Wine bottles

Bias in the bottle shop

Last Sunday, for the first time in my life, I was refused service at a bottle shop The charge: purchase with intent to supply a minor I was momentarily speechless Then I started to assure the cashier he was wrong I had no intention of supplying alcohol to a minor, and couldn’t understand why he’d conclude that I would And then I realised there was no point I had no power in this situation The cashier (who was only just beyond being a minor himself) had made his decision about my...

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