At a recent party I hosted, I was annoyed and appalled by Wamart's stupd rules about alcohol consumption. I went to the evil store against my will (see earlier post, Walmart=Devil? for details) when no one else was open.

I got sveral 6 packs for my party. They wouldn't let me buy it. They said they had to see my ID AND my friend Liz's id. "Why?" I asked. "I'm 24. She's 20. I'm buying it. She's not." "Sorry," she said. No go. This ticked me off. So I sent Liz out to the car, re-entered the store, and tried to buy it from a different cashier.

Busted. I guess he'd seen me. "I'm still going to need your friend's id," the guy said. WHY? She wasn't even THERE. But he'd seen her, so I couldn't get alcohol.

I stormed out and went to brown derby. I was now late for my own party and people were sitting outside my porch in the dark. I was fuming. How it different to WalMart if I buy booze with Liz sitting at home and THEN give it to her? What are the going to do? Refuse to sell alchol to anyone with any friends under the age of 21? The rule is ridiculous. I engage in no more illegal activty having Liz wait at home than go with me to buy it. They just make the drive there more boring.

When I finally got my purchases to the counter, I couldn't find my id. In my rage, I had left it at the soul-sucking superstore. 

The lady a Brown Derby gave it to me anyway. Even though I look 17, she took pity on me. "I can tell you're not the alcohol polce," she said kindly. "Go ahead and buy."

Moral of this story?

1. Stupid rules annoy us, but do not stop underage drinking.

2. Don't shop Wal-Mart.