A 14 year old working in what I assume is a restaurant seems weird to me, but if their parents agree, I can’t see much harm in letting a youngster put a beer or a glass of scotch in front of the customer. Heck, at that age, I was stealing beer from my dad’s supply. I think I turned out OK.
In theory, maybe. But I think the bigger issue is that at 14, a kid doesn’t have a real great ability to deal with drunk people, or is responsible enough to check IDs or any of the other things required to serve alcohol. Can you imagine a 14 year old in a TIPs training class?
Edit: and imagine how shitty a 14 year old girl would get treated serving booze to drunk assholes
Or how shitty a 14 y.o would feel if they over-served someone without realizing it, and felt responsible if something happened to them. Or could the 14 y.o still be criminally charged for over-serving.
That’s a libertarian approach, and I don’t necessarily disagree with that.
The problem is these are the same people pushing for book bans and criminalizing drag. They think those things are more likely to harm a kid than dealing with actual drunk adults as a job.
A 14 year old working in what I assume is a restaurant seems weird to me, but if their parents agree, I can’t see much harm in letting a youngster put a beer or a glass of scotch in front of the customer. Heck, at that age, I was stealing beer from my dad’s supply. I think I turned out OK.
In theory, maybe. But I think the bigger issue is that at 14, a kid doesn’t have a real great ability to deal with drunk people, or is responsible enough to check IDs or any of the other things required to serve alcohol. Can you imagine a 14 year old in a TIPs training class?
Edit: and imagine how shitty a 14 year old girl would get treated serving booze to drunk assholes
Or how shitty a 14 y.o would feel if they over-served someone without realizing it, and felt responsible if something happened to them. Or could the 14 y.o still be criminally charged for over-serving.
None of it seems like the smartest idea
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California here, at 14 I didn’t quite yet grasp the “you can say no to people” thing yet. Definitely not the age you should be dealing with drunk men.
Sure, not all men… but enough men that assuming all men is the safer bet.
You are putting children at risk of sexual harrassment from drunk adults. That is enough to say no for me lol.
That’s not a bug, that’s a feature.
That’s a libertarian approach, and I don’t necessarily disagree with that.
The problem is these are the same people pushing for book bans and criminalizing drag. They think those things are more likely to harm a kid than dealing with actual drunk adults as a job.
I grew up in north east Wisconsin where we all got work permits and started worming at 13 at hotels and restaurants. It’s a pretty common.