No Beer Until I See Pumpkins

A young-looking customer comes up to my manager’s counter with some beer.

Manager: “Can I see some ID?”

Customer: “Sure!”

My manager looks at the ID and then looks at it closer.

Manager: “I’m sorry, I can’t sell this to you.”

Customer: “I turn twenty-one in like, a few hours. What difference will it make?”

Manager: “A store I used to work at closed at ten at night. A young lady like you came in to buy a bottle of wine, just before closing. According to her ID, she turned twenty-one at midnight. That coworker talked to a manager, and they agreed to sell it to her since we wouldn’t be open at midnight. She walked out, and then cops walked back in with the wine and the receipt. They got fined and fired because the store got fined, too.”

Customer: “…oh.”

Manager: “So, yeah, that’s the difference it can make. Come back tomorrow.”