Retail News

NightShadow asked:


I work at 7 11. And there’s a news rule that convenient and retail stores must now follow.

Which is if you buy tobacco, cigarettes and alcohol we MUST ask for your ID age regardless. We don’t care if you look 99 yrs old, we WILL ask for your ID because it’s company policy.

Anyways, this lady came in yesterday and bought a 20 pack. I asked for her ID. She was 40+ years. When I asked her to give me her ID she told me, why? This is insulting? ***? How is it insulting to follow company rules and or regulations? Are customers stupid now a days? According to my manager I am allowed to deny the sale if they refuse to give me their ID. So how is this insulting?

Eric Ewanco asked:


Every day (while it is in session), Congresses passes thousands of pages of laws affecting millions of people. Most of these pages not even the legislators read. Most of the laws are obscure, in the sense that they will never hit the news or make the water cooler. How, historically, have these laws been disseminated and communicated to the people they affect? Let’s take a specific example: You are a small business owner. Congress passes some law that requires you to do something — maybe it’s an HR issue, maybe it’s a safety issue, maybe it pertains to something you sell, who knows. How do you find out that such a law has been passed?

Is there a clearinghouse that digests all the laws and communicates the information to those who are interested? E.g., is there someone who will tell me when anything is passed that pertains to handling ammonium nitrate, or to retail sales, or to residential wiring? Or is it all hit and miss?
Yeah, laws are published, but how many people to do you know sifting through thousands of pages of laws to find something that pertains to them? Do you really think your local gas station owner takes four (or ten) hours out of his week to review all the state and federal laws that have recently been passed?