Underage drinking is taken a lot more seriously now than it was 40 or 50 years ago. Liquor stores can lose their license by selling booze to anyone under 21, on the first offense in some states. So liquor store employees, if they've been there any time at all, have stories about teenagers trying to get around the rules. A redditor asked, "What is the craziest instance of underaged kids trying to get booze you've ever encountered?" Some the answers are pretty funny.
2. "I had a guy come in to try to buy booze with an absolutely terrible fake tattoo (tattoos and alcohol have the same age restrictions here). I'm guessing he thought that if he had massive tribal tattoos down his arm we would just assume that he was old enough. He'd clearly done them with a felt tip pen, but it was a hot day so the sweat was making them drip down his arm."
—Camyas
3. "This dude came in and tried to buy a handle of whiskey. Looked super young to me, like 14–15 max. He started telling me how he needs to get drunk because his wife just left him and his four kids behind...I ask to see his ID, he awkwardly pulls out his student ID from the local high school. I told him we couldn't sell him the liquor, but good luck with the four kids."
—futbo0lbo0i
Read 16 of the funniest stories from liquor store employees at Buzzfeed.