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I remember being descended upon by no less than three different employees at the Steam
Plant in downtown Spokane because I carried my two year old up to the downstairs bar (OH THE HUMANITY!!!!) to get a napkin for his snotty nose. I’m sure he was damaged for life for being SO NEAR THE LEGAL SALE OF ALCOHOL, because LORD KNOWS nothing like that happens in PEOPLE’S HOMES! heh….sorry…it’s just weird…like the whole “beer gardens” thing. In Texas, at an event similar to, say, “Pig Out In The Park” in Spokane, one could get a beer, and WALK AROUND with it…but NOOOO, not here.. one must remain safely behind the ropes until the offending beverage is consumed. I’m still not sure why/Toadman. More here.
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Stickman on March 10 at 6:43 p.m.
It could be imagined that if you went up there for a beer, maybe an employee or two might question that. Maybe. But for a napkin for a little one, too many people stressing about too many things.
Bent on March 10 at 6:52 p.m.
That’s one reason I love Post Falls, Toad. You can still legally drink beer in the city parks — until someone screws it up, that is.
hhuseland on March 10 at 8:33 p.m.
Actually, Toad, it isn’t to protect the innocence of your two year old. It’s to protect their license. The law sez a minor child cannot be at the bar, period. Knowing how the bureaucracy works, if a liquor control officer or a cop was present, they would have left you alone, but busted the bar and the bartender. They don’t tend to make exceptions to those statutes. I would have left the two year old with the wife or whom ever else you were with. Rules sometimes can be broken, but not that one.
toadman on March 11 at 8:38 a.m.
I’m really sorry about this rant…I think I wrote it to highlight the fact that a lot of times, our lawmakers spend too much time on trivial matters…which I consider this to be. It’s not that I’m a strong advocate of having under 21’s be able to legally belly up to any bar they see, or that drunks should be allowed to wander around spilling beverages on patrons of civic events…I just think people should have the common sense to know what’s stupid, and what’s not.
However, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are a lot of people in this world who lack the maturity to be able to tell the difference between what is completely moronic, and what isn’t. I suppose this is why the laws are in effect…to protect the rest of us from immature stupidity.
It also highlights my assertion that freedom is an illusion. I cannot walk around Pig out in the Park with an alcoholic beverage, because some moron has already ruined my ability to do so.. and thereby, limited my freedom.