So apparently a new law went into effect in Tennessee today. Establishments selling closed containers of beer (such as grocery stores and convenience markets) not only have to card everyone who purchases beer, but their driver’s license number is also entered into a statewide database. (Burly first tipped me off to this, and then here’s more info from a blog at the Knoxville News-Sentinel).
I understand carding, and I’m completely ok with it. I even understand company policy to overshoot the minimum and card anyone who appears to be under, say, 40. Before today, clerks would have to key in my birth date for beer (and indeed one did yesterday). That’s fine. Understandable; I’m sure some of those folks don’t have good math skills, so let the computer do it for them.
The state’s reasoning is that they want to put the kibosh on underage drinking. If they leave it up to a clerk’s discretion, there would be some older looking kids who would slip through the cracks. Alright, so force everyone to have their birth date keyed in. Problem solved.
There is no. need. for. this. I’m not sure where they’re going with this, but the more records there are of where I am and what I’m buying, the less I like it. This is why I’d rather purchase with cash instead of a traceable credit or debit card. I’m also not a fan of all the grocery stores holding their prices hostage and releasing them only if I get a Plus or VIP card, making me think I’m “saving” money when they’re really just keeping records of what I buy. I do not like it, I do not like it at all.
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