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I'm in my upper 60's and can't think of ever seeing a US flag in someone's backyard. Alot in the front yard or on the front of their house and on their vehicle or on a wall in their house or shop, very often.
We have two small ones in our backyard :)
You don't see as many back yards, as you do front yards. But yes, some people decorate with flags everywhere: the front yard, the back yard, the kitchen, the bedroom, the garage, ...
My Grandparents had a 40ft flagpole in their backyard. I have a 25 ft one.
I've seen many people's houses with U.S. flags in different locations. As long as they are properly flown, properly illuminated, and not flown during rainstorms, then it doesn't matter where it is located. I remember years ago a lot of the houses used to have those flagpole holders on their front porches or front windows, especially in towns and cities.
As an Australian I have never seen a flag in either a front or back yard. We love our country but don’t worship our flag.
Its not that he doesn't look like he is over 21. In many states it is a law that every customer who buys alcohol has to show ID (or carded). The cashier has to enter the year into the register before the transaction can be finalized. No id no alcohol no matter how old they look.
It's that way in Nebraska. It's a law. They have to ask.
I have no problem
Years ago they did base it on how people looked, but too many people were able to get around the law. Cashiers who didn't care would just say "Well, they looked old enough". The law got tired of it and changed it to carding everyone.
In Utah they have to scan your ID.
I went to a ball game with coworkers. A 60yo coworker had to show his ID to a 70yo server. It was just plain stupid.
Some places make the staff ask everyone because they can’t trust judgment of the clerk. They could lose their business over it. So they just make it a rule. EVERYONE gets carded
Depending on the state it's a law to check anyone that looks under 40. It's not because they don't trust the clerk it's because not asking at all will get you fined. It has nothing to do with whether or not the person actually looks underage.
Because people in America have become lazy & dumb ! Just look at the Whitehouse and there you get the full picture of STUPIDITY !
@@Zhiperser not just fined, you will lose your license to sell tobacco or alcohol and it can be hard to impossible to get that license back. Actually saw it to a few places here in Nebraska, the cops set up a sting and caught 4 places near me selling to 16 year olds both tobacco and booze.
Also, most restaurants/ stores video the cashiers. If the cashier is caught not actually L👀KING at the person's ID... they could get FIRED!!!
Before Covid a lot of grocery stores, and many restaurants were open 24 hours. Since then, very few places are open 24 hours. Mostly drive thru fast food. I do have one 24 hour pharmacy in my area.
Yes. Walmart used to be 24 hours as did Kroger. Now both of them close at 11pm.
Some places will ask you for ID no matter how old you look because there are cash registers don't allow them to complete a sale of alcohol or tobacco without swiping the person's ID
Oregon does not have a sales tax nor does Alaska, Delaware, Montana, and New Hampshire. The states that do have a sales tax, don't necessarily have the same sales tax.
In Texas we have a state sales tax and a county sales tax but no state income tax.
@@teresabillings8378 But your property taxes are ridiculous.
@@prman9984 especially after the Californians discovered it was cheaper to live here than California. I don't know whose state they'll ruin next. They're leaving as quickly as they came.
To Americans, the US flag is represents our ideals, the people, and potentially the land itself. It does not represent the decisions our government makes at home or abroad. Showing the flag does not mean you agree or disagree with any political position. Both liberals and conservatives love our country and fly the flag, at least on special days. If someone is a racist, they have to fly another flag.
Some companies have small devices that attach to a smart phone to facilitate monetary transactions. One is called Square. These devices allow small business owners to take debit or credit cards when they don't have a larger machine or they are away from their store.
Some cash registers will not move forward with the purchase until the cashier scans the back of a valid drivers license.
Andre, you're correct about a lot of stereotypes in this video. If you see flags everywhere this doesn't mean we're nationalist, who only consider the USA. We also help democracies and others around the world. We are proud of our country and our contributions. Here in Texas, Whataburger is open 24/7. Take care.
Yes you can get tacos at 3am (Taco Bell by me is open 24 hrs 7 days a week). Also cheeseburgers, pizza, or other stuff. Not everything is open 24 hours but always more than 1 option will be
It's chicken and waffles, not pancakes.
Randy would be so ashamed of TIC.
A store owner can get in very serious legal trouble if they don’t ask for ID when selling cigarettes and/or alcohol. There are often times the police will go into liquor stores undercover as a customer to make sure the clerk is asking for ID.
For those not accustomed to city blocks, you can also count intersections. Basically the same thing.
A lot of places like restaurants are required to ask for ID when someone is purchasing alcohol no matter how old they are. So yes someone that is 65 would also be asked for ID in a lot of places. Most places have credit/debit card machines including street vendors. I went to church growing up with a WWE wrestler and I'm sorry to have to tell you but yes it is all fake.
Wrestling in this manner is fascinating. The actors/wrestlers are very skilled. The story line is created. Good vs Bad. They know human psychology and know how to get the audience engaged in the story. They manipulate the audience, the audience knows it , but it is dramatic entertainment. It is obvious and childish. Sometimes the story lines echo deep hero mythology. This was all explained to me, I have never watched a wrestle mania show, and don't want to. But I was fascinated with all that goes into the show.
@@virginiaoflaherty2983 I don't watch it either I just heard all the stories from the one my family and I went to church with when I was younger. His son who I am still friends with is in the wrestling business now as well and nothing has changed. It's all fake and very much scripted.
I haven't been carded in years.
@@garycamara9955 I'm in my mid 50's and was just carded at a restaurant last night along with my husband who is almost 60's.
6:45 the only street food places I've encountered in my city that didn't take credit card have been unlicensed people selling homemade tamales in parking lots from their cars, and even some of them will take venmo or cash app instead of cash
If you're in a big city, doesn't matter what state, yes, there will most likely always be something open for you to do and buy. If you're in a small town no absolutely not, and theres tons of grey area inbetween. Some suburban sprawl region s have tons of night bars and shops and activites, others are dead after6 o clock.
The biggest city in Montana is Billings with about 120k residents. if you go out at 3am there you may not find tacos bc the further north you go in the US the less common Mexican food becomes. But you will find plenty of food options just waiting to take your money in the dead of night.
In some places they simply have a policy of IDing absolutely everyone to avoid arguments with people closer to the cutoff age. Last year I was asked for ID entering a comedy club, and I'm 62.
Asking EVERYONE for ID is to avoid appearing to single out young looking people...age discrimination.
As others have said, a lot of 24 hour places cut their hours during COVID when many fewer people were going out, and never returned to their old schedule--so while you'll probably find whatever you want in the middle of the night in larger cities, in smaller cities you are less likely than you were 5 years ago.
Facts!
Some city or state goverments actually will fine the business for an employee not carding customers. This is not considered to be based on the judgement of the clerk. It usually happens in recurring time periods, like right before elections, recent issues that made the news and other variables.
Some businesses require employees to ask everyone for their ID. This eliminates the discretion of the employee. If someone looks 26 but is really 18 the business owner can lose his liquor license if an employee makes the mistake of selling him alcohol.
As a former bartender they would send people out without IDs to test the bartenders. If I didn't make sure everyone had an ID, the bar could get shut down and I would have been fined thousands of dollars. It's just protection. We know you're old enough but you aren't worth a $3k ticket and the loss of my ability to bartend for a living.
Omg. How cute about getting tacos in Montana. Before Covid, Walmart was open 24/7, I really miss that. Most gas stations and fast food chains like McDonald’s, whataburger, Taco Bell are open 24/7 in the small towns. In large cities a lot of places never close.
I miss it too, especially in the heat. I LOVED grocery shopping at 3 am!
Credit cards are practically everwhere. It's rarer for places to NOT have credit card access.
Also, our taxes are added on top of the price ($9.99 + tax, not 14.53 or whatever), except in places without a sales tax.
Sales taxes also vary WILDLY from state to state, county to county, or even from city to city.
I'm 67 and I'm still asked show my ID at the grocery store (to buy beer or wine). Strangely enough though, when I've gone to ABC (Alcohol Control Board) stores in Virginia and North Carolina to buy liquor, no one asks for my ID. I think the difference is that the grocery store is owned by a big conglomerate (who doesn't want to take any chances of one of their stores losing their license) and an ABC store (which is franchised out to individual owners by the state, and they don't care as much if a franchised store is shut down, so it's up to the individual owners how strictly they want to check).
I live in Montana, and unfortunately after the global thing in 2019-20 the majority of 24 hour businesses quit being open 24 hours. Wal-Mart used to be 24 hours, now closes 11pm. We unfortunately do not have anywhere to get tacos at 3am 😭
Maybe Denny's? It also looks like there are a couple of 24 hour Taco Bells in Billings.
Yep. True. Different state same thing. Everything closes early now. 11pm... Except for 7/11
We do
Also, same here in Oregon. COVID really changed the late night scene.
P.S. Hello to my fellow Montanan!
@@gotham61 I checked before commenting. Dennys in Billings closes at 10, and the latest I could find a taco bell open was 1am. I could be mistaken, but I couldn't find anything
On ID’ing, in some places it’s law that an ID has to be scanned for things like alcohol or cigarettes. It’s not that the cashier can’t tell(even even cares) if you’re 21 or not, but they literally cannot make the sale without scanning a valid ID, the register won’t allow the transaction to happen without it.
Andre, a part of the reasoning for businesses being open 24 hours is that some industries operate in three 8-hour shifts, or two 12-hour shifts. So being open to serve people that work at different hours of the day is a good thing for those Shift workers. I've worked a few multi-Shift jobs in my life. They kinda suck, but when that's the way the business works, that's what you have to do. For instance, I worked a Factory job in early 1997. Theee 8 hour shifts. And you swapped shifts every week. Which SUCKED! Just wgen your body was getting used to one shift it was time to swich shifts. Fortunately i only worked that job for 90 days as it was thru a Temp agency. But getting off work at like 7am in the morning felt like dinner time, right, so going to a fast food joint to grab a bite but only having their breakfast menu to choose from was not that fitting, but whatcha gonna do?
I'll be 50 next month and live in a small town where the clerks know me. I still get IDed, because it's state law and enforced by undercover officers and a large fine.
For 24/7 shopping in small towns your options are usually fast food, a diner like ihop or waffle house, and maybe a grocery store/Walmart but thats less likely. If you're in a very rural area then you're probably out of luck.
In San Antonio, no on the 65 i.d. thing. They just hit the confirm button on the register.
Who is gonna argue over it? 😅
I cashier, it’s mandatory in California and much of the country to ask for an id for any alcoholic beverages, cigarettes/smoking items, purchasing a lottery ticket, anything required to verify someone is older than 18 or 21 years old for certain items. An alcoholic store down the street from where I worked at got caught not carding and were fined for it. If a cashier misses the required age limit of the person or if the card has expired, and continued that transaction, that cashier can get a record that will be seen on any record that a future employer can see.
So when people give a fuss, I’ll tell them, firmly, to tough it out. If they don’t have an ID even if they have gray hair, I withdraw the items from their transaction.
Infographics spins tropes and stereotypes. He's probably never been to Europe.
Kinda sounds like he’s never been to the US, either.
IDs
i work in retail in the USA and we sell liquor and cigarettes
in some states or even some store it is the policy to card EVERYONE
this avoids an employee making a judgment call that later turns out to have been illegal, by that states laws where the store is
i have the discretion to card or not. i can just ask for a birthday if its someone i can see is old enough or is someone i see often and already know.
my computer REQUIRES a birth date entry or a scanned ID or it will not complete the sale..
if your asked for ID in the USA its because the employee at that location has no choice.
I always love when your opinion comes up regarding firearms. As a 6th generation Texan it has never been faux pas. I’ve carried one everyday since I turned 21 (about 9 years now,) and thankfully never had to use it on another person. I would love to take you to the range if you come to Texas!
The US needs more people like you to come to America!
US sales tax is a complicated thing. There isn't a national sales tax ... on most items, though there is a special federal tax on some things like gasoline and alcohol. Each state gets to set its own tax rate, which varies from "nothing" (e.g. New Hampshire) up to 7.25% in California. Cities (and other local governments) can also impose their own sales taxes (despite California having the highest state tax rate, by the time you factor in city and local taxes, Louisiana has the highest overall average tax rate). And they can have different rates for different types of items. New Hampshire has a 0% sales tax rate, but they do (or did when I lived near there) have an 8% "hospitality" tax that was charged at restaurants. Massachusetts has a 6.25% state sales tax, but some items (e.g. "food for human consumption," but not meals sold by a restaurant, and clothing as long as it costs less than $175) are exempt.Stores which exclusively do business in locations where the tax is identical could choose to set their prices so that, when sales tax is added in, it comes up to a whole dollar amount ("so that's $1.88 for the hot dog, with tax of 12 cents, $2"), but for chain stores having locations in multiple tax jurisdictions this would be prohibitively complex.
A lot of smaller businesses set a purchase minimum for using cards, because of the fees they have to pay the credit card companies. For instance, my dry cleaner has a $10 minimum for using plastic, and below that cash is required.
My Uncle was the Strangler. Some of the stories he had left us kids speechless. What a beautiful man he was. He was a strong Christian man and had a heart of gold.
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Many establishments in the U.S. require all customers to provide ID because they don't want to burden, or trust, their employees with making a judgement call about age. Many employees are young and may not have the experience to make an accurate decision about a person's age. Also, many insurance companies underwriting liability coverage may require this of their policy holders.
A big city like Miami? Definitely 24/7. Most of Montana (except for a few bigger cities), your choices will be severely restricted at 3 AM. But you might be able to find a 7/11 or gas station open at that time.
Some states in the USA make it illegal to sell tabaco or alcohol with out a valid ID no matter the age.
In Montana getting a taco at 3 AM it is more than likely not possible to get a taco at 3 AM, but in New York City or Los Angeles it is possible. I have to say, though it used to be more possible years ago to get something to eat 24 hours a day in Los Angeles or New York City but for some years now there is a trend possibly because of the economy that even in the big cities now it is trending to some degree that restaurant and fast food places are starting to close a lot earlier, whereas many years ago they were open 24 hours a day. Walmart stores used to be open 24 hours a day but that has changed and now they are only open till 11 PM and reopen at 6 AM. Montana is more or less a rural natural environment with lots of ranches and Cowboys so it is more than likely that you’re not going to be able to go out to a restaurant at 3AM in the morning.
Some people do carry guns everywhere. My uncle carries a gun to Thanksgiving dinner. The teeth thing varies. In poor areas, tons of people have a mouth full of broken and missing teeth. One of my front teeth is broken and I’m very self conscious about it. I’ve been fighting my insurance company for over a year and they refuse to pay for it to be fixed. American healthcare is a train wreck.
Also, I think Spanish speaking/Mediterranean countries tend to be fans of WWE more than other regions of Europe. The other regions probably think that WWE is the stereotypical butt of jokes how they see Americans.
My local Dotty’s hole in the wall chain casino (small), is open 24 hrs, but in the late evenings you have to get buzzed in. When you come in you have to show your license. I think it’s more for security purposes so if you rob the place or something happens to the one or two workers that are there alone in the evening, they know who you are. I noticed old retired people getting carded down to the truckers. It’s everyone. 🤷🏻♀️
If you do not ID someone and yousell them alcohol, the store gets a $50,000 fine and YOU get a $500 fine. THAT'S why they ask.
And the cashier will most likely lose their job!!!
You can pay with credit card for past everything in the USA and Canada. You can have a wireless device connected to a smartphone to accept credit card payments.
There's a lot of truth in stereotypes....................yes, I'm American.
The only places where you might be able to go shopping at a physical store or restaurant at 3 am is in some of the biggest cities like New York City. You definitely cannot do that in most rural areas where everything starts closing down around 9 pm to 11 pm. Even in the places where you can find stores still open at 3 am, your options are going to be very limited with only a few places (maybe even just one place) to choose from. I've been on road trips trying to find a place to eat after 10 pm because we were in a National Park or driving until late before getting to the city we were going to spend the night and it can be challenging finding a place to eat as all of the diners are closed for the night. You're basically stuck with a chain restaurant like Taco Bell or Denny's.
enough people commenting the same thing! being carded for smokes! we get carded for booze too, but most older folks get cranky if ya do, (even if its a compliment the first couple times at a new place) so anyone with natural greys get
a pass.
couple flags on the front of houses by the doors here, but everyone on my street has a little (2 foot high) American flag by their mailboxes on the downwind side. (west to east here)
Asking for ID is required by law, but when two older people have a transaction, it rarely occurs. Any other situation, they may suspect the gvmt is testing the seller for a fine.
You want taxes to be extra so everyone knows how much taxes are being charged. It holds the taxing entities accountable to the people for how much tax they're charging on goods and services. If the tax costs are built into the price, then people will forget they're taxed.
I’m 67 and I still get asked for ID in some places. I think it’s because the establishment got caught, and fined for selling to underage people and then they overcompensate.
A lot of fast food stores and grocery stores aren't opened 24 hours anymore. During and after the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies couldn't find enough cashiers or customer service people to work during the overnight shifts, and so most places now close at 11:00 PM or 12:00 midnight. Some places like Walmart are closed overnight, but the workers are there overnight just to stock the shelves.
Since "Covid" the whole Shops are open until all hours of the night isn't a thing anymore. Most restaurants are closed by 8/9/10pm. Most Shops are closed by 8/9pm in most cities/towns.
Usually the people put their flags in their front yards, not their backyards. After 9:11 I don't think you even saw a house that didn't have an American Flag. They were everywhere, even in the windows of apartments, people had them on their cars connected to their antennas. Out. Hanging a special one that hangs off their window of their car. We still have a ton of flags, but not as much as that. That was probably the most I've ever seen, but at least every 3 houses you'll see an American Flag in their like off the side of their front door on a flagpole. That connects to the house. I have it, but I actually have the portugal flag because we're from portugal originally
9:49 - Taco Bell is open 24 hours. :)
Most supermarkets aren't open 24 hours, but most of them are open pretty late. It's not crazy to see people shopping in pajamas on occasion late at night.
The US still has a powerful Prohibitionist movement, so restrictive laws are still in place. Separating out sales taxes reminds the customer of the tax, encouraging resistance to the tax, and reminding the customer of where the money is actually going. Plus, many states in the Northeast are smaller than western counties, so a chain store would have to set prices individually for each state or sometimes city.
ID- in some states & with some products(alcohol-cigarettes-cannabis-etc) their rules are EVERYONE gets ID'd regardless of appearance. (To avoid getting fined or shut down by authorities...doesn't matter if you are a celebrity or not) a lot of the other stuff is just so much fluffstuff. But since Covid (even in a big city in Texas,it's a little harder to find some types of stores being 24hr establishments,just the ones you'd expect - but not every one just select conveniently centrally located ones.
Chicken and pancakes??? That I have never had....waffles..yes..pancakes no. #7
André, it's called being, "carded," as in, asked for ID card to purchase alcohol or tobacco. You look young! You will get carded. The penalties for a business caught selling alcohol or tobacco to someone underage are severe! And many police departments use underage "decoys" to purchase restricted items. The names of businesses caught doing this are made public.
On the other hand, some young people do look older. I could pass for 21 as a young teen, due to my height & figure.
The last thing I even thought of was trying to buy alcohol or cigarettes.
Blessings from an old lady in Southern California.
ID for alcohol - Some stores have special programming in their cash register. When the clerk runs the bottle of alcohol across the scanner, it beeps and the clerk must put in a year of birth. And, no. they cannot just use the same year every day. So the clerk just asks the customer. Easy.
Oregon has NO sales tax at all. Yipee!
When I was in college, there was a 24/7 Donut Shop across the street from my apartment. They made their chocolate cake donuts at 4am and I was there at least once per week. Right now, where I work, there is a 24/7 Mexican Fast Food place. I've been there quite a few times. There's always a ton of people who come in and order take out for breakfast.
I would have thought Italy would be the biggest Christian nation... Who knew?
After going through the Italian airports & train stations and seeing all the police with uzi's. I think our police force is tame!
If you see a flag in a triangle shaped wooden box. That means a military member of the family has died. At a soldier/veterans military funeral, one of the traditions is to have a flag draped over the casket. At the end of the service, the honor guard (military people who serve at these funerals) folds the flag and then presents it to the oldest male relative, if none, the wife or mother of the soldier. The flags are taken home and placed in the wooden box and usually displayed in the family room. My older sister has our fathers. He served in Korea and died in 1979.
Yes, depending on where you are many fast food places and gas stations are open 24 hours a day and stores like Walmart and Winco are open 24 hours. The larger the city you are in the more places are open later and some small towns may not have places open that late. Diners like Dennys are often open 24 hours a day as well.
Speaking of carrying guns. It may seem as a culture shock if you are visiting an American city, but if you are visiting rural areas, you will learn real quick that in some places it might be foolhardy to not carry a gun. For instance, a friend in town was on the phone with me and I invited him to dig some sweet potatoes out of my garden. He said under no circumstances was he going down to my garden unless I'm standing there on guard with a gun! He was afraid he might get mauled by a bear or a wildcat. You see I have trail cams along a creek and the garden is near the creek. Well he's seen those critters in the trail cam videos. You Europeans would say that my house is an armed camp, but in truth most people in rural have just as many guns as I do. Now I'm thinking about a 10 mm.
Blocks are what Americans call the streets on the grids of a town or city. Usually with buildings filling in the areas inside of them.
One of my college professors said that you normally don't tip in France unless the service is really good.
It's chicken and WAFFLES for breakfast, NOT PANCAKES! Plus, it's supposed to be maple syrup on bacon, NOT HONEY!!! Bless the heart of whoever put together this video because they missed a few things! I don't mind you reacting to videos like these because it allows us to point out the narrator's errors. 😄
Restaurants and stores can be fined or lose their license to sell/serve alcohol if they sell to someone who is under 21. Consequently, some places have signs that say something like, "We ID everyone, regardless of age."
I haven't been to Montana, but given the fact that it's a pretty sparsely populated state, I highly doubt that a Mexican restaurant would be open at 3:00 AM there. If you're in a major city like Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, or New York City, then there's a higher likelihood of finding a Mexican restaurant that's open at 3:00 AM, but even then it would be hit or miss. However, restaurants like Waffle House and IHOP, and stores like Walmart, would be open in the middle of the night.
It doesn’t matter how old you look, the law says you need to show identification to buy liquor or cigarettes. No Exceptions!
The whole ID thing regardless of age is because many stores, the POS system has a block that requires scanning the ID to buy. Literally can't get it to rung up without showing the ID.
Blocks are simple enough as you look at the street signs. It’s literally a few streets over. Imagine a block as a square between streets. That’s quite easy to understand simply go the amount of streets over or up.
André, you must understand... most states have a LAW that if a business doesn't card EVERYONE, they could lose their liquor license!!! There are individuals that are paid (it's their job) to go into a business and purchase liquor... if they AREN'T carded, they could lose their liquor license.
Also, many businesses like Walmart... the cashier MUST look at the person's license, get their birthdate off of it, and enter it into the register before it will allow them to continue the sale!
Also, you will VERY rarely see someone just open carrying around town. In my town (rural/ smaller town) you might see an older rancher/farmer with a holstered pistol... but it would be rare! Also, our sheriff's deputies (especially in our county courts) are plain clothed and wear jeans, boots, cowboy hat with their badge and a holstered pistol. If they are out in town, you may see a couple of them eating in a restaurant and might not immediately know they are law enforcement.
In my area of West Virginia, stores all close at 10pm. They were 24/7 pre COVID, not anymore. Of course there are gas stations with fast-food. Like Buckee's or Sheetz. Where you can get a hot meal anytime of night. TacoBell is open till 3am. McDonalds opens back at 4am. Sooo.. It depends on where you are in the country.
Most of the time if someone is carrying a gun, you won’t know it. It’s concealed.
I remember when most stores were closed on Sundays. Also, the ID thing depends on the store. Some stores have technology that requires them to scan ID to before the sale can be completed. Other stores use their eyes and brain no ID needed unless the customer looks younger.
We have always had a store or 2 open on Sunday.
At American Liquor Stores, "Age" is not about how old a person 'looks', it is about the customer's 'Proof of Age' on a Legal Document or State Identification Card. Asking to see ID in order to purchase alcohol or cigarettes is a law here. The store can loose it's license and the employee or manager can be fired if the cashier doesn't ask to see a legal ID. All stores have video cameras in case of a robbery. These recordings can be used to prove that No ID was shown - forcing the store to be fined, or even shut down. The Cashier has NO Power in the matter. They are simply required to ask to see an ID. This is because too many underage kids were buying booze at liquor stores. It had to be stopped.
Our neighbors have a backyard flagpole near their swimming pool for which they might use to display the American flag on occasion, but also use it to indicate to their grandchildren when the pool is available.
There are apps for your phone that allow you to take credit card payments. So yes, even street vendors can take a card!
There are some states that indicate not to sell alcohol on the ID with a big red line so everyone gets carded at liquor stores and most restaurants to look for that line. Granted this happens mostly in cities where legal consequences are high if a business sells alcohol to someone with restrictions.
One would have a red line due to multiple convictions such as driving while intoxicated
I do think that this video might be just a little out of date with its credit card information. I went to Germany 6 years ago and I kept having to go to the ATM to get cash because so many places didn't take credit cards. I went back last month and right away went to an ATM to get a bunch of cash so that I wouldn't have to keep going back, and I found that most places don't take cash anymore and only take credit cards. So things have really changed in the last 6 years at least in Germany.
Late night culture peaked in the mid 2010's. Back then, you can pretty much get anything you want, even in smaller towns. Covid took a large bite out of that. In a mega city like New York, Chicago, or Las Angeles, as well as various tourist traps, you can still get alot of things late at night. That doesn't hold true for most of the country anymore. I live in a decent midsized city. Since covid, late night options are limited to convince stores, a small portion of the fast food restaurants, and a pharmacy or two. Yes, the bars and nightclubs are open, but your not going to find a 10mm socket at 3:00am, at least not where I live. We are basically back in the 90's as far as store hours go.
Here in Montana very few stores/restaurants are open 24hrs. Mostly just gas stations/convenience stores.
Sales tax varies everywhere.
Depends. There are some stores that are open 24 hours a day but it's probable that if you want tacos at 3AM you might have to buy the ingredients and make them yourself.
There are different taxes depending on the state, county, and city. All of them have their own taxes in addition to federal tax.
I live in the area with the largest concentration of military bases in the US (Hampton Roads, with 15 military bases, and the worlds largest navy base.) You see the American flag everywhere, especially in front of buisnesses and government buildings like schools and libraries. Also, throughout most of the area, you can hear the colors(the music that plays as the flag is raised and lowered) from the loudspeakers on base in the morning and evening. As far as houses go, some people fly the flag during holidays, and its usually from a short pole that mounts to a bracket on the front porch. Those same people might have a flag with a sports team or some sort of seasonal decoration flag, if they even use the bracket. Anyone who has a flagpole or flies the flag year round typically either served in the military, or as a first responder of some sort.
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Not credit card, we use cash cards or bank card. The business receives their money immediately from the purchaser from their bank checking account.
Yes on ID, some stores have to scan them, other have to enter a bithdate. I'm over 50 and I get carded everytime.
In Montana you're only likely to find Taco Bells open until 2-4AM depending on location. Except the capitol city of Helena... 11PM is the latest they are open there!
We have 3 flags on our house/ front yard. Large American flag, Seattle Seahawks "12" flag, and a smaller yard flag for the Univeraity of Washington. Our neighbors do not care.
Here in Chicago, I can get fresh sushi delivered at like 3am, and there's a bunch of pizza and taco places open 24 hours.
I am 55 and sometimes still get asked to show my ID. I just like to convince myself I still look young!
In some states the person who is selling the alcohol or tobacco if they do not check your ID they can get fined or arrested
Where I live in Pennsylvania they are required to scan your ID when purchasing alcohol it doesn’t matter how old you are.
Asking everyone for ID to buy alcohol and cigarettes takes away the responsibility of the person at the cash register from making assumptions about a person’s age. For example, I always looked older. As a kid, I passed for 18 even though I was 13. The sales clerk also doesn’t have to deal with customers complaining that they had to show ID but the other customers didn’t simply because they looked older. Everyone having to show ID eliminates all the complaining. Local authorities send undercover “customers” to make purchases and see if rules are being followed. If the clerk doesn’t ask for ID, the store will be fined. Also, the clerk needs to be of age in order to sell those items (over 18 for cigarettes and over 21 for alcohol). My daughter worked at a deli when she was 15. Someone wanted a pack of cigarettes. She got another worker who was over 18 to make the sale. Good thing she did, that “customer” was one of those under cover agents. The deli owner would have been in a lot of trouble if she made the sale herself.
I am 78 and was asked for my ID just the other day. He apologized and said they had a problem in another store, so had to ask everyone.
The ID check might get you Senior Citizen discount when you turn 55. There is no national US sales tax and some states have no sales tax at all while most states have their own and it will vary state by state. Currently Tennessee has the highest sales tax.
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FYI my husband is 65 and still gets asked for ID on occasion. Some larger stores just have an across the board everyone gets asked regardless of age. Some only ID when you don't look over 30 or 40, it just depends.
There are card readers you can buy that connect to your phone for street vendors and such. It is rare but not unheard of to need cash. But seriously I can use my card to put air in my tires at a random machine in front of a store. They still take change but cards as well, even coke machines take cards half the time.
Taco Bell is usually open until 2am, but there is always a convenience store open with food available 24/7... you can get gas at 3 am..lol. Bigger the city the more you will find open, but a lot of 24/7 stores stopped staying open after covid.
The 3 am shopping is a little exaggerated. While it is possible, you are likely to find something open it will likely be a gas station convenience store with things to heat in a microwave.
Almost every house on my street has the American flag in the front yard. And of course I do.