I thought you only had to be 16 years old to buy alcohol in Austria. It now looks like America, where you have to be 21 years old to buy alcohol.
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There is this a rule of thumb for people selling age-restricted goods: If the age restriction is x and the person “looks” younger then x+5, ask for an ID. (In this case 16+5=21)
How I know this:
I worked for the post office in Austria and this was (probably still is) in the training material for lottery products.
Bin bum zua, find ich leiwand
The law in Austria basically sais “soft alcohol (beer, wine, etc) at 16 everything stronger (vodka, Jägermeister, etc) at 18”
This doesn’t mean stores can’t choose what aged people they can sell to. Normal stores just follow the law making it at 16 and 18 tho some chose to make it all 18 or even 21. They also could say 29 or whatever they feel like.
Was is denn des?
In Canada, same rule – if looking younger than 27, ID will be asked. Even though the legal drinking and smoking age is 19.
Ja fix
Would be quite beneficial for the youth. But given the prevalence of “fuatgeh”, where even 14-15 year olds can receive distilled spirit cocktails (albeit at astronomical prices), it won’t really make a huge difference.
im 34 and bought one beer a month ago. was asked if im already 16. said im so old i dont even want to drink anymore. was the right answer lol
In nem lokalen Markt werden Energy Drinks ab 16 verkauft. Die wollen denk bei besorgten Eltern gut ankommen. Klar ist das kacke, aber Hausrecht ist Hausrecht.
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I thought you only had to be 16 years old to buy alcohol in Austria. It now looks like America, where you have to be 21 years old to buy alcohol.
[deleted]
There is this a rule of thumb for people selling age-restricted goods: If the age restriction is x and the person “looks” younger then x+5, ask for an ID. (In this case 16+5=21)
How I know this:
I worked for the post office in Austria and this was (probably still is) in the training material for lottery products.
Bin bum zua, find ich leiwand
The law in Austria basically sais “soft alcohol (beer, wine, etc) at 16 everything stronger (vodka, Jägermeister, etc) at 18”
This doesn’t mean stores can’t choose what aged people they can sell to. Normal stores just follow the law making it at 16 and 18 tho some chose to make it all 18 or even 21. They also could say 29 or whatever they feel like.
Was is denn des?
In Canada, same rule – if looking younger than 27, ID will be asked. Even though the legal drinking and smoking age is 19.
Ja fix
Would be quite beneficial for the youth. But given the prevalence of “fuatgeh”, where even 14-15 year olds can receive distilled spirit cocktails (albeit at astronomical prices), it won’t really make a huge difference.
im 34 and bought one beer a month ago. was asked if im already 16. said im so old i dont even want to drink anymore. was the right answer lol
In nem lokalen Markt werden Energy Drinks ab 16 verkauft. Die wollen denk bei besorgten Eltern gut ankommen. Klar ist das kacke, aber Hausrecht ist Hausrecht.