I'm a 60 year old woman with some wrinkles and light gray hair. Nobody would ever think I'm 42 years younger than that. My wife is 63, dark gray hair and more wrinkles. Old farts, no doubt.
We went this afternoon, Saturday feb 27/21 to the DeKalb, IL Walmart to buy stuff for our dinner and something to cook tomorrow, Sunday. The idea was to eat something and relax with a movie and a drink. We went to the liquor store in the back of the building, my wife stayed out by the door with our cart and I went in to buy 2 mini bottles of whisky (big drinker!!). I gave the employee, a woman younger than me, my debit card and she asked me for my ID. I was shocked! It wasn't my first liquor purchase at Walmart and I'm old!. I didn't have it and she said I couldn't purchase the liquor. Whaaaat??? I laughed my ass off and went out to ask my wife if she had hers. She did, so she went and told the lady she wanted to buy the whisky. The woman told my old wife she wouldn't sell it to her because my wife will give it to me!!!! Yessss!!! We live in the same household!!!. Even worse: we'd drink it together!!!! What a pair of criminals!!! I wasn't mad at the employee, I thought she misunderstood the instructions. Do you think this is lunacy? It gets better. We asked to talk to the manager, a very nice young woman, who told us the lady did the right thing and we couldn't purchase any alcohol!!!!! WTF????!!!! We told her we are legally allowed to purchase alcohol and what we do with it it's not Walmart's business, even if we go out and give it to a minor. She told us it is Walmart's business because, if they sell us alcohol and we kill someone with our car, Walmart is responsible. Whaaaat???!!!So how long, before and after the purchase, is the liquor store responsible for the drinker's behavior?. We were not drunk, we didn't drink alcohol for several weeks. I realized the manager had not clue about anything. I'm still scratching my head...
Something else we noticed during our last 2 visits: a lot of things are gone, no variety, even some esencials are gone. A lot of empty spots everywhere, including the fridges and even merchandise and spot are gone together. Most of the registers are closed. I heard today that this Walmart will close. I don't think so but they are weird...
We went to American Liquors on Lincoln Hwy and 1st St, something I should've done from the beginning. During the last 10 years they never asked me for my ID, they have great prices, great seleccion and they're very nice people.
UPDATE: I just received an email from Walmart with their policy to sell alcohol. You need to have your passport, drivers license o tribal documents to buy alcohol even if you are 100 y/o. But if you have kids they will not sell alcohol to you. If you are in a group they will not sell it to you. If you try to buy alcohol and they think you are with other people, they will not sell it to you. Plus our case: if you go with your spouse to buy together, they'd not sell it to you. But they clarified that if a kid touches a bottle, they will still sell it to you. I'm trying to understand this last one.
WALMART DECIDES WHAT YOU, A FREE ADULT AMERICAN, CAN AND CAN NOT DO WITH A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR PURCHASED ACCORDING TO THE LAW. No, thank you. read more