in my humble opinion. Asking EVERYONE for ID is a huge waste of time and a hassle for everyone involved. IF an establishment wants to have that as a policy, I have no problem with it, but it shouldn't be a state law. We have too many of those as it is.

Amen Brother--it was all tied to Highway funding and the states were blackmailed into raising the age to 21. It basically invites and encourages civil and perhaps criminal disobedience. Where is "change" when it is really called for?

Let's see...you can vote for the President of the US, buy a house, buy a car, apply for a credit card, sign a contract as an adult and be held legally responsible for the payment, be prosecuted in a court of law as an adult, get married, have kids, be recognized in any and all other ways as a responsible adult by society and the legal system and oh yeah DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY but you cannot purchase a beer legally. Give me a friggin' break! And I'm over 50 years old so this isn't some teenage gripe. Stupid law.

beverages comes under ATF. That's the way it was in FL. Now here is a good one----a very well fixed attorney who handled most of the liquor license cases got a very stringent law passed re: serving of alcohol,etc., with very steep fines. Guess who's daughter started a company that charged dearly to come to your establishment and "teach" your servers and bartenders the law. The class was a farce but, if your employees sold alcohol to a minor or a minor bought cigarettes at your establishment you could be heavily fined or could lose your license. If you paid for these classes and your server, bartender got caught, you would not be held responsible because you had this certificate that they had passed the class. Once we got a citation that a minor had bought cigarettes out of a machine in our establishment. The day it was supposed to happen was a slow day and I was there--the machine located where it could be watched and no young people had been in. Our place was a restaurant/tavern. We were not informed at the time it happened but received a form letter about 15 days later stating cigarettes had been bought by a minor. After talking to other establishments we learned that of the ten we called all ten had gotten same letter for same day and same time. When I was finally allowed to talk to the agent (ATF) who supposedly brought this teen-ager in, he had no idea where our machine was even located! The only thing that saved us from a very big fine was that our employees had had this "training." Shake-down, sure seemed like it but there was nothing you could do. We took the cigarette machine out and not too long after became tobacco free just for that reason.

Booze is regulated at the state and local level in GA, not through the ATF. The ATF is kind of a holdover from another era that doesn't do much any more except on firearms issues at times.

Isn't that like saying that 34 0f 41 sick people can now have treatment for an illness, isn't that wonderful?
Such a successful program!
We expect the 34 to do the job, don't we? Positivity, Bah!

Bonkers

This test is not one that is set up for the businesses to pass. I promise you. The person sent in does not look underage, they are sent at times when servers are the busiest. And lets face it, most restaurants do not have the long term dedicated employees that are as diligent as the owners or management.

If you ask any one of the restaurant owners that passed if they are happy and relieved they would say yes. The opportunity for an error by the servers is huge, and the penalty for the restaurateur is huge.

Is it OK to not check ages when the restaurant is busy? Just when you have time?

Is it supposed to be set up so one can pass anytime?

How can anyone err when all that needs to be done is to verify by picture i.d. that someone is 21? An annual chart that says what a birthdate means in years old is simple.

Some busy places even ask 75 year olds for i.d. That is the other unneeded extreme! It is usually an excuse for not checking before that they are made to do that!

I'm not so sure about your statement that owners and managers are diligent!

When I was a kid, good, diligent managers used their judgement as to whom to sell alcohol. They helped protect youth. Seldom did the cops interfere for that reason.