Price Chopper alcohol policy leaves patrons over 40 waiting Tipped by vaxvms 
By Dan McLean You must be at least 21 years old to buy alcohol in Vermont. But if you appear to be older than 40, you'll need approval from a Price Chopper supervisor before leaving the supermarket with a six-pack or a bottle of merlot. Price Chopper, based in Schenectady, N.Y., has instituted a chain-wide policy that the sale of beer, wine, wine coolers or malt liquor to any customer who appears to be at least 40 years old be approved by a supervisor or manager, supermarket spokeswoman Mona Golub said Friday. Anyone who appears younger than 40 must provide identification to the cashier. Those who appear to be older than 40 are not carded but must wait for a manager's approval. story continues..
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 | | Price Chopper alcohol policy leaves patrons over 40 wait Yeah right ----- send me some kid to give me approval. | |
|  |  vaxvmsferroequine fanPremium
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Wustah, MA | Re: Price Chopper alcohol policy leaves patrons over 40 wait I think I'll stand outside the door and ask some kid to buy me a six pack. 
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kudos:2 | Re: Price Chopper alcohol policy leaves patrons over 40 wait I think I'll ask my 18 year old Nephiew to buy for me.  | |
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| I think they have it backwards... Me thinks they have this policy backwards...over 40 must be approved by supervisor but under 40 only ID is needed. You would think the policy would be reversed - under 40 needs supervisor approval and over 40 shows ID.
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| Re: I think they have it backwards... I would love to be there when the 25 year old PC supervisor tells the feisty 60 year old man that he has to show an id to buy a bottle of Bolla.
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| | Sounds like they're being manipulative. quote:
The supermarket implemented a policy 1 1/2 years ago that checked identifications on all alcohol purchases, but it was not well received, she said. "We had a number of customers that were very uncomfortable with that," she said, particularly those older than 50.
"The ideal solution is to be able to card everyone without anyone finding that offensive. And that's where we're are going with this one," Golub said of the current alcohol sales procedure.
So the people over 50 didn't want to get carded, but now they're being forced to go through the hassle of being "approved" by a supervisor. I'm thinking when they revamp the policy again and go back to carding everyone, the over-50 crowd is supposed to be relieved and accepting of the policy after this experiment in "careful what you wish for" manipulation.
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