O’Doul’s claims to be a non-alcoholic beer but on the bottle it says only contains 0.5 percent of alcohol. If this item is rung up, the register will tell us to card the customer because it is still considered beer. We card anyone under the age of 35 but in this case he was 27 years younger.
I see a chubby kid with curly blonde hair standing in my line with a bottle of O’Doul’s on one hand and some crumpled up dollar bills on the other. He’s looking at the impulse buy candy section and trying to do what kids do; pick them up and look at the packaging but he couldn’t because his hands were full.
Me: Hey fella, whatcha doing there
Kid with O’Doul’s: umm… uhhh….
He puts the beer on the conveyor belt.
Me: Hey buddy, you know this is beer right? I can’t sell it to you. How old are you?
I tried my chance at intervention but he wasn’t budging…
Kid with O’Doul’s: (As if he rehearsed it several times) 8! It has no alcohol, so its not beer!
Snappy little kid… I hold the bottle and show him where it says it contains beer.
Me: See it say’s contains alcohol right here.
Snappy Kid with O’Doul’s: Well my daddy say’s I can buy it.
Me: Who’s your daddy?
He points to the guy standing by the door, waiting with his arms crossed as if this was some sort of test and before I was to say anything to him, he walked out. I turned back to the kid who just saw his daddy leave the store and he starts running towards the door while yelling… DAAAAAADDY!
