Proof That Cigarettes Are Bad For Your Brain

At the time of this story, you have to be 18 to buy cigarettes. I’m with two sisters; one is 20 and the other is 17. We get to the gas station and the older one needs cigarettes but she has a headache and doesn’t want to go in. They decide to send the younger one in with the older one’s ID. The younger sister goes in and comes out empty-handed.

Younger Sister: “Sis, they don’t have [Brand #1]; what else do you want?”

Older Sister: “See if they have [Brand #2].” 

The younger one goes in and again comes out empty-handed.

Younger Sister: “They’re out of [Brand #2]; what else did you want?”

Older Sister: “Try [Brand #3].”

[Younger Sister] goes back in and comes back out empty-handed again.

Younger Sister: “She said she won’t sell them as they’re obviously for you and not me.”

[Older Sister] went in with the younger and both showed their IDs, explaining that the cigarettes were for the older but that she didn’t want to go in. The older sister threw a fit when the cashier still refused the sale. I don’t know what they were expecting, and they were probably really lucky the cashier didn’t call the cops on them.