.

Nope... but that's becuase I live in GA.

Arizona has some fucked up state law.

MD doesnt allow alcohol to be sold at Wal Mart, grocery stores, etc.

No matter where you are, if you are accompanied by someone they are fair game for getting carded too. Although, when you're closer to 21 you encounter this a lot more frequently.

Alcohol Law Enforcement (bitter not-quite-cops) in NC would try to bust under-21 years old for being in the same car as beer that an overage person bought. It never held up in court though.

I've never seen a Walmart that sells booze.

West Virginia is the only state i know of that does that. But I'm sure there must be others especially in the south or out west

North Carolina doees at least. I think South Carolina does too, but I started my fatwa against WalMart by the time I moved here.

NH does as well.

who buys their booze at Wal Mart?

you're a cheap fucker Pats.

:yup:

Would you get off my balls already, Oak?

you got no balls chump.

Wal Marts in NC sell beer, but no liquor. SC doesn't sell beer at all on Sunday, but you could buy it inside the gates at Darlington on race day. Kentucky didn't sell beer on Sundays, but a short trip across the Ohio river solved that.

I think some self-righteous cashiers, especially in the Bible Belt, take it upon themselves to make things difficult for people who buy alcohol.

Beer prices have gone through the roof here. A 12 pack of domestic Bud cans is about ten bucks, with tax. And that's at a grocery store.

I have no idea why they carded your wife. The same PC crowd that succeeded in this current tobacco prohibition may be going after alcohol next. It's the same type of crowd. They don't like something, and they don't think you should like it either. I've always thought someone could make a killing, if they started up a beer / liquor delivery service. I'd also make cigs available. Maybe call it Beer Run, Inc., or something. Or if a pizza delivery service could also deliver beer. Why not? You transport it legally, then whoever hands you the money at the door also shows you his I.D.

My wife and I haven't been carded for anything in years. Quit yer bitchin. One day you won't get carded for anything and that really sucks. Youth is wasted on the young! I wish I had a wife young enough to get carded.

That's kind of funny, I was never carded until I was over 21.

Pats doesn't know how.

:lol:

"That's kind of funny, I was never carded until I was over 21." Pats

That's because the gay bar you were stripping in kept you around until you got too old. :yup:

:lol:

That didnt make any sense. Cant southerners do anything right?

there's a place in South Beach that delivers. kind of nice to have a bottle of wine show up if you're cooking dinner and forgot to get it or whatever.

or you've already had some and don't want to drive. I think it would make sense for it to be allowed.

I always chuckle at the drive-through liquore stores in Michigan. basically they're converted car-washes where there are store-style coolers along both sides. you have to lean out your window, slide open the door to the cooler and grab what you want.

Its usually a jurisdictional decision, but some states do have tougher regulations than others. States like NJ, IN, MA, RI et al do not allow cold beer sales.

For instance, there are 3 Wal-Marts within driving distance of my house, 1 sells beer, the other two don't.