BACKSTORY
So today I had to attend a meeting in Lebanon and on the way home I decided to look for some ammo. I stopped everywhere it was reasonable to stop between Lebanon and Bloomington looking for either .22lr or .380. Not much to be had. Dick's on west 86th street had a good supply of blazer .380 but I don't want aluminum. Just as well since the boxes weren't priced and the price wasn't in the computer.
I worked my way down to one of the more popular LGS's - big crowd but no luck with the ammo. I went next door to their annex (think of it as LGS II). They didn't have what I wanted either but they did have a good selection of some other calibers. 12 ga shotshells - don't need any more (really). 7.62x 51 - nah. 303 British - not my thing. 5.56 and .223 - that's more like it, but kind of spendy.
IMPORTANT PART
While I was browsing there was a group of young men in line at the register. The one with the ammo and the money overheard the clerk ask the previous customer for his ID and thought he couldn't buy his ammo since he had left his own ID at home. The clerk piped up and let him know the id was only necessary for a credit card transaction. Since the young man had cash that would be no problem. After the transaction was completed the clerk told the young man he really should carry his ID since he didn't look 18 (yet he had sold him ammo). Then the clerk expounded on the need to carry ID. He said that an officer could stop him at any time and demand to see an ID. If he was unable to produce the ID he would be jailed.
Did I mention that the clerk was pretty 'mouthy'? Well, I guess loud and animated might be a more polite way to put it.
After the customer and his friends left the store, the loud clerk and his friends (other clerks possibly, but on the wrong side of the counter) spent some time badmouthing the customer. "I should have thrown him out, he was high as a kite" is as close as I can come to a direct quote. I didn't notice that the customer was in that condition, but I wasn't selling him ammo. I know we have a law prohibiting providing guns to intoxicated people, but it must not apply to ammo.
But we're not done yet... Clerk's buddy(co-clerk?) walks to the door, looks out and says "they haven't left yet maybe he's having trouble keeping his doobie lit". Clerk says "maybe I should go out and 'badge' him and watch him **** himself" Hmmm the plot thickens. So we don't just have a bonehead LGS clerk making up laws and ignoring common sense, we have an off duty JBT / clerk making up laws and ignoring common sense.
So today I had to attend a meeting in Lebanon and on the way home I decided to look for some ammo. I stopped everywhere it was reasonable to stop between Lebanon and Bloomington looking for either .22lr or .380. Not much to be had. Dick's on west 86th street had a good supply of blazer .380 but I don't want aluminum. Just as well since the boxes weren't priced and the price wasn't in the computer.
I worked my way down to one of the more popular LGS's - big crowd but no luck with the ammo. I went next door to their annex (think of it as LGS II). They didn't have what I wanted either but they did have a good selection of some other calibers. 12 ga shotshells - don't need any more (really). 7.62x 51 - nah. 303 British - not my thing. 5.56 and .223 - that's more like it, but kind of spendy.
IMPORTANT PART
While I was browsing there was a group of young men in line at the register. The one with the ammo and the money overheard the clerk ask the previous customer for his ID and thought he couldn't buy his ammo since he had left his own ID at home. The clerk piped up and let him know the id was only necessary for a credit card transaction. Since the young man had cash that would be no problem. After the transaction was completed the clerk told the young man he really should carry his ID since he didn't look 18 (yet he had sold him ammo). Then the clerk expounded on the need to carry ID. He said that an officer could stop him at any time and demand to see an ID. If he was unable to produce the ID he would be jailed.
Did I mention that the clerk was pretty 'mouthy'? Well, I guess loud and animated might be a more polite way to put it.
After the customer and his friends left the store, the loud clerk and his friends (other clerks possibly, but on the wrong side of the counter) spent some time badmouthing the customer. "I should have thrown him out, he was high as a kite" is as close as I can come to a direct quote. I didn't notice that the customer was in that condition, but I wasn't selling him ammo. I know we have a law prohibiting providing guns to intoxicated people, but it must not apply to ammo.
But we're not done yet... Clerk's buddy(co-clerk?) walks to the door, looks out and says "they haven't left yet maybe he's having trouble keeping his doobie lit". Clerk says "maybe I should go out and 'badge' him and watch him **** himself" Hmmm the plot thickens. So we don't just have a bonehead LGS clerk making up laws and ignoring common sense, we have an off duty JBT / clerk making up laws and ignoring common sense.