Vending Machines! When you were a child, you donated quarter after quarter into these machines in hopes of procuring a pink stuffed teddy bear or more modernly, maybe a video game. In Japan, even though now illegal, vending machines offering girl's panties can still be found for sale. Commonly, water, soda, potato chips, and candy bars are offered in these mechanical boxes. Condoms are available in some night club bathrooms, and hotels. Cigarettes vending machines, at once more commonplace, are still found in some PA bars and membership only only clubs.
In the near future, liquor will be offered in Pennsylvanian super markets. The vending machines will sell full sized bottles of liquor. (This is opposed to the one shot mini bottles found on airplanes and hotel bars.) A small number of "wine kiosks" opened last June. However, it will be months before hard liquor will begin being sold. Is this the future of liquor sales? No, not unless Pennsylvania is blanketed with these machines! Have you been to the liquor store on a holiday!? On New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, entire liquor stores are almost sold out! I do not think vending machines will be the sole way to purchase alcohol in the near future, but twenty years from now will robots take over and do away with state stores as we are familiar with them?
Before purchasing alcohol from these new vending machines, one must breath into a breathalyzer to detect-and not allow purchase to- buyers who have already been "enjoying their spirits". Additionally, a driver's license or state identification card must be swiped. Remember those over twenty one wishing to soon purchase your liquor of choice: Big Brother is always watching you.
Elias, Joe. "Hard Liquor Coming Soon to Vending Machines at Supermarkets". 21, April 2011. web. 22, April 2011
"Pa. to test liquor Sales From Vending Machines". 22, April 2011. web. 22, April 2011
I find it hard to believe that we will have liquor vending machines in Pennsylvania supermarkets because you can’t even buy alcohol in the supermarket. I know that you can in other states. You can buy beer at the gas station in most states. But if we do start having these vending machines it is good that they make you take a breathalyzer. Although I would not put my mouth on something that many other people have. That’s gross.
ReplyDeleteIn Portugal, where i'm from, the supermarket sells alcohol like they sell soda. It's on a regular isle, well isles, and anyone could get it and buy it (drinking age is 16). Here it seems to be a problem with the whole drinking and driving, and I believe this idea would make it a little more convenient for some to do that. It would also be harder to control who buys it and how much the person buys.
ReplyDeleteThis is nice that buyer must have to breath into first to get the bottle and minor are not allowed to buy and the card system is perfect.
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