Originally Posted by
cb1111
Many years ago I was visiting from Germany and was heading to a BBQ so I figured I'd bring a few six packs of beer. I go into the grocery store (this is in Arkansas) and the clerk rings up all my stuff except for the beer. She stops and says she needs to call a supervisor or an older clerk as she is not allowed to "touch" alcoholic beverages as she is 18. She then says that I can run it over the scanner but would of course have to bag it myself.
I had a similar experience here at an Illinois Kroger grocery store. The clerks can't ring up alcohol if they are under 21, so they have to get a somebody older to do it. That's not unusual. The unusual part was the bagger told me that if I buy something other than alcohol with my alcohol purchase, he is allowed to touch the alcohol when he is bagging the groceries. If I had only purchased alcohol, he is not allowed to touch the alcohol. He was only allowed to place my 6 pack in the cart because I had also bought food.