Via Radley Balko, the irony is truly staggering:
Seriously, alcohol users donât need you to be nicer to them. Just be glad you can buy alcohol in a safe place, with products labeled for purity and no fear that you'll be charged with "intent to distribute" if police find a case of beer in your trunk.
Instead of being nicer to alcohol users, can we finally stop destroying people's lives for choosing other intoxicants instead?
HARRISBURG, Pa. â Pennsylvania liquor store clerks need to be more bubbly when they're selling Champagne.
The state's Liquor Control Board is spending more than $173,000 to try to make workers friendlier and more well-mannered at the nearly 650 stores it operates. The board says it wants to make sure clerks are saying "hello," "thank you" and "come again" to customers shopping for wine and spirits. [Comcast.net]
Seriously, alcohol users donât need you to be nicer to them. Just be glad you can buy alcohol in a safe place, with products labeled for purity and no fear that you'll be charged with "intent to distribute" if police find a case of beer in your trunk.
Instead of being nicer to alcohol users, can we finally stop destroying people's lives for choosing other intoxicants instead?
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